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Simulation of the topological development of young eucalyptus using a stochastic model and sampling measurement strategy
- Source :
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier, 2012, 80, pp.105-114. ⟨10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.019⟩, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2012, 80, pp.105-114. ⟨10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.019⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2012.
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Abstract
- International audience; Tree crown architecture affects light interception, biomass production and mechanical stability. Crown architecture is largely determined by the topological development of the plant due to meristem activity. Modeling approaches can provide new insights into the dynamics of plant topology, but they are often hampered by experimental difficulties in data collection on complex trees with numerous internodes, especially in tropical tree species that present the additional difficulty of continuous growth with no marked cessation. Tree topological structure shows high variability resulting from genotypic and environmental factors in real stands. In this paper, a stochastic model was developed to describe the topolog- ical development of trees. In the model, growth and branching processes are driven by the respective probabilities of activity, rest or death of apical and lateral buds. Because of its mathematical formulation, the model inversion can be done analytically - which is rare - and parameter values can be estimated from experimental data. A new strategy was defined to sample measurements and applied to five eucalyptus trees. Incomplete systems were also defined for the case, common with trees, of incomplete data- sets. After parameter estimation, simulation of random eucalyptus tree was presented. The model could describe tree topological development of eucalyptus reasonably well. This work offers a simple and practical method to describe the topological development of trees with continuous growth. It can realistically and flexibly describe the canopy topological development, and has the potential to be integrated with the process of biomass production and allocation for functional-structural plant modeling in the future.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Canopy
Rhythm ratio
Stochastic modelling
F62 - Physiologie végétale - Croissance et développement
Mortalité
Horticulture
Topology
F50 - Anatomie et morphologie des plantes
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Branching (linguistics)
Random tree topological development
[MATH.MATH-ST]Mathematics [math]/Statistics [math.ST]
[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
Mathematics
Eucalyptus
Data collection
Mortality probability
U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques
Estimation theory
Forestry
[STAT.TH]Statistics [stat]/Statistics Theory [stat.TH]
15. Life on land
K10 - Production forestière
Computer Science Applications
Survival probability
Interception
Agronomy and Crop Science
Tree species
Modèle mathématique
Développement biologique
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01681699
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier, 2012, 80, pp.105-114. ⟨10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.019⟩, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2012, 80, pp.105-114. ⟨10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.019⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....667a7df712967303cf41415ae4b77cfb