WenJun Zhang School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Selforganizology ISSN 2***-**** http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/selforganizology/online-version.asp 2014 1 1 16 22 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Hong Kong 8 January 2014 23 February 2014 1 June 2014 agent-based modeling framework ecological community assembly succession Ecological communities are self-adaptive systems. Community assembly and succession is a self-organizing process. It is generated from multiple species invasions, selection, adaptation and optimization. A framework for agent-based modeling of community assembly and succession was presented in this paper. Species agents, space agents, functional agents and their behaviors were defined. Major procedures for agent-based modeling of community assembly and succession were proposed. DOI 10.0000/issn-2***-****-selforganizology-2014-v1-0003 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/selforganizology/articles/2014-1(1)/a-framework-for-agent-based-modeling.pdf