Using Lindenmayer systems to model morphogenesis in a tropical pasture legume Stylosanthes scabra

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-403

  Hanan, James S ^a   Room, Peter M ^a   Chakraborty, Sukumar ^b   Doley, David ^b   Wilson, P A ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lindenmayer systems; Modelling; Morphogenesis; Plant form; Stylosanthes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MODEL; TROPICS;

GROWTH MODELING; LEGUME; PASTURE;

STYLOSANTHES SCABRA;

EID: 0033512001     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-3-394     Document Type: Article

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