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Appendix B. Simulation results to test the parameter fitting procedure for the modified incidence function model.

FIG. B1. Parameter estimates of the Incidence Function Model (with patch age incorporated) for two species, Mercurialis perennis and Taraxacum officinale. Horizontal bars indicate parameter values estimated using the real data; filled circles show parameter estimates from simulated data. Ten replicate simulations were conducted for 500 years for each species, with a habitat destruction/creation rate of 0.002.