The divgame simulator: A stochastic cellular automata model of rainforest dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-141

  Alonso, David ^a,b   Solé, Ricard V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Campus Nord B4 ^*  (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DivGame Simulator; Rainforest dynamics; Stochastic cellular automata model

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GROWTH; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034714123     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00287-8     Document Type: Article

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