FRACTAL DIMENSION AS A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF COMPLEXITY IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT

被引：60

作者：

CORBIT, JD ^{[1
]}

GARBARY, DJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIV, DEPT BIOL, ANTIGONISH, NS B2G 2W5, CANADA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1995年 / 262卷 / 1363期

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D O I：

10.1098/rspb.1995.0168

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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 tvas 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.

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