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SORTIE-ND Software for spatially-explicit simulation of forest dynamics
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HOME Download - SORTIE-ND - Other tools Help and user manuals Research Join our mailing list Developers	SORTIE-ND documentation SORTIE-ND License What's new in the latest version Basic SORTIE modeling concepts Setting up SORTIE-ND for your site The SORTIE-ND plot Timesteps and run length Trees What is a tree? Tree population - how trees are organized Tree life history stages and transitions Tree allometry Setting up trees: parameters Setting up tree initial conditions Tree data member list Behaviors What is a behavior? The relationship of behaviors to trees and grids Choosing behaviors for a run Setting up behaviors: parameters Complete behavior documentation State change behaviors Harvest and disturbance behaviors Management behaviors Light behaviors Growth behaviors Mortality behaviors Substrate behaviors Epiphytic establishment behaviors Mortality utility behaviors Snag dynamics behaviors Disperse behaviors Seed predation behaviors Establishment behaviors Planting behaviors Analysis behaviors Grids What is a grid? How grids are created and used Grid cell size Setting up grid initial conditions Individual grid documentation Creating a parameter file Setting up output Types of output files Output strategies Tree output Grid output Subplots in output Setting up output Using output as input to a new run Viewing output Loading and displaying data from an output file Extracting chart data into text format Batch extracting chart data into text format Viewing output data while a run is still in progress Output chart types Line graphs Histograms Tree map Grid maps Tables Starting and managing a run Batching Files in SORTIE-ND Parameter files Detailed output files Summary output files Tab-delimited tree map files The SORTIE-ND menu File menu Batch setup window Edit menu Model settings window Tree population - edit species list window Tree population - edit initial density size classes window Tree population - manage tree maps window Grid setup window Grid value edit window Model flow window Current run behaviors window Tree behavior edit window Tree assignments window Output options window Setup detailed output file window Setup tree save options window Setup grid save options window Summary output file setup window Edit subplots window Model menu Tools menu Help menu Math in SORTIE-ND References GPL License Developer Documentation Setting Up the Code for Development and Compilation Software structure Message passing Model I/O Parameter files (and how to hack them) How a run progresses Design philosophy The SORTIE-ND user installation The C++ model core Model architecture Exception handling DOS interface Variable naming conventions Behavior versioning C++ code documentation The Java GUI Architecture and key classes Exception handling Windows SORTIE-ND help system Java code documentation How to write a new behavior Part 1: Design Part 2: Preparing to code Part 3: Writing code and testing Part 4: GUI and user documentation Porting to another operating system Third-party plug-ins Special topic: How light calculations are performed
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