Shoot structure and dynamics of saplings and canopies of three deciduous broad-leaved trees of a coppice forest in central Japan
Shoot structure and dynamics of saplings and canopies of three deciduous broad-leaved trees of a coppice forest in central Japan
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日本中部矮林三种落叶阔叶树幼苗和冠层的芽结构和动态
DOI:
10.1007/pl00009764
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发表时间:
2000
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通讯作者:
Y. Hori
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作者:
H. Ozawa;K. Itoh;Y. Hori
Three deciduous broad-leaved trees,Quercus serrata,Castanea crenataandCarpinus laxiflora, were the main constituents of a coppice forest in central Japan. The shoot elongation and leaf emergence modes of both saplings and the canopy of the three species were investigated. The shoot elongation modes ofQ. serrataandC. crenatawere the same in saplings and the upper layer of the canopy. The second shoots of these two species were formed after the first shoots were elongated.C. laxiflorawas different between saplings and the upper layer of the canopy. In saplings, only the first shoots took a long time to elongate. In the upper canopy layer, higher order shoots were formed in the same way as in the other two species. In the lower layer of the canopy, all three species showed the same shoot elongation mode, in which only the first shoot and its duration of elongation was short. Leaf longevity, individual leaf area, leaf mass per unit leaf area and the stem mass per unit stem length ofC. laxiflorawere significantly shorter or significantly smaller than those ofQ. serrataandC. crenata. The length of the stem per unit leaf area of C. laxiflora was three times that ofQ. serrataand five times that ofC. crenata. The elongation growth ofC. laxiflorawas highly efficient as it occurred with a small leaf area. The shoot dynamics and the shoot structure ofC. laxifloraare more suitable for elongation growth than inQ. serrataandC. crenata. Furthermore, the shoot structures of the three species were compared and ecological characteristics of the three species are discussed.