Fractal Dimension as a Quantitative Measure of Complexity in Plant Development Export

@article{Corbi95, abstract = {The shapes of 51 fronds from three species of brown algae (Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus serratus and Ascophyllum nodosum) were evaluated by computing the fractal dimensions (D) of their outlines. There was no difference in fractal dimension among mature fronds of the three species, and D was highly correlated with both developmental stage and structural complexity. With increasing age the plants grew not only larger but also more complex in form. Fractal dimension increased systematically with increasing complexity of shape from about 1 to 1.6. Fractal dimension thus provides a useful quantitative measure for the elaboration of shape complexity during plant development.}, author = {Corbit, John D. and Garbary, David J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3398260}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0168}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.1995.0168}, journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}, keywords = {fractal-dimension, plant}, month = {October}, number = {1363}, pages = {1--6}, posted-at = {2008-10-12 15:16:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Fractal Dimension as a Quantitative Measure of Complexity in Plant Development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0168}, volume = {262}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - Corbi95 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3398260 N2 - The shapes of 51 fronds from three species of brown algae (Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus serratus and Ascophyllum nodosum) were evaluated by computing the fractal dimensions (D) of their outlines. There was no difference in fractal dimension among mature fronds of the three species, and D was highly correlated with both developmental stage and structural complexity. With increasing age the plants grew not only larger but also more complex in form. Fractal dimension increased systematically with increasing complexity of shape from about 1 to 1.6. Fractal dimension thus provides a useful quantitative measure for the elaboration of shape complexity during plant development. IS - 1363 JF - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences EP - 6 TI - Fractal Dimension as a Quantitative Measure of Complexity in Plant Development VL - 262 SP - 1 KW - fractal-dimension KW - plant AU - Corbit, John AU - Garbary, David PY - 1995/10/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0168 ER -