Claim · model-written summary
Measured foliage fractal dimension was less than 3 in gymnosperm trees.
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e0“For a large data set on foliage and woody biomass in gymnosperm trees, we confirm that the fractal dimension of foliage is less than 3”
Title
Self‐shading affects allometric scaling in trees
Remko A. Duursma; Annikki Mäkelä; Douglas E.B. Reid; et al. Functional Ecology 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01690.x
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Method / resource Self-shading model predicted optimal foliage fractal dimensions between 2 and 3 depending on light interception and crown size.
- Association Foliage fractal dimension depended weakly on crown size.
- Association Foliage biomass scaled with crown woody biomass at exponent 0·78.
- Mechanism Deviation in crown woody biomass and length scaling could explain the observed scaling.
- Observation Authors conclude gymnosperm foliage deviates from volume filling.
- Mechanism Approximate three-quarter foliage biomass scaling suggests metabolic scaling exponents may be loosely tied to foliage fractal dimension.