Patterns of branch permeability with crown depth among loblolly pine families differing in growth rate and crown size

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Jerez, Mauricio ^a   Dean, Thomas J ^b   Roberts, Scott D ^c   Evans, David L ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic traits; Hydraulic architecture; Sapwood permeability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

BRANCH PERMEABILITY; GROWTH RATES;

FORESTRY;

PINACEAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 1642398314     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0288-5     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Blanche CA, Nebeker TE, Schmitt JJ, Hodges JD (1984) Techniques for distinguishing the sapwood - heartwood boundary in living loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). For Sci 30:756-60
2. Bongarten BC, Teskey RO (1987) Dry weight partitioning and its relationship to productivity in loblolly pine seedlings from seven sources. For Sci 33:255-267
3. Booker RE (1977) Problems in the measurement of longitudinal sapwood permeability and hydraulic conductivity. N Z J For Sci 7:297-306
4. Booker RE, Kininmonth IA (1978) Variation in longitudinal permeability of green radiata pine wood. N Z J For Sci 8:295-308
5. Boyer JS (1985) Water transport. Annu Rev Plant Physiol 36:473-516
6. Comstock GL (1970) Directional permeability of softwoods. Wood Fiber 1:283-289
7. Dean T (1991) Effect of growth rate and wind sway on the relation between mechanical and water-flow properties in slash pine seedlings. Can J For Res 21:1501-1506
8. Edwards WRN, Jarvis PG (1982) Relations between water content, potential, and permeability in stems of conifers. Plant Cell Environ 5:271-277
9. Fredericksen TS, Hedden RL, Williams SA (1994) Effect of stem bending on hydraulic conductivity and wood strength of loblolly pine. Can J For Res 24:442-446
10. Gravatt D (1994) Physiological variation in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) as related to crown position and stand density. PhD Dissertation. School of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries. Louisiana State University
11. Jacobs TD (1988) Differences in light interception and canopy architecture between three half-sib families of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Duke University, Durham, N.C.
12. Joyce BJ, Steiner KC (1995) Systematic variation in xylem hydraulic capacity within the crown of white ash (Fraxinus americana). Tree Physiol 15:649-656
13. Keane MG, Weetman GF (1987) Leaf area-sapwood cross-sectional area relationships in repressed stands of lodgepole pine. Can J For Res 17:205-209
14. Land SB Jr, Belli KL, Duzan HV (1991) Family, spacing and family-by-spacing effects on loblolly pine during five years after planting. In: Coleman SS, Neary DG (eds) Sixth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, USDA For Serv SE For Exp Stn, Asheville, NL, pp 744-756
15. Littell RC, Milliken GA, Stroup WW, Wolfinger RD (1999) SAS system for mixed models. SAS Institute, North Carolina
16. Little CHA, Pharis, RP (1995) Hormonal control of radial and longitudinal growth in the tree stem. In: Gartner BL (ed) Plant stems: physiology and functional morphology. Academic Press, New York, pp 281-319
17. Maherali H, DeLucia EH (2000) Xylem conductivity and vulnerability to cavitation of ponderosa pine growing in contrasting climates. Tree Physiol 20:859-867
18. Margolis H, Oren R, Whitehead D, Kauffmann MR (1995) Leaf area dynamics of conifer forest. In: Smith KW, Hinckley TM (eds) Ecophysiology of coniferous forest. Academic Press, New York, pp 181-223
19. Mencuccini M, Grace J (1996) Developmental patterns of above-ground hydraulic conductance in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) age sequence. Plant Cell Environ 19:939-948
20. Peterman RM (1990) The importance of reporting statistical power: the forest decline and acidic deposition example. Ecology 71:2024-2027
21. Phillips N, Bond BJ, Ryan M (2001) Gas exchange and hydraulic properties in the crowns of two tree species in a Panamanian moist forest. Trees 15:123-130
22. Pothier D, Margolis HA, Poliquin J, Waring R (1989a) Relation between the permeability and the anatomy of jack pine sapwood with stand development. Can For J Res 19:1564-1570
23. Pothier, D, Margolis HA, Waring RH (1989b) Patterns of change of saturated sapwood permeability and sapwood conductance with stand development. Can J For Res 19:432-439
24. Protz CG, Sillins U, Liefers VJ (2000) Reduction in branch sapwood hydraulic permeability as a factor limiting survival of lower branches of lodgepole pine. Can J For Res 30:1088-1095
25. Roberts SD (2002) Family differences in aboveground biomass allocation in loblolly pine. In: Outcalt K (ed) Proceedings of the eleventh biennial southern silvicultural research conference. Gen Tech Rep SRS-48. USDA For Serv, So Res Stn, pp 72-76
26. Roberts SD, Dean TJ, Evans DL (2003) Family influences on leaf area estimates derived from crown and tree dimensions in Pinus taeda. For Ecol Manage 172:261-70
27. Schultz HR, Matthews MA (1993) Xylem development and hydraulic conductance in sun and shade shoots of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.): evidence of how light uncouples water transport capacity from leaf area. Planta 190:393-406
28. Sellin A (1987) Hydraulic conductivity of the water transport system in Norway spruce. Sov Plant Physiol 34:545-553
29. Shelburne VB, Hedden RL (1996) Effect of stem height, dominance class, and site quality on sapwood permeability in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). For Ecol Manage 83:163-169
30. Shelburne VB, Hedden RL, Allen R (1993) The effects of site, stand density, and sapwood permeability on the relationship between leaf area and sapwood area in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). For Ecol Manage 58:193-209
31. Sperry JS, Donelly JR, Tyree MT (1988) A method for measuring hydraulic conductivity and embolism in xylem. Plant Cell Environ 13:279-287
32. Whitehead D, Edwards WRN, Jarvis PG (1984) Conducting sapwood area, foliage area, and permeability in mature trees of Picea sitchensis and Pinus contorta. Can J For Res 14:940-947
33. Zimmermann MH, Brown CL (1971) Trees: structure and function. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
34. Zobel B (1977) Increasing southern pine timber production through tree improvement. South J Appl For 1:3-10