Self-thinning and community persistence in a simple size-structured dynamical model of plant growth

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-354

  Dercole, F ^a   Niklas, K ^b   Rand, R ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric relationships; Basal stem diameter; Dynamical models; Persistence conditions; Plant size; Self thinning; Size density distribution; Size structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 24344469178     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-005-0322-x     Document Type: Article

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