A modelling framework for analysing the reproductive output of individual plants grown in monoculture

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 207, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Brophy, C ^a   Gibson, D J ^b   Wayne, P M ^c   Connolly, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixture distribution; Modelling issues; Pseudoreplication; Random effects; Reproductive output; Sinapis arvensis; Truncated regression; Zero values

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; MODELING ISSUES; PSEUDOREPLICATION; RANDOM EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TRUNCATED REGRESSION; ZERO VALUES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MONOCULTURE; PLANT;

SINAPIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 34548462147     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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