Abstract
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. Leaf inclination angle, leaf weight per unit area, leaf nitrogen concentration, leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf reflectance of photosynthetically active radiation all decreased with depth in the canopy. 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. The mean leaf area index of the Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides foliage was 6 7 and mean branch silhouette area index was 1 4. Mistletoe (Alepisflavida [Hook.f.] Tiegh) was present in the canopy and had a leaf area index of 0-14, and a stem silhouette area index of 0-02. Total beech and mistletoe foliage biomass was 1183 and 36g m-2 respectively and total beech and mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 12 3 and 037g m2. Key-words: Leaf orientation, leaf area index, leaf nitrogen, Nothofagus, photosynthetic capacity, mistletoe
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf inclination angle, leaf weight per unit area and leaf nitrogen concentration decreased with canopy depth
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides
Nothofagus cliffortioidese0 - Outcome
- Leaf inclination angle, leaf weight per unit area, leaf nitrogen concentratione1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Qualifier
- with depth in the canopye1
- Setting
- Craigieburn Range, South Island, New Zealande0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e1“Leaf inclination angle, leaf weight per unit area, leaf nitrogen concentration, leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf reflectance of photosynthetically active radiation all decreased with depth in the canopy”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf reflectance decreased with canopy depth
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Outcome
- leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf reflectance of photosynthetically active radiatione1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Qualifier
- with depth in the canopye1
- Setting
- Craigieburn Range, South Island, New Zealande0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e1“Leaf inclination angle, leaf weight per unit area, leaf nitrogen concentration, leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf reflectance of photosynthetically active radiation all decreased with depth in the canopy”
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
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean leaf area index of the Nothofagus foliage was 6.7
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese3
- Outcome
- mean leaf area indexe3
- Value
- 6 7e3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e3“The mean leaf area index of the Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides foliage was 6 7 and mean branch silhouette area index was 1 4”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean branch silhouette area index of the Nothofagus canopy was 1.4
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese3
- Outcome
- mean branch silhouette area indexe3
- Value
- 1 4e3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e3“The mean leaf area index of the Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides foliage was 6 7 and mean branch silhouette area index was 1 4”
Claim · model-written summary
Mistletoe leaf area index in the canopy was 0.14
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Interactor
- Alepisflavidae4parasite
- Outcome
- leaf area indexe4
- Value
- 0-14e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e4“Mistletoe (Alepisflavida [Hook.f.] Tiegh) was present in the canopy and had a leaf area index of 0-14, and a stem silhouette area index of 0-02”
Claim · model-written summary
Mistletoe stem silhouette area index in the canopy was 0.02
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Interactor
- Alepisflavidae4parasite
- Outcome
- stem silhouette area indexe4
- Value
- 0-02e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e4“Mistletoe (Alepisflavida [Hook.f.] Tiegh) was present in the canopy and had a leaf area index of 0-14, and a stem silhouette area index of 0-02”
Claim · model-written summary
Total beech foliage biomass was 1183 g m-2
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Outcome
- foliage biomasse5
- Value
- 1183e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e5“Total beech and mistletoe foliage biomass was 1183 and 36g m-2 respectively and total beech and mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 12 3 and 037g m2”
Claim · model-written summary
Mistletoe foliage biomass was 36 g m-2
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Interactor
- Alepisflavidae4parasite
- Outcome
- foliage biomasse5
- Value
- 36g m-2e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e4“Mistletoe (Alepisflavida [Hook.f.] Tiegh) was present in the canopy and had a leaf area index of 0-14, and a stem silhouette area index of 0-02”
e5“Total beech and mistletoe foliage biomass was 1183 and 36g m-2 respectively and total beech and mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 12 3 and 037g m2”
Claim · model-written summary
Total beech foliage nitrogen mass was 12.3
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Outcome
- foliage nitrogen masse5
- Value
- 12 3e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e5“Total beech and mistletoe foliage biomass was 1183 and 36g m-2 respectively and total beech and mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 12 3 and 037g m2”
Claim · model-written summary
Mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 0.37 g m-2
- Taxon
- Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioidesNothofagus cliffortioidese0
- Interactor
- Alepisflavidae4parasite
- Outcome
- foliage nitrogen masse5
- Value
- 037g m2e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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”
e4“Mistletoe (Alepisflavida [Hook.f.] Tiegh) was present in the canopy and had a leaf area index of 0-14, and a stem silhouette area index of 0-02”
e5“Total beech and mistletoe foliage biomass was 1183 and 36g m-2 respectively and total beech and mistletoe foliage nitrogen mass was 12 3 and 037g m2”