A quantification of shoot shedding in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.)
A quantification of shoot shedding in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.)
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有花梗橡树 (Quercus robur L.) 枝条脱落的量化
DOI:
10.1006/bojl.1997.0166
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
A. Bell
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文献类型:
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作者:
G. Buck;A. Bell
Almost 37 000 fragments (twigs, peduncles, inflorescences) were shed from a single mature oak tree over one year. Shedding showed strong seasonality with abrupt peaks in June and October, yet only weak correlations to weather parameters. The majority of shed twigs were short shoots, consisting of one or few extension units, which were not older than two years. In many twigs, shedding was preceded by the outgrowth of the terminal bud into either a male inflorescence or a defective extension unit. The large majority of shed twigs belong to a category of summer annual and biannual deciduous short shoots of an exploitative nature, only a minority are explorative long shoots. Implications for the architecture of the tree crown are that twigs of higher branching order are mostly affected by shedding, as they consist of short modules which exhibit a high proportion of flower buds.