Claim · model-written summary
The foliage-fragment correction factor was 1.17.
- Taxon
- Thuja occidentalis L.
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Thuja occidentalist0 - Organ / stage
- foliagee0
- Outcome
- correction factore0
- Value
- 1.17e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“Thuja occidentalis L.”
e0“A correction factor of 1.17 was derived from analyses of weight/area ratios of dead, fallen foliage fragments, and dried samples of live foliage.”
Title
Foliage Production by Thuja occidentalis L. from Biomass and Litter Fall Estimates
William A. Reiners The American Midland Naturalist 1974. doi:10.2307/2424299
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Thuja foliage litter was 103 g/m2.
- Observation Total litter fall was 422 g/m2.
- Observation Corrected litter weight was estimated at 120 g/m2.
- Observation Estimated foliage biomass from an earlier study was 563 g/m2.
- Observation The corrected litter-to-foliage-biomass ratio was 0.21.