Role of asymmetry in competition for light in a model of annual plants

Michel Droz and Andrzej Pȩkalski

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2012, vol. 391, issue 4, 1243-1254

Abstract: We propose and discuss a model describing dynamics of annual plants competing with their nearest neighbours for sunlight. The effect of the competition determines the size, or equivalently, the biomass of each plant and the number of seeds it produces. At the end of a period (year) plants distribute their seeds over the sites in the Moore neighbourhood and then die. They leave their biomass in the form of litter, which hinders germination of the seeds.

Keywords: Monte Carlo simulations; Plant dynamics; Annual plants; Asymmetric competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.10.031

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