Analysis of competition effects in mono- and mixed cultures of juvenile beech and spruce by means of the plant growth simulation model PLATHO

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-514

  Gayler, S ^a   Grams, T E E ^b   Kozovits, A R ^b,c   Winkler, J B ^a   Luedemann, G ^b   Priesack, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Competitiveness; Fagus sylvatica; Picea abies; Plant density; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SPRUCE;

CALIBRATION; FAGUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; POPULATION DENSITY;

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 33746572116     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923979     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Adiku, S. G. K., Braddock, R. D., and Rose, C. W. (1996) Simulating root growth dynamics. Environmental Software 11, 99-103.
2. Aerts, R. (1999) Interspecific competition in natural plant communities: mechanisms, trade-offs and plant-soil feedbacks. Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 29-37.
3. Baldioli, M., Priesack, E., Schaaf, T., Sperr, C., and Wang, E. (1995) Expert-N, ein Baukasten zur Simulation der Stickstoffdynamik in Boden und Pflanze. Version 1.0, Benutzerhandbuch. Freising: Lehreinheit für Ackerbau und Informatik im Pflanzenbau, TU München, Selbstverlag, pp. 202.
4. Biondini, M. (2001) A three-dimensional spatial model for plant competition in an heterogeneous soil environment. Ecological Modelling 142, 189-225.
5. Birch, C. J., Andrieu, B., Fournier, C., Vos, J., and Room, P. (2003) Modelling kinetics of plant canopy architecture-concepts and applications. European Journal of Agronomy 19, 519-533.
6. Bossel, H. (1996) TREEDYN3 forest simulation model. Ecological Modelling 90, 187-227.
7. von Caemmerer, S. and Farquhar, G. D. (1981) Some relationships between the biochemistry of photosynthesis and the gas exchange of leaves. Planta 153, 376-387.
8. Eschenbach, C. (2005) Emergent properties modelled with the functional structural tree growth model ALMIS: computer experiments on resource gain and use. Ecological Modelling 186, 470-488.
9. 2 assimilation in leaves of C3 species. Planta 149, 78-90.
10. Garcia-Barrios, L., Mayer-Foulkes, D., Franco, M., Urquijo-Vasquez, G., and Franco-Perez, J. (2001) Development and validation of a spatial explicit individual-based mixed crop growth model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 63, 507-526.
11. Gayler, S., Leser, C., Priesack, E., and Treutter, D. (2004) Modelling the effect of environmental factors on the "trade-off" between growth and defensive compounds in young apple trees. Trees 18, 363-371.
12. Gayler, S. and Priesack, E. (2003) PLATHO - documentation. http:// www.sfb607.de/english/projects/c2/platho.pdf.
13. Gayler, S., Wang, E., Priesack, E., Schaaf, T., and Maidl, F.-X. (2002) Modeling biomass growth, N-uptake and phenological development of potato crop. Geoderma 105, 367-383.
14. Genard, M., Baret, F., and Simon, D. (2000) A 3D peach canopy model used to evaluate the effect of tree architecture and density on photosynthesis at a range of scales. Ecological Modelling 128, 197-209.
15. Grams, T. E. E., Kozovits, A. R., Reiter, I. M., Winkler, J. B., Sommerkorn, M., Blaschke, H., Häberle, K.-H., and Matyssek, R. (2002) Quantifying competitiveness in woody plants. Plant Biology 4, 153-158.
16. Grant, R. (1994) Simulation of competition between barley and wild oats under different managements and climates. Ecological Modelling 71, 269-287.
17. Grote, R. and Pretzsch, H. (2002) A model for individual tree development based on physiological processes. Plant Biology 4, 167-180.
18. Hoagland, D. R. and Arnon, D. I. (1950) The water-culture method for growing plants without soil. California Agricultural Experimental Station, Circular 347, 1-39.
19. Hodge, A. (2004) The plastic plant: root responses to heterogeneous supplies of nutrients. New Phytologist 162, 9-24.
20. Hoffmann, F. (1995) FAGUS, a model for growth and development of beech. Ecological Modelling 83, 327-348.
21. Hutson, J. L. and Wagenet, R. J. (1992) LEACHM: Leaching estimation and chemistry model: a process-based model of water and solute movement, transformations, plant uptake and chemical reactions in the unsaturated zone. Version 3.0. Research Series No. 93-3, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
22. Ittersum, M. K. V., Leffelaar, P. A., Keulen, H. V., Kropff, M. J., Bastiaans, L., and Goudriaan, J. (2003) On approaches and applications of the Wageningen crop models. European Journal of Agronomy 18, 201-234.
23. Janssen, P. H. M. (1994) Assessing sensitivities and uncertainties in models: a critical evaluation. In Predictability and Nonlinear Modelling in Natural Sciences and Economics (Grasman, J. and Straten, G. V., ed.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 344-361.
24. Jones, C. A. and Kiniry, J. R. (1986) CERES-Maize. A Simulation Model of Maize Growth and Development. Texas: A&M University Press, pp. 194.
25. Kim, D. S., Brain, P., Marschall, E. J. P., and Caseley, J. C. (2002) Modelling herbicide dose and weed density effects on crop : weed competition. Weed Research 42, 1-13.
26. Kiniry, J. R., Williams, J. R., Gassman, P. W., and Debaeke, P. (1992) A general, process-oriented model for two competing plant species. Transactions of the ASAE 35, 801-810.
27. 3 levels throughout two subsequent growing seasons. Global Change Biology 11, 1387-1401.
28. Kozovits, A. R., Matyssek, R., Winkler, J. B., Göttlein, A., Blaschke, H., and Grams, T. E. E. (2005b) Above-ground space sequestration determines competitive success in juvenile beech and spruce trees. New Phytologist 167, 181-196.
