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Appendix B. A complete list of the models.

Model 1. Size only

Model 2. Size and all competitors equivalent

where NCI for a target tree of species k is

,

summed over all j neighbors.

Model 2. Size and all competitors equivalent

where NCI for a target tree of species k is

,

summed over all species S  and the competitive coefficients is specific to each spacies or group of neighbor.  The structure of the  ’s is as follows:

            Model 2: conspecifics and heterospecifics.

            Model 3: conspecifics, 11 other target species, groups of species.

            Model 4: functional groups of species (determined from values for model 3).

NOTE: The structure of the survival models is identical.