How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists

Summary 1. Plant growth is a fundamental ecological process, integrating across scales from physiology to community dynamics and ecosystem properties. Recent improvements in plant growth modelling have allowed deeper understanding and more accurate predictions for a wide range of ecological issues, including competition among plants, plant–herbivore interactions and ecosystem functioning. 2. One challenge in modelling plant growth is that, for a...