Supplement 1. CRECERIA: a program for estimating size-age relations.

File List
CRECERIAintro.htm :
Introduction, contrast of CRECERIA with CRECE, description, diagram, and example

CRECERIAmat.txt :
source code for MatLab

CRECERIAbas.txt :
source code for TurboBasic

CRECERIAdataFP.txt :
sample data file

CRECERIA.zip
: All files at once

Description
The program and its innovations
are introduced in CRECERIAintro, which
includes a diagram of the context and growth algorithm for CRECERIA and a test
of the autocorrelation algorithm and sample results based on the sample data
file. The source code is provided in two forms, for MatLab 6.1.0 and Basic
(TurboBasic 1.0). The sample data (n = 76) are trunk diameter (mm)
at 135 cm above ground in 1985 and 1991 for a canopy tree species of tropical
deciduous forest, Forchhammeria pallida (Capparaceae) at Chamela
(19°30'N  105°03'W), Jalisco, México, from individuals
marked and measured by S. H. Bullock. All the files are based on Rodríguez-Navarro,
J. L., and S. H. Bullock. 2003. CRECERIA: un programa que estima la relación
tamaño-edad para aplicaciones en la biología. Informe Técnico
6493, Comunicaciones Académicas, Serie Ecología, CICESE, Ensenada,
Baja California, México. The text of that report was translated and
substantially reduced and modified for this Supplement, with permission from
CICESE.