Pn, photosynthetic rate; Cond, conductance to H2O; Ci, intercellular CO2 concentration; Trmmol, transpiration rate; H, tree height; Frequency, Allele frequency of either the derived or minor allele.
As literature data indicate that mean evaporation rate is independent of tree height and leaf area index, it can be concluded that canopy interception is mainly governed by rainfall regime rather than forest architecture in the high rainfall intensity areas.
In order to enhance convergence of the clock rate as well as tree height, we followed an empirical Bayes approach [ 48].
A total of 14 studies representing 46 tree species from tropical and temperate ecosystems were included to test three hypotheses: stand composition affects tree height growth rate; stand composition affects tree diameter growth rate; and presence of nitrogen-fixing tree species in mixed tree plantations affects the diameter growth rate of non-fixing species.
Pn, photosynthetic rate; Cond, conductance to H2O; Ci, intercellular CO2 concentration; Trm, transpiration rate; MFA, microfiber angle; H, tree height; D, diameter at chest height; V, stem volume; Hol, holocellulose; α-cel, α-cellulose; Lig, lignin content.
The populations' fitness-linked trait was set as their productivity (tree height × survival rate) at each age.
Heenan & Smissen) to develop predictive models of diameter growth, excluding tree height and mortality rates in our analysis.
However, information on population dynamics (in terms of recruitment and mortality) as well as diameter growth rates and volume increment (dependent also on tree height and form) of existing trees is also needed for robust, long-term management plans.
(1) The base case, which approximates a forest-grown tree, shows that the requirement that basal trunk diameter Db ∝ H1.5 (where H is total tree height), to prevent buckling, substantially slows the height growth rate with increasing tree size, as is observed in real trees.
The seed source population had a greater relative impact on tree height than it did on the trees' survival rates.
