Application of leaf size and leafing intensity scaling across subtropical trees
| العنوان: | Application of leaf size and leafing intensity scaling across subtropical trees |
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| المؤلفون: | Quanlin Zhong, Jinlong Li, Mantang Wang, Jun Sun, Dongliang Cheng, Xiaoping Chen |
| المصدر: | Ecology and Evolution |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | leafing intensity, 0106 biological sciences, 0303 health sciences, Ecology, Intensity scaling, stem size, Subtropics, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, broad scope, Twig, 03 medical and health sciences, Horticulture, functional groups, leaf size, Habit (biology), Pooled data, Leaf size, Scaling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Intensity (heat transfer), Original Research, 030304 developmental biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Mathematics |
| الوصف: | Understanding the scaling between leaf size and leafing intensity (leaf number per stem size) is crucial for comprehending theories about the leaf costs and benefits in the leaf size–twig size spectrum. However, the scaling scope of leaf size versus leafing intensity changes along the twig leaf size variation in different leaf habit species remains elusive. Here, we hypothesize that the numerical value of scaling exponent for leaf mass versus leafing intensity in twig is governed by the minimum leaf mass versus maximum leaf mass (M min versus M max) and constrained to be ≤−1.0. We tested this hypothesis by analyzing the twigs of 123 species datasets compiled in the subtropical mountain forest. The standardized major axis regression (SMA) analyses showed the M min scaled as the 1.19 power of M max and the ‐α (−1.19) were not statistically different from the exponents of M min versus leafing intensity in whole data. Across leaf habit groups, the M max scaled negatively and isometrically with respect to leafing intensity. The pooled data's scaling exponents ranged from −1.14 to −0.96 for M min and M max versus the leafing intensity based on stem volume (LIV). In the case of M min and M max versus the leafing intensity based on stem mass (LIM), the scaling exponents ranged from −1.24 to −1.04. Our hypothesis successfully predicts that the scaling relationship between leaf mass and leafing intensity is constrained to be ≤−1.0. More importantly, the lower limit to scaling of leaf mass and leafing intensity may be closely correlated with M min versus M max. Besides, constrained by the maximum leaf mass expansion, the broad scope range between leaf size and number may be insensitive to leaf habit groups in subtropical mountain forest. Our hypothesis successfully predicts that the scaling relationship between leaf mass and leafing intensity is constrained to be ≤−1.0. The broad scope range between leaf size and number may not be sensitive to leaf habit groups in the subtropical mountain forest. |
| تدمد: | 2045-7758 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4671eb929d747b49c921fa49bf8987dc https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6943 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4671eb929d747b49c921fa49bf8987dc |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20457758 |
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