The CONFETTI model simulates community dynamics of sessile individuals such as trees or shrubs.
The model is dynamic and spatially-explicit, which means each individual is characterized by its position in two-dimensional space.
Modelled processes are mortality and recruitment. Both of these processes can depend on the interaction among individuals
The name is simply derived from a snapshot of the model. If each individual is represented as a circle and the color indicates the species identity a plot of all individuals in the community looks like confetti.
The model has been used in the following scientific publications.
When you use the CONFETTI model in your work, please cite at least on of the following articles.
Complete model descriptions are provided in these articles as well
May F, A Huth, and T Wiegand (2015) Moving beyond abundance distributions: neutral theory and spatial patterns in a tropical forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 282(1802), 20141657. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1657
May F, T Wiegand, S Lehmann, and A Huth (2016) Do abundance distributions and species aggregation correctly predict macroecological biodiversity patterns in tropical forests? Global Ecology and Biogeography 25, 575–585. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12438
May F, T Wiegand, A Huth, and JM Chase (2020) Scale-dependent effects of conspecific negative density dependence and immigration on biodiversity maintenance. Oikos 129(7), 1072–1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06785