Application of compound interest laws in biology: Reunification of existing models to develop seed bank dynamics model of annual plants

Zhi-Quan Han, Tong Liu, QinMing Sun, Ru Li, Jiang-Bo Xie and Bai-Lian Li

Ecological Modelling, 2014, vol. 278, issue C, 67-73

Abstract: Reunification of widely-usedclassic models in ecology is a very important step for the field to grow. In this study, classic models based on compound interest law, which exists in many natural phenomena, were reunified, and a seed bank dynamics model of annual plants was developed.

Keywords: Compound interest; Seed bank dynamics; Density dependence; Unified model; Power law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.024

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