Functional-structural models optimize the placement of foliage units for multiple whole-canopy functions

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 723-732

  Kennedy, Maureen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Functional structural models; Morphology; Multiple criteria; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOLIAGE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 77954459260     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0658-6     Document Type: Article

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