• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Foliage Biomass in Temperate Tree Species
  • Beteiligte: Nicholson, Stuart A.
  • Erschienen: University of Notre Dame, 1975
  • Erschienen in: The American Midland Naturalist
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0003-0031; 1938-4238
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  • Beschreibung: <p>Predicted foliage weights for 32 temperate tree species were calculated from carefully selected regression equations. Mean foliage weight of 18 conifers (19.3 kg) was significantly greater than that of 26 angiosperms (10.0 kg) for standard sized (25.4 cm, dbh) individuals. Linear correlations between foliage weight and other tree characteristics were rarely significant within the two tree groups, but were frequently significant when tree data were pooled. The ecological significance of foliage weight differences between angiosperms and conifers is discussed.</p>