Depth-related leaf changes are expected to give greater canopy carbon gain

Claim · model-written summary

Depth-related leaf changes are expected to give greater canopy carbon gain

Taxon

Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0

Outcome

greater canopy carbon gaine2

Qualifier

more uniform distribution of photosynthetically active radiation through the canopye2

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Verbatim

e0

“The spatial and physical characteristics of foliage varied systematically with canopy height in a broad-leaved evergreen forest of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole (mountain beech) in the Craigieburn Range, South Island, New Zealand”

e2

“These changes will result in a more uniform distribution of photosynthetically active radiation through the canopy and a greater canopy carbon gain than possible in canopies composed of randomly oriented leaves with constant physical properties”