Crown traits of coniferous trees and their relation to shade tolerance can differ with leaf type: A biophysical demonstration using computed tomography scanning data

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Dutilleul, Pierre ^a   Han, Liwen ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b   Messier, Christian ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching pattern complexity; Computed tomography (CT) scanning; Conifer crowns; Fractal dimensions (FD); Leaf area and volume; Needlelike vs. scale like leaves; Plant light interception and shade tolerance; Silhouette to total area ratio (STAR)

Indexed keywords

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84928034503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00172     Document Type: Article

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