Modelling the Time Course of Self-thinning in Crowded Plant Populations
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 53 (2) , 181-188
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086679
Abstract
A logarithmic model for the self-thinning of plants is proposed. This model describes the time course of self-thinning very well and fits data from forest stands and yield tables, which follow the 3/2 power law. An approximated expression of this model shows that plant density decreases with age along a Gompertz curve. This appears to be a basic property of the time course of self-thinning in plants.Keywords
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