A new mechanistic theory of self-thinning: Adaptive behaviour of plants explains the shape and slope of self-thinning trajectories

Ronny Peters, Adewole Olagoke and Uta Berger

Ecological Modelling, 2018, vol. 390, issue C, 1-9

Abstract: The scaling exponent of the biomass-density relationship of even-aged plant populations – often described as the slope of the self-thinning line - and its presumed universality has been a subject of debate for a long time. Comprehensive observational studies, mainly in the last century, yielded even shifting slopes, for which, until now, the theoretical basis was not fully clarified.

Keywords: Self-thinning; Biomass-density relationship; Scaling exponent; Individual-based modelling; Allometric plasticity; Resource limitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.10.005

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