Optimal phenology of annual plants under grazing pressure

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 530-537

  Yamamura, Norio ^a   Fujita, Noboru ^a   Hayashi, Motoyuki ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a   Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Grazing; Mathematical model; Plant phenology; Singular solution

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; FLOWERING; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 34247553258     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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