29. Kropff, M. J. and van Laar, H. H. (1993) Modelling Crop-Weed Interactions. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, pp. 274.
30. Kropff, M. J. and Lotz, L. A. P. (1993) Empirical models for crop-weed interactions. In Modelling Crop-Weed Interactions (Kropff, M. J. and van Laar, H. H., eds.), Wallingford, UK: CAB International, pp. 9-24.
31. Kurth, W. (2000) Towards universality of growth grammars: models of Bell, Pagès, and Takenaka revisited. Annals of Forest Science 57, 543-554.
32. Lafolie, F., Bruckler, L., Ozier-Lafontaine, H., Toutnebize, R., and Mollier, A. (1999) Modelling soil-root water transport and competition for single and mixed crops. Plant and Soil 210, 127-143.
33. Liu, X., Kozovits, A. R., Grams, T. E. E., Blaschke, H., Rennenberg, H., and Matyssek, R. (2004) Competition modifies effects of enhanced ozone/carbon dioxide concentrations on carbohydrate and biomass accumulation in juvenile Norway spruce and European beech. Tree Physiology 24, 1045-1055.
34. Loague, K. and Green, R. E. (1991) Statistical and graphical methods for evaluating solute transport models: overview and application. Journal of Contamant Hydrology 7, 51-73.
35. Luedemann, G., Matyssek, R., Fleischmann, F., and Grams, T. E. E. (2005) Acclimation to ozone affects, host/pathogen interaction, and competitiveness for nitrogen in juvenile fagus sylvatica and Picea abies trees infested with Phytophthora titricola. Plant Biology 7, 640-649.
36. Matyssek, R., Agerer, R., Ernst, D., Munch, J. C., Osswald, W., Pretzsch, H., Priesack, E., Schnyder, H., and Treutter, D. (2005) The plant's capacity in regulating resource demand. Plant Biology 7, 560-580.
37. McDonald, A. J. and Riha, S. J. (1999) Model of crop : weed competition applied to maize : abutilon theophrasti interactions. I. Model description and evaluation. Weed Research 39, 355-369.
38. Monteith, J. L. (1981) Evaporation and surface temperature. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 107, 1-27.
39. Muth, C. C. and Bazzaz, F. A. (2002) Tree canopy displacement at forest gap edges. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32, 247-254.
40. 2 Enrichment (Schulze, E.-D. and Mooney, H. A., eds.), Brussels: Commission European Communities, pp. 127-145.
41. Penning De Vries, F. W. T., Jansen, D. M., Berge, H. F. M. T., and Bakema, A. (1989) Simulation of ecophysiological processes of growth in several annual crops. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Pudoc, pp. 271.
42. Perttunen, J., Sievänen, R., and Nikinmaa, E. (1998) LIGNUM: a model combining the structure and the functioning of trees. Ecological Modelling 108, 189-198.
43. Poorter, H. (1994) Construction costs and payback time of biomass: a whole plant perspective. In A Whole Plant Perspective on Carbon-Nutrient Interactions (Roy, J. and Garnier, E., eds.), The Hague, The Netherlands: Academic Publishing, pp. 111-127.
44. Porté, A. and Bartelink, H. H. (2002) Modelling mixed forest growth: a review of models for forest management. Ecological Modelling 150, 141-188.
45. Renton, M., Kaitaniemi, P., and Hanan, J. (2005) Functional-structural plant modelling using a combination of architectural analysis, L-systems and a canonical model of function. Ecological Modelling 184, 277-298.
46. Ritchie, J. T., Godwin, D. C., and Otter-Nacke, S. (1987) CERES-WHEAT. A simulation model of wheat growth and development. College Station, TX, USA: A&M University Press.
47. Schippers, P. and Kropff, M. J. (2001) Competition for light and nitrogen among grassland species: a simulation analysis. Functional Ecology 15, 155-164.
48. Schmid, I. (2002) The influence of soil type and interspecific competition on the fine root system of Norway spruce and European beech. Basic and Applied Ecology 3, 339-346.
49. Simunek, J., Huang, K., and Van Genuchten, M. T. (1998) The HYDRUS code for simulating the one-dimensional movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in variably-saturated media. Version 6.0. Techn. Report 144, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, USDA, ARS.
50. Stenger, R., Priesack, E., Barkle, G., and Sperr, C. (1999) Expert-N, a tool for simulating nitrogen and carbon dynamics in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. NZ Land Treatment Collective. Proceedings Technical Session: Modelling of Land Treatment Systems. New Plymouth, 14-15 Oct., pp. 19-28.
51. Thornley, J. H. M. and Johnson, I. R. (1990) Plant and Crop Modelling. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 669.
52. Villalobos, F. J. and Hall, A. J. (1989) OILCROP-SUN V5.1. Technical documentation. http://nowlin.css.msu.edu/sunflower_doc/sunflower51.pdf.
53. Wang, E. (1997) Development of a Generic Process-Oriented Model for Simulation of Crop Growth. München: Herbert Utz Verlag Wissenschaft, pp. 195.
54. Wang, E. and Engel, T. (2002) Simulation of growth, water and nitrogen uptake of a wheat crop using the SPASS model. Environmental Modelling and Software 17, 387-402.
55. Weiner, J. and Fishman, L. (1994) Competition and allometry in Kochia scoparia. Annals of Botany 73, 263-271.
56. Weiner, J., Stoll, P., Muller-Landau, H., and Jasentuliyana, A. (2001) The effect of density, spatial pattern and competitive symmetry on size variation in simulated plant populations. The American Naturalist 158, 438-450.
57. Wilson, B. J. and Wright, K. J. (1990) Predicting the growth and competitive effects of annual weeds in wheat. Weed Research 30, 201-211.
58. 2 and energy exchange for mountain grasslands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 106, 261-287.