Exploring ecological significance of tree crown plasticity through three-dimensional modelling

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1221-1231

  Vincent, G ^a   Harja, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Competition; Crown plasticity; Individual based model

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANTS;

EID: 48249084510     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm189     Document Type: Article

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