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\name{ecol.death.sim}
\alias{ecol.death.sim}
\title{A simulation of the death of two species with certain probabilities}
\usage{
ecol.death.sim(nr = 10, nc = 10, num.sp = c(50, 50), col.sp = c(1, 2), pch.sp = c(1, 
    2), col.die = 1, pch.die = 4, cex = 3, ...)
}
\arguments{
\item{nr, nc}{number of rows and columns of the field (plants grow on a
\code{nr} x \code{nc} grid)}

\item{num.sp}{number of two plants respectively}

\item{col.sp, pch.sp}{colors and point symbols of the two species respectively}

\item{col.die, pch.die, cex}{the color, point symbol and magnification to
annotate the plant which dies (symbol default to be an `X')}

\item{\dots}{other arguments passed to \code{\link{plot}} to set up the plot}
}
\value{
a vector (factor) containing 1's and 2's, denoting the plants finally
  survived
}
\description{
Suppose there are two plant species in a field: A and B. One of them will die
at each time and a new plant will grow in the place where the old plant died;
the species of the new plant depends on the proportions of two species: the
larger the proportion is, the greater the probability for this species to
come up will be.
}
\note{
\code{2 * ani.options('nmax')} image frames will actually be produced.
}
\examples{

oopt = ani.options(nmax = ifelse(interactive(), 50, 2), interval = 0.3)
par(ann = FALSE, mar = rep(0, 4))
ecol.death.sim()

## large scale simulation
ani.options(nmax = ifelse(interactive(), 1000, 2), interval = 0.02)
ecol.death.sim(col.sp = c(8, 2), pch.sp = c(20, 17))

ani.options(oopt)

}
\references{
This animation is motivated by a question raised from Jing Jiao,
  a student in biology, to show the evolution of two species.

  The original post is in the forum of the ``Capital of Statistics'':
  \url{http://cos.name/cn/topic/14093} (in Chinese)
}
\author{
Yihui Xie
}
