The demography module

The functionality of the demography module is split into the following submodules

• The flora module that defines the set of plant functional traits used in demographic modelling and the classes used to represent those traits.

• The t_model module module that implements the allometric and allocation equations of the T Model (Li et al., 2014).

• The crown module that implements a three dimensional model of crown shape taken from the Plant-FATE model (Joshi et al., 2022).

• The community module that implements a plant community model using size-structured cohorts.

• The canopy module that generates a model of the canopy structure for a community, based on the Perfect Plasticity Approximation model (Purves et al., 2008).