Open AccessOPTIMUM GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION SCHEDULES FOR FOREST TREES
Author(s) -
Namkoong G.,
Rodriguez J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
natural resource modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1939-7445
pISSN - 0890-8575
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-7445.1989.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - reproduction , semelparity and iteroparity , ecology , biology
A control theory optimization of iteroparous life histories indicates that if growth and reproduction are nonlinear functions of energy allocations, graded allocations of energy to potential reproduction can be optimal.