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An evaluation of the boundary line concept
Reference
D17879
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Richard Lark
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Silsoe Research Institute
Department
Research Division
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
89,256
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
09/12/2002
End date
08/11/2004
Duration
23 months
Abstract
The limiting factor concept is often invoked by biologists, when modelling complex systems such as the soil and crop. There are few quantitative tools for exploring and modelling the limiting effects of factors. One conceptual tool is the boundary line whereby the limiting effect of a factor on the output of a system is expressed in the upper envelope (boundary line) of a plot of the output against the factor, assumed to describe a maximum response of the system at any level of the factor. While the boundary line concept has been used in a range of biological problems it lacks a convincing mathematical methodology for fitting boundary lines to data and testing hypotheses which would illuminate the biological significance of any upper boundary. The proposed study will develop methods for boundary line analysis and apply them to some case studies using both simulated and real data.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
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Research Priority
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