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The authors proposed a new general functional form for growth rate G(t, x) in crowded stands.
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e0“a new, general functional form for G(t, x) in a crowded stand is proposed”
t0“Plant Populations”
Title
MASAYUKI YOKOZAWA; TOSHIHIKO HARA Annals of Botany 1992. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a088479
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- Method / resource The model reproduced an initial increase in plant weight size variability followed by stabilization or decline with intensive self-thinning.
- Observation During self-thinning, simulated stand density and biomass per ground area followed a power relationship irrespective of initial density or allocation pattern.
- Observation Simulated light competition in a crowded stand was asymmetrically two-sided.
- Observation Height-growth type plants showed greater competitive asymmetry than diameter-growth type plants.
- Observation The simulated effect of competition on individual growth converged to a stationary state even while stand structure changed greatly.