1. Scots pine and Norway spruce foliage biomass in Finland and Sweden--testing traditional models vs. the pipe model theory
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Lehtonen, Aleksi, Heikkinen, Juha, Petersson, Hans, Tupek, Boris, Liski, Eero, and Makela, Annikki
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Soils -- Carbon content ,Earth sciences - Abstract
The pipe model approach was compared with foliage biomass models by using the cross-sectional area at the tree crown base for predicting foliage biomass of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). We evaluated the impacts of site type, fertilization, and climate on the relationship between foliage biomass and cross-sectional area at the tree crown base, referred as to the pipe model ratio. Our hypotheses were that (i) the pipe model approach is a more precise and accurate method for foliage prediction than the traditional biomass models and (ii) the pipe model ratio for foliage does not explicitly depend on any single environmental driver. Data used here consisted of felled trees from Finnish and Swedish biomass studies. These data were analyzed by linear mixed models with different covariates, and the uncertainties of different modelling approaches were evaluated. The pipe model outperformed other models for Scots pine but not for Norway spruce. Results showed larger pipe model ratios for Scots pine in herb-rich forests compared with those of trees in subxeric heath forest. Results from fertilized trees indicated that the addition of nitrogen temporarily increased foliage biomass. Key words: pipe model theory, carbon allocation, soil nitrogen availability, fertilization