Functional Crown Architecture of Five Temperate Broadleaf Tree Species: Vertical Gradients in Leaf Morphology, Leaf Angle, and Leaf Area Density

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Estimating Vertical Leaf Area Density Profiles of Tree Canopies Using Three-dimensional Portable Lidar Imaging

In this paper, a new method for estimation of vertical leaf area density (LAD) profile of tree canopy using portable scanning lidar is proposed. In this method, which we refer to as the voxel-based canopy profiling (VCP) method, several measurement points surrounding the canopy and optimally inclined laser beams are adopted to facilitate full laser beam illumination of whole canopy up to the in...

Spatial and temporal variations in leaf area index, specific leaf area and leaf nitrogen of two co-occurring savanna tree species.

Foliage growth, mass- and area-based leaf nitrogen concentrations (Nm and N a) and specific leaf area (SLA) were surveyed during a complete vegetation cycle for two co-occurring savanna tree species: Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth. and Cussonia arborea A. Rich. The study was conducted in the natural reserve of Lamto, Ivory Coast, on isolated and clumped trees. Leaf flush occurr...

The Retrieval of Leaf Inclination Angle and Leaf Area Index in Maize

How are leaves plumbed inside a branch? Differences in leaf-to-leaf hydraulic sectoriality among six temperate tree species.

The transport of water, sugar, and nutrients in trees is restricted to specific vascular pathways, and thus organs may be relatively isolated from one another (i.e. sectored). Strongly sectored leaf-to-leaf pathways have been shown for the transport of sugar and signal molecules within a shoot, but not previously for water transport. The hydraulic sectoriality of leaf-to-leaf pathways was deter...