Pessimistic plant: Optimal growth schedule in stochastic environments

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(91)90055-KzbMath0737.92020OpenAlexW1976898680WikidataQ57065630 ScholiaQ57065630MaRDI QIDQ1182800

Yoh Iwasa

Publication date: 28 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(91)90055-k

zbMATH Keywords

diffusion processesstochastic dynamic programming modelenvironmental resourcephenotypic plasticityreproductive activityoptimal growth schedulevegetative growthparadox of slow- growing plantsphotosynthatequickly changing environmentresource levelslowly changing environment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Stochastic programming (90C15) Ecology (92D40) Markov processes (60J99)

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