scholarly journals Size‐dependent and environment‐mediated shifts in leaf traits of a deciduous tree species in a subtropical forest

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Ya Jiang ◽  
Hong Qian ◽  
Yanjiao Mao ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 537 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Su ◽  
Wenting Xu ◽  
Changming Zhao ◽  
Zongqiang Xie ◽  
Hua Ju




1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Toll ◽  
Federico J. Castillo ◽  
Pierre Crespi ◽  
Michele Crevecoeur ◽  
Hubert Greppin


2000 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Howsam ◽  
K.C Jones ◽  
P Ineson
Keyword(s):  


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slaveya Petrova ◽  
Lilyana Yurukova ◽  
Iliana Velcheva


Oecologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Osada ◽  
Yoshihiko Okabe ◽  
Daisuke Hayashi ◽  
Tomonori Katsuyama ◽  
Naoko Tokuchi
Keyword(s):  


BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 5843-5858
Author(s):  
Seray Özden Keleş

The sapling stage is an important phase due to maintaining plant growth, stability, and survival over the life cycle of trees. However, there are limited investigations in the literature related to both growth and stability of different tree species. This study thus investigated how different tree species at the sapling stage showed different anatomical, morphological, and flexural traits despite being of similar age and growing under the same environmental conditions. The variation of sapling properties was determined in two deciduous tree species: common oak (Quercus robur L.) and Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky). The results of anatomical and morphological measurements showed that the highest average values of ray length, ray width, pith radius, pith%, bark%, and node numbers were obtained in oak saplings, whereas average ring width, number of rays, and wood% were found to be higher in beech saplings. Oak also exhibited better functional stability in its saplings. The flexural properties were almost 60% greater in oak stems than beech stems. The variations in flexural properties were explained by the morphological and anatomical traits since stability was positively correlated with pith radius, pith%, and bark% and negatively correlated with the number of rays and wood%.



Ecology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Barbosa ◽  
A. E. Segarra ◽  
P. Gross ◽  
A. Caldas ◽  
K. Ahlstrom ◽  
...  


2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 624-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keila Rego Mendes ◽  
Ricardo Antonio Marenco

Global climate models predict changes on the length of the dry season in the Amazon which may affect tree physiology. The aims of this work were to determine the effect of the rainfall regime and fraction of sky visible (FSV) at the forest understory on leaf traits and gas exchange of ten rainforest tree species in the Central Amazon, Brazil. We also examined the relationship between specific leaf area (SLA), leaf thickness (LT), and leaf nitrogen content on photosynthetic parameters. Data were collected in January (rainy season) and August (dry season) of 2008. A diurnal pattern was observed for light saturated photosynthesis (Amax) and stomatal conductance (g s), and irrespective of species, Amax was lower in the dry season. However, no effect of the rainfall regime was observed on g s nor on the photosynthetic capacity (Apot, measured at saturating [CO2]). Apot and leaf thickness increased with FSV, the converse was true for the FSV-SLA relationship. Also, a positive relationship was observed between Apot per unit leaf area and leaf nitrogen content, and between Apot per unit mass and SLA. Although the rainfall regime only slightly affects soil moisture, photosynthetic traits seem to be responsive to rainfall-related environmental factors, which eventually lead to an effect on Amax. Finally, we report that little variation in FSV seems to affect leaf physiology (Apot) and leaf anatomy (leaf thickness).



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