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Authors conclude gymnosperm foliage deviates from volume filling.
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e0“these results confirm a deviation from volume filling in gymnosperm trees”
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
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- Method / resource Self-shading model predicted optimal foliage fractal dimensions between 2 and 3 depending on light interception and crown size.
- Observation Measured foliage fractal dimension was less than 3 in gymnosperm trees.
- 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.
- Mechanism Approximate three-quarter foliage biomass scaling suggests metabolic scaling exponents may be loosely tied to foliage fractal dimension.