Relationship between specific leaf area of aCryptomeria japonica foliage shoot segment and its diameter
Relationship between specific leaf area of aCryptomeria japonica foliage shoot segment and its diameter
复制标题
柳杉叶梢节比叶面积与其直径的关系
DOI:
10.1007/bf02348586
复制
发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
K. Hozumi
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Masumi Katsuno;K. Hozumi
Dependency of specific leaf area (SLA) on shoot diameter (x) was studied forCryptomeria japonicafoliage shoot segments about 5 cm in length taken from 18 branches at different height levels on 3 trees in August 1987. The leaf area of a shoot segment (S) was defined as half the sum of the needle area (s) estimated by the allometric relationship betweensand needle length. The dry weight of woody tissue (Ww) and needles (Wn) of a segment and itsSwere divided by the segment length (L) to give linear densities asWw/L,Wn/LandS/L, respectively. The densities were related toxby power-form equations.S/Lvalues tended to be constant around 1.2 [cm2cm−1] within the discussed range ofx, whileWw/LandWn/Lvalues clearly increased withx. The approximately reciprocal relationship between average needle area (s) and linear density of the number of needles supported the fact thatS/Lvalues were roughly constant regardless ofx.SLAandSNAwere defined asS/(Ww+Wn) andS/Wn, respectively. TheSLA-xrelationship expected from the average value ofS/Land theWw/L-xand theWn/L-xrelationships was well fitted to the observed decrease inSLAwith increasingx. SNAalso decreased asxincreased. Variations inSLAandSNAamong the shoot segments with similarxwere not systematically related to their height levels. An empirical equation with a maximum value ofx (Xmax)was also proposed in order to formulate theSLA-xrelationship.