title: From shade avoidance responses to plant performance at vegetation level: using virtual plant modelling as a tool.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Plant Ecophysiology, Institute for Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Franca J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bongers
authors.forename: Jochem B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: Niels P R
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Anten
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pierik
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D063245:Plant Development / Q000528:radiation effects; D010944:Plants / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015398:Signal Transduction
keywords: adaptive significance; competition; functional-structural plant (FSP) model; phenotypic plasticity; shade avoidance syndrome (SAS)