Table 1.
Process overview and scheduling.
Fig 1.
Diagram of the seven initial NDD values with the same initial range but with different initial means of NDD.
Fig 2.
Diagram of the ten initial ranges with different NDD strength variability but with the same initial mean of NDD.
Fig 3.
Species diversity (Shannon index) when the initial range of NDD values is fixed and the initial mean of NDD varies (A), and relationship between the initial mean value of NDD and the ratio between final and initial ranges of NDD (B).
All results shown obtained at the end of simulations, error bars representing the standard deviation over five repetitions.
Fig 4.
Variance of the relative abundance for different initial mean values of NDD at the end of simulations.
Differences of relative abundances between species are lower for stronger initial NDD. Error bars represent the standard deviation over five repetitions.
Fig 5.
Species diversity (Shannon index) of communities at the end of simulations when the range of NDD values varies between zero (narrower range) and 0.45 (wider range) (A), and relation between initial ranges of NDD and the ratio between final and initial ranges of NDD at the end of simulation (B).
Error bars represent the standard deviation over five repetitions.
Fig 6.
Variance of relative abundances of tree species in different NDD ranges when it varies between zero (narrower range) and 0.45 (wider range) at the end of simulations.
Differences of relative abundances between species are higher for wider ranges of NDD. Error bars represent the standard deviation over five repetitions.