Functional plant growth analysis: long series of data
The program given here is a DOS-type version of the spline curve method published by Parsons & Hunt (Annals of Botany 48: 341-352, 1981), with second derivatives added by Hunt (Annals of Botany 50: 317-328, 1982). You can use this program if you download all of the following files.
A .PDF copy of the 1981 paper describing the basic method, and of the 1982 paper describing the second derivatives. Warning: these papers are copyright material for personal and private study only.
A copy of a short brochure giving instructions for preparing your data and running the program.
Text files containing a simple test dataset and its correct results
A file containing the executable program.
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