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Fig. 3.
The user interface showing the total number of trees, and the number of trees
of each species present in the area for the example shown in Fig. 2.
4 Conclusions
In this paper we presented a model based on CA for the simulation of the
dynamics of vegetable populations.Our simulations, reproducing populations of
robiniae, oaks and pine trees living on the foothills of the italian alps have shown
results qualitatively similar to real case studies.We believe that the flexibility
of the model, that allows the user to define explicitly different types of terrain
and tree species can provide an useful tool, not only for the simulation of real
case studies, but also for a better comprehension of the main factors influencing
the dynamics of vegetable populations.
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