Emergent properties of plants competing in silico for space and light: Seeing the tree from the forest

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1430-1444

  Hammond, Sean T ^a   Niklas, Karl J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Community level effects; Computer program; Emergent properties; Plant allometry; Scaling relationships; Self organization; West, Brown, Enquist (WBE) theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLOMETRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVOLUTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MATURATION; MORTALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 69249229703     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900063     Document Type: Article

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