Stronger wind, smaller tree: Testing tree growth plasticity through a modeling approach.

ABSTRACT: Plants exhibit plasticity in response to various external conditions, characterized by changes in physiological and morphological features. Although being non-negligible, compared to the other environmental factors, the effect of wind on plant growth is less extensively studied, either experimentally or computationally. This study aims to propose a modeling approach that can simulate the impact of wind on plant growth, which brings a biomechanical feedback to growth and biomass distribution into a functional-structural plant model (FSPM). Tree reaction to the wind is simulated based on the hypothesis that plants tend to fit in the environment best. This is interpreted as an optimization problem of finding the best growth-regulation sink parameter giving the maximal plant fitness (usually s

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686872 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature