Woody plants 2,325,814 claims

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Trees and small trees showed diminishing returns scaling (α < 1.0) between leaf area and dry mass in May.

Taxon
trees and small treese0
Outcome
diminishing returnse0
Value
α < 1.0e0
Qualifier
Maye0

Verbatim

e0

“trees and small trees showed “diminishing returns” (α < 1.0) in May”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 458–525

Title

Application of leaf “diminishing returns” scaling across woody plant life forms and growing seasons

Jun Sun; Zihan Zhu; Shujuan Cui; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2612949

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Trees and small trees shifted to isometric scaling (α ≈ 1.0) between leaf area and dry mass in September.

Taxon
trees and small treese0
Outcome
isometric scalinge0
Value
α ≈ 1.0e0
Qualifier
Septembere0

Verbatim

e0

“trees and small trees showed “diminishing returns” (α < 1.0) in May, but shifted to isometric scaling (α ≈ 1.0) in September”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 458–582

Title

Application of leaf “diminishing returns” scaling across woody plant life forms and growing seasons

Jun Sun; Zihan Zhu; Shujuan Cui; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2612949

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Shrubs maintained an isometric leaf area to dry mass scaling relationship (α = 1.01) across the seasons.

Taxon
shrubse0
Outcome
isometric scaling relationshipe0
Value
α = 1.01e0

Verbatim

e0

“shrubs maintained an isometric scaling relationship (α = 1.01)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 597–659

Title

Application of leaf “diminishing returns” scaling across woody plant life forms and growing seasons

Jun Sun; Zihan Zhu; Shujuan Cui; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2612949

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Across the two seasons all life forms shared a common scaling slope of 0.95, significantly different from 1.0.

Taxon
life formse0
Outcome
common scaling slopee0
Value
0.95e0

Verbatim

e0

“all life forms have a common scaling slope of 0.95 and are significantly different from 1.0”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 681–772

Title

Application of leaf “diminishing returns” scaling across woody plant life forms and growing seasons

Jun Sun; Zihan Zhu; Shujuan Cui; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2612949

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The normalization constant of the leaf area to dry mass scaling was significantly higher in May in woody plant life forms.

Taxon
woody plantt0
Outcome
normalization constante0
Direction
highere0
Qualifier
Maye0

Verbatim

e0

“the normalization constant is significantly higher in May”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 778–835
t0

“woody plant life forms”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 57–79

Title

Application of leaf “diminishing returns” scaling across woody plant life forms and growing seasons

Jun Sun; Zihan Zhu; Shujuan Cui; et al. Botany Letters 2026. doi:10.1080/23818107.2026.2612949

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Beneath the millennial Alerce Abuelo, soil fungal richness was 2.25 higher than the mean richness per sample.

Taxon
Fitzroya cupressoidesFitzroya cupressoidese1
Outcome
soil fungal richnesse0
Direction
highere0
Value
2.25e0
Comparator
the mean richness per samplee0
Setting
Alerce Abueloe0

Verbatim

e1

“Fitzroya cupressoides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–270
e0

“Beneath the Alerce Abuelo, soil fungal richness was 2.25 higher than the mean richness per sample”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 853–950

Title

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth

Camille Truong; Adriana Corrales; Bethan Manley; et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 2026. doi:10.1007/s10531-026-03277-0

Other claims from this paper (9)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil beneath the Alerce Abuelo harbored 361 unique fungal OTUs.

Taxon
Fitzroya cupressoidesFitzroya cupressoidese1
Outcome
unique fungal OTUse0
Value
361e0

Verbatim

e1

“Fitzroya cupressoides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–270
e0

“harboring 361 unique fungal OTUs”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 952–984

Title

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth

Camille Truong; Adriana Corrales; Bethan Manley; et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 2026. doi:10.1007/s10531-026-03277-0

Other claims from this paper (9)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness beneath the Alerce Abuelo was 1.75 times higher than the mean richness per sample.

Taxon
Fitzroya cupressoidesFitzroya cupressoidese1
Outcome
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal richnesse0
Direction
highere0
Value
1.75 timese0
Comparator
the mean richness per samplee0

Verbatim

e1

“Fitzroya cupressoides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–270
e0

“Likewise, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal richness was 1.75 times higher than the mean richness per sample”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 986–1095

Title

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth

Camille Truong; Adriana Corrales; Bethan Manley; et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 2026. doi:10.1007/s10531-026-03277-0

Other claims from this paper (9)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil and AM fungal richness correlated positively with diameter at breast height and tree biomass.

Taxon
Fitzroya cupressoidesFitzroya cupressoidese1
Treatment
diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree biomasse0
Outcome
Soil and AM fungal richnesse0
Direction
positively correlatede0

Verbatim

e1

“Fitzroya cupressoides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–270
e0

“Soil and AM fungal richness positively correlated with diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree biomass”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1097–1200

Title

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth

Camille Truong; Adriana Corrales; Bethan Manley; et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 2026. doi:10.1007/s10531-026-03277-0

Other claims from this paper (9)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil and AM fungal richness correlated negatively with available phosphorus.

Taxon
Fitzroya cupressoidesFitzroya cupressoidese1
Compound
available phosphoruse0
Outcome
Soil and AM fungal richnesse0
Direction
negativelye0

Verbatim

e1

“Fitzroya cupressoides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–270
e0

“Soil and AM fungal richness positively correlated with diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree biomass, and negatively with available phosphorus”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1097–1242

Title

Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth

Camille Truong; Adriana Corrales; Bethan Manley; et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 2026. doi:10.1007/s10531-026-03277-0

Other claims from this paper (9)