SAL = geographic-scale forest dynamics simulator = The two files in this directory is source code (sal_mast.cpp) and parameter set (Basic_param.dat) of size- (S), patch age- (A) and location-structured (L) model of forest dynamics along geographic scale, SAL (Kohyama 2005). (c) all right reserved by Takashi Kohyama. Anyone who uses this simulator/code is requested to refer the corresponding paper: Kohyama T (2005) Scaling us from shifting gap mosaic to geographic distribution in the modeling of forest dynamics. Ecological Research 20, 305-312.