Claim · model-written summary
Foliage contributed as much or more aboveground biomass than stems in some natural stands.
- Taxon
- Pinus koraiensis
Pinus koraiensist0 - Organ / stage
- foliagee0
- Outcome
- contribution of foliage to aboveground biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- steme0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the contribution of foliage to aboveground biomass was similar to or even sometimes higher than that of stem.”
t0“Pinus koraiensis”
Title
Biomass and Nutrients of Planted and Naturally Occurring Pinus koraiensis in Korea
Yowhan Son; Nam Jin Noh; Raehyun Kim; et al. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University) 2007
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Allometric biomass equation slopes were similar across locations.
- Observation Allometric biomass equation intercepts differed across stands.
- Observation Aboveground biomass ranged from 5.5 to 339.9 Mg ha -1 across plantation ages.
- Observation Stems held more than half of aboveground biomass.
- Observation Seedling aboveground biomass varied between 2.2 and 6.6 Mg ha -1 by location.
- Association Overstory nitrogen content increased with plantation age.
- Association Overstory phosphorus content increased with plantation age.
- Observation Foliage held 56–62% of total nitrogen in natural stands.
- Observation Foliage held 43–57% of total phosphorus in natural stands.
- Observation Plantation ecosystem nitrogen and phosphorus pools ranged from 4180 to 8990 kg ha -1 with age.
- Observation Soils were the largest nitrogen and phosphorus pools in plantations.
- Observation Nitrogen uptake and retention rose rapidly during early growth.
- Observation Canopy passage changed precipitation chemistry significantly.
- Observation Growing-season throughfall and stemflow were enriched in ions.