Claim · model-written summary
At a given diameter, western larch had more current foliage mass than Douglas-fir.
- Taxon
- western larch
Larix occidentalise0 - Outcome
- current foliage masse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- For a given diametere0
- Comparator
- Douglas-fire0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For a given diameter, western larch supported a greater current foliage mass than lodgepole pine or Douglas-fir (P < 0.001)”
Title
Stith T. Gower; Charles C. Grier; Daniel J. Vogt; et al. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1987. doi:10.1139/x87-103
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Method / resource Foliage biomass regressions compared unfavorably with regressions in other studies.
- Observation At a given diameter, western larch had more current foliage mass than lodgepole pine.
- Observation Lodgepole pine had more total foliage mass than western larch.
- Observation Lodgepole pine supported approximately twice the total foliage mass of western larch.
- Observation Foliage-area versus stem-diameter allometry did not differ between western larch and lodgepole pine.
- Observation Western larch needles provide more photosynthetic area per carbon invested than evergreen conifers.