Self-thinning of plant populations from a dynamic viewpoint

Roderick, Michael; Barnes, Susan

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Self-thinning of plant populations from a dynamic viewpoint

Date

2004

Authors

Roderick, Michael

Barnes, Susan

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

1. In this paper a new formulation of the self-thinning law for plant populations is presented, based on dynamical principles. The basis of the new approach is explicitly to separate the equation of state (total = mean × number) from the change in state