Invasive Plants
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WHAT IS IT?
Invasive species are non-native species that move into and disrupt native communities. Some, like Garlic Mustard, can produce a monoculture that crowds out other species. This simulation, based on a cell automata model, shows the role that disturbed areas can play in the distribution of an invasive plant.
HOW IT WORKS
Each patch looks at surrounding patches. If a patch is adjacent to enough invaded and/or disturbed patches, it will be invaded also. If it has few or no invaded or disturbed neighboring patches, it will be reclaimed by the native flora. The thresholds for these values are set with sliders. Roads represent disturbed areas which make it easier for an invasive species to gain a foothold.
HOW TO USE IT
First explore increasing the initial density of the invasive plant. Then add a network of roads and explore the effects of density.
THINGS TO NOTICE
This section could give some ideas of things for the user to notice while running the model.
THINGS TO TRY
Try increasing and decreasing the threshold values. The model is extremely sensitive to changes in these values.
EXTENDING THE MODEL
Currently, the only mechanism for plants to spread is by being adjacent. This prevents the invasive species from spreading across roads, for example. In fact, most invasive species have extremely small seeds which are easily blown across roads. Add a mechanism for patches to expand to non-adjacent patches.
RELATED MODELS
This model uses the same logic as the "Life" and "Traffic Grid" models in the Netlogo library.
CREDITS AND REFERENCES
This model was created as part of the 2008 BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Summer Workshop.
Copyright 2008 by Steven Brewer. All rights reserved.
This model was inspired by many of the sample Netlogo models and parts
were based on functions from the "Life" and "Traffic Grid" models. (Wilensky, U. (2001). NetLogo Enzyme Kinetics model. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/EnzymeKinetics. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.)
Permission to use, modify or redistribute this model is hereby granted, provided that both of the following requirements are followed:
a) this copyright notice is included.
b) this model will not be redistributed for profit without permission
from the authors.
Contact the authors for appropriate licenses for redistribution for profit.
To refer to this model in academic publications, please use:
Brewer, S.D. (2008). Invasive Plants and Disturbance. http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/netlogo/models/InvasivePlants Biology Computer Resource Center
In other publications, please use:
Copyright 2008 by Steven Brewer. All rights reserved. See http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/netlogo/models/InvasivePlants for terms of use.
Comments and Questions
globals [ grid-x-inc ;; the amount of patches in between two roads in the x direction grid-y-inc ;; the amount of patches in between two roads in the y direction ;; patch agentsets roads ;; agentset containing the patches that are roads ] patches-own [ invasive? ;; indicates if the patch is occupied by invasive species disturbed? ;;indicates if patch is disturbed invaded-neighbors ;; counts how many neighboring patches have invasive species disturbed-neighbors ;; counts how many neighboring patches are disturbed ] to setup ;; (for this model to work with NetLogo's new plotting features, ;; __clear-all-and-reset-ticks should be replaced with clear-all at ;; the beginning of your setup procedure and reset-ticks at the end ;; of the procedure.) __clear-all-and-reset-ticks set grid-x-inc world-width / grid-size-x set grid-y-inc world-height / grid-size-y ;; First we ask the patches to draw themselves and set up a few variables if have-roads = true [setup-roads] ask patches [ if pcolor != white [ ifelse random-float 1000.0 < initial-density [ invade-patch ] [ reclaim-patch ] ] ] plot-patches end to setup-roads ;; initialize the global variables that hold patch agentsets set roads patches with [(floor((pxcor + max-pxcor - floor(grid-x-inc - 1)) mod grid-x-inc) = 0) or (floor((pycor + max-pycor) mod grid-y-inc) = 0)] ask roads [ set pcolor white set disturbed? true set invasive? false] end to invade-patch set disturbed? false set invasive? true set pcolor red end to reclaim-patch set disturbed? false set invasive? false set pcolor green end to step ask patches [ set invaded-neighbors count neighbors with [invasive?] set disturbed-neighbors count neighbors with [disturbed?] ] ;; Starting a new "ask patches" here ensures that all the patches ;; finish executing the first ask before any of them start executing ;; the second ask. This keeps all the patches in synch with each other, ;; so the births and deaths at each generation all happen in lockstep. ask patches [ ifelse invaded-neighbors > 0 and invaded-neighbors + disturbed-neighbors >= invade-threshold and pcolor != white [ invade-patch ] [ if invaded-neighbors + disturbed-neighbors < reclaim-threshold and pcolor != white [ reclaim-patch ] ] ] tick plot-patches end to add-invasive while [mouse-down?] [ ask patch mouse-xcor mouse-ycor [ invade-patch ] display ] end to remove-invasive while [mouse-down?] [ ask patch mouse-xcor mouse-ycor [ reclaim-patch ] display ] end to plot-patches ;; this creates creates the bar graph set-current-plot "Invasive and Native Patches" clear-plot set-current-plot-pen "native" plotxy 1 count patches with [pcolor = green] plot-pen-down set-current-plot-pen "invasive" plotxy 2 count patches with [pcolor = red] plot-pen-down end ; This model was created as part of the 2008 BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium ; Summer Workshop. ; ; Copyright 2008 by Steven Brewer. All rights reserved. ; This model was inspired by many of the sample Netlogo models and parts ; were based on functions from the "Life" and "Traffic Grid" models. (Wilensky, U. (2001). ; NetLogo Enzyme Kinetics model. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/EnzymeKinetics. ; Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, ; Evanston, IL.) ; ; Permission to use, modify or redistribute this model is hereby granted, ; provided that both of the following requirements are followed: ; a) this copyright notice is included. ; b) this model will not be redistributed for profit without permission ; from the authors. ; Contact the authors for appropriate licenses for redistribution for ; profit. ; ; To refer to this model in academic publications, please use: ; Brewer, S.D. (2008). Invasive Plants and Disturbance. http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/netlogo/models/InvasivePlants ; Biology Computer Resource Center ; ; In other publications, please use: ; Copyright 2008 by Steven Brewer. All rights reserved. See ; http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/netlogo/models/InvasivePlants ; for terms of use.
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