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Crown Spread Patterns for Five Deciduous Broad-leaved Woody Species: Ecological Significance of the Retention Patterns of Larger Branches
Authors:SUMIDA  AKIHIRO; KOMIYAMA  AKIRA
Institution: Laboratory of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-11, Japan
Abstract:Patterns of crown spread and branch retention of two shade-intolerantspecies (Betula platyphyllaandB. maximowicziana) were comparedwith three more tolerant species (Quercus mongolica,Acer sieboldianumandMagnoliaobovata). Branching height (height of the lowest living branch)rose more rapidly with age for the twoBetulaspecies than forthe shade tolerant species. Branching heights ofA. sieboldianumandM.obovatawere similar, irrespective of tree height and age, andlarger trees tended to produce wider crowns than theBetulaspecieswhen trees of similar height were compared. In all species,the branch basal area (cross-sectional area of a branch at itsbase) and the leaf area per branch generally increased as thebranch position on a stem became lower. Therefore, retaininglarger branches contributed significantly to the support ofa larger leaf area per tree. The number of larger branches (branchbasal area >80 cm2) for bothBetulaspecies was significantlysmaller than that of the shade tolerant species. The branchretention pattern ofBetulaspecies was probably a consequenceof intolerance of the leaves to shade. The decline ofBetulaspecieswith forest succession is likely to occur through their inabilityto retain branches with a large base area in closed forests.Copyright1997 Annals of Botany Company Shade tolerance; crown spread; branch retention; branch size; broad-leaved woody species; leaf area index per tree
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