F F S S P P M M 0 0 4 4 Oral Presentations -session 3 a Comparison of Two Fractal Models for Describing Whole Tree Structure

4th International Workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models, 7-11 june 2004 –Montpellier, France Edited by C. Godin et al., pp. 110-114 A comparison of two fractal models for describing whole tree structure Pekka Nygren, Harry Ozier-Lafontaine and Miaoer Lu Department of Forest Ecology, PO Box 27, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Unité Agropédoclimatique, INRA Antilles-Guyane, Domaine Duclos (Prise d'eau), 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France Center for Agroforestry, 203 Natural Res. Bldg., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA Author for correspondence: P. Nygren, E-mail: pekka.nygren@helsinki.fi

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