Two-criteria model assessment shows that foliage maintenance in old-growth Pseudotsuga menziesii requires both delayed and sequential reiteration

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1173-1187

  Kennedy, Maureen C ^a   Ford, E David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional structural plant model; Multi criteria optimization; Old growth; Reiteration

Indexed keywords

BRANCH DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL PLANT MODEL; FUNCTIONAL-STRUCTURAL MODELS; INDEPENDENT CLUSTERS; LIFE SPAN; MODEL ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; OLD-GROWTH; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; PARAMETER VECTORS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; REITERATION; SIMULATION MODEL;

MAINTENANCE; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATORS;

SIMULATORS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 70449520184     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0357-5     Document Type: Article

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