A stochastic flowering model describing an asynchronically flowering set of trees.
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SUBMITTER: Normand F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4240404 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Sep
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A stochastic flowering model describing an asynchronically flowering set of trees.
Normand F F Habib R R Chadoeuf J J
Annals of botany 20020901 3
A general stochastic model is presented that simulates the time course of flowering of individual trees and populations, integrating the synchronization of flowering both between and within trees. Making some hypotheses, a simplified expression of the model, called the 'shoot' model, is proposed, in which the synchronization of flowering both between and within trees is characterized by specific parameters. Two derived models, the 'tree' model and the 'population' model, are presented. They negl ...[more]
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