Botany and Modelling of Plant Architecture and Vegetation - UMR AMAP

Joint Research Unit (UMR) BIOS Department
Associating several disciplines—botany, ecology, applied mathematics and computer science—is a major technical and scientific challenge for modern agriculture and forestry. This multidisciplinarity enables the development of new applications and tools for identifying plants, estimating biomass stocks, managing crops, forests and the environment, and developing rural areas.
Illustration d'un scan LiDAR par drone en forêt tropicale au Cameroun (scanner Yellowscan VX20 acquis sur fonds IRD et Cirad). © Nicolas Barbier

Illustration of a LiDAR scan by drone in the tropical forest in Cameroon (Yellowscan VX20 scanner acquired with IRD and CIRAD funds).  © Nicolas Barbier

UMR AMAP develops and assesses models that analyse and monitor the morphological, anatomical and functional parameters of plant architectural development, either in isolation or in communities. AMAP’s main research topics concern the systematics and phylogeny of current and fossilized plants, as well as the analysis, modelling and simulation of plant and plant community structure and functions. AMAP produces free software products for research, some of which are subsequently marketed after transfer to private companies. Knowledge, methods and tools are widely disseminated to researchers and students who are frequently received for training purposes.

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