How root-grafted trees form networks

This work by our colleagues Marie-Christin Wimmler and Uta Berger explores how root-grafted trees form networks. They present a novel, mechanistic, agent-based model, called pyNET, that was built with the modular modeling platform pyMANGA. The model simulates root graft networks and allows the exploration of the ecological significance of root graft networks. Their results show the link between structural stand variables and network characteristics and how in addition to root size, the speed of graft formation determines network structure.

Wimmler, M.-C., Berger, U. (2024): How root-grafted trees form networks: Modeling network dynamics with pyNET. Ecological Modelling 498, 110916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110916