Prof. Dr. Winfried Kurth
Chair for Ecological Informatics and Computer Graphics

Section Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth
University of Göttingen
Büsgenweg 4, 37077 Göttingen
room 0.116

Tel. +49-551-39-9715

E-mail wk(at)informatik.uni-goettingen.de
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/72781.html

Functional-Structural Plant Models
Module in the M.Sc. course on Forest and Ecosystem Sciences

Lectures with exercises
Summer semester 2022 (in total 4 semester hours per week, 6 credits)

Dates:
Lectures (2 s.h.p.w.) every Thursday, 14:15 - 16:00, room CIP I (Büsgenweg 4).

Registration in StudIP is mandatory!

Start: 21 April, 2022.

No lecture on 9 June.

Additional dates:
Lectures on photosynthesis (K. Kasper): Tuesday, 31 May, and 7 June, 10:00 a.m. (s.t.) - 11:30 a.m., FSR 2.4
Measurements in the greenhouse: Friday, 10 June, and 17 June, 09:15 a.m. - 12:00 a.m., Büsgenweg 2.

Exam:

Term paper (written thesis),
to be submitted until 15 September, 2022, 12 a.m.

Script
German version of the script

Literature and web resources

Example files for the course:

e01: Triangle e02: Koch curve / triangle e03: Model Schoute e04: Two blocks of rules e05: Model Attims e06: Opposite configuration of branches e07: Koch curve, coloured e07a: Transferring colour information e08: Koch curve with module e21: Lateral branches e20: Arrays e22: For-loop e11: Conditions (1) e12: Conditions (2) e13: Two conditions e19: Stochastic L-system e23: Dispersal (1 species) e24: Dispersal (2 species) e14: Left context e15: Right context e10: Leaf texture e27: L-system vs. SPO rule e32: Sequential and parallel mode e25: Update rule (1) e16: Update rule (2) / extension e17: Update rule with texture e18: Naming of nodes e26: Access to attributes e28: Query (1), transitive closure e29: Query (2), ancestor e30: Query (3), reversed edges e31: Query (4), empty operator e35: Query (5), instanceof operator e36: Query (6), if/else on the right-hand side e33: Pipe Model (sequential mode) e34: Pipe Model (with minDescendants)

Example of an empirically obtained dtd file (spruce tree) dtd file jb0: Example of a beech tree (without leaves) dtd file ejc_b: Example of an oak tree (with leaves) Auxiliary file for beech leaves in Grogra Numbers 1-10 Odd square numbers Fibonacci numbers (array) A function Example spruce tree Daisy Poplar tree e41: Model of transport process e42: Model with shadow cone e43: Instantiation rules Plant model, step 1: Basic version Plant model, step 2: Restriction of branching order Plant model, step 3: with phyllochrone Plant model, step 4: Flowers, organ textures Plant model, step 5: with light model Plant model, step 6: with growth of leaves; chart for light absorption Plant model, step 7: with extension growth of internodes; measuring radiation on the soil Plant model, step 8: with simple photosynthesis Plant model, step 9: improved photosynthesis, transport of assimilates Plant model, step 10: with global time counter and leaf shedding

Description of the dtd data format
Description of the dtd data format (German version)
List of Turtle commands in XL (still in German only)
Overview about the syntax of the language XL
Overview about the syntax of the language XL (German version)
Installer for GroIMP 1.6 for Windows (64 bit version) - Download

Learning modules associated with the lecture (eLearning):
See StudIP of the University of Göttingen

Last modifications: 26 April, 2022.