Optimal level of chemical defense decreasing with leaf age

DOI10.1006/TPBI.1996.0026zbMATH Open0861.92020OpenAlexW1998140005WikidataQ56999064 ScholiaQ56999064MaRDI QIDQ1817481FDOQ1817481

Takuya Kubo, Yoh Iwasa, Tom J. de Jong, Nicole van Dam

Publication date: 14 April 1997

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2066/90851

zbMATH Keywords

photosynthesisPontryagin's maximum principleleaf agemaximum growth rate of leavesoptimal age-specific pattern of defense chemical in leaves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) Differential games and control (49N70) Pursuit and evasion games (49N75)

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