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The scaling relationships of leaf biomass vs. leaf surface area of 12 bamboo species

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posted on 2023-05-20, 07:20 authored by Huang, W, Su, X, David RatkowskyDavid Ratkowsky, Niklas, KJ, Gielis, J, Shi, P
There is convincing evidence for a scaling relationship between leaf dry weight (DW) and leaf surface area (A) for broad-leaved plants, and most estimates of the scaling exponent of DW vs. A are greater than unity. However, the scaling relationship of leaf fresh weight (FW) vs. A has been largely neglected. In the present study, we examined whether there is a statistically strong scaling relationship between FW and A and compared the goodness of fit to that of DW vs. A. Between 250 and 520 leaves from each of 12 bamboo species within 2 genera (Phyllostachys and Pleioblastus) were investigated. The reduced major axis regression protocols were used to determine scaling relationships. The fit for the linearized scaling relationship of FW vs. A was compared with that of DW vs. A using the coefficient of determination (i.e., r2). A stronger scaling relationship between FW and A than that between DW and A was observed for each of the 12 bamboo species investigated. Among the 12 species examined, five had significantly smaller scaling exponents of FW vs. A compared to those of DW vs. A; only one species had a scaling exponent of FW vs. A greater than that of DW vs. A. No significant difference between the two scaling exponents was observed for the remaining 6 species. Researchers conducting future studies might be well advised to consider the influence of leaf fresh weight when exploring the scaling relationships of foliar biomass allocation patterns.

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Publication title

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volume

20

Article number

e00793

Number

e00793

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

2351-9894

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

Elsevier

Place of publication

Netherlands

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Copyright 2019 The Author(s) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified; Other plant production and plant primary products not elsewhere classified

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