Modeling oil palm pollinator dynamics using deterministic and agent based approaches. Applications on fruit set estimates. Some preliminary results

dc.contributor.authorDumont, Yves
dc.contributor.authorSoulie, J.-C.
dc.contributor.authorMichel, F.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-17T09:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractOil palm production is of economical importance in several southern countries. The increasing demand of oil palm put a lot of pressure in several places where the rain forest and thus the tropical diversity are in danger due to deforestation. With the land already cultivated, we need to improve the yields, which means to increase the production of fruits in plots. One way is to increase the pollination or the fruit set through pollination. Palm tree has a specific entomophilous pollinator, a weevil, Elaeidobius spp, that absolutely needs male inflorescence to complete its life cycle. In young plots (3‐7 years old), mainly female inflorescences are produced, and thus, the pollinator population cannot maintain, resulting in a bad fruit set, and, thus, a bad production. That is why several questions arise: What is the mean number of male inflorescences (per hectare) needed to maintain the pollinators population above a certain threshold? And, in terms of yield, what is the optimal size of the population to reach an optimal fruit set? We propose, compare and discuss 2 different modeling approaches to develop preliminary models to study the dynamics of the pollinator population, and obtain some rough estimates of the fruit set. We derive some simulations and discuss these preliminary results.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMathematics and Applied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-12-01
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipPalmElit and CIRADen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/mmaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDumont Y, Soulie J‐C, Michel F. Modeling oil palm pollinator dynamics using deterministic and agent‐based approaches. Applications on fruit set estimates. Some preliminary results. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 2018;41:8545– 8564. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.4858.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0170-4214 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1099-1476 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/mma.4858
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64957
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Modeling oil palm pollinator dynamics using deterministic and agent‐based approaches. Applications on fruit set estimates. Some preliminary results. Math Meth Appl Sci., 2018;41:8545–8564. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.4858.8. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/mma.en_ZA
dc.subjectAgent-based modelingen_ZA
dc.subjectFruit seten_ZA
dc.subjectMetapopulation modelen_ZA
dc.subjectNumerical simulationen_ZA
dc.subjectOil palmen_ZA
dc.subjectPollinatoren_ZA
dc.subjectPalm oilen_ZA
dc.subjectPlants (botany)en_ZA
dc.subjectFruitsen_ZA
dc.subjectDeforestationen_ZA
dc.subjectComputer simulationen_ZA
dc.subjectComputational methodsen_ZA
dc.subjectAutonomous agentsen_ZA
dc.titleModeling oil palm pollinator dynamics using deterministic and agent based approaches. Applications on fruit set estimates. Some preliminary resultsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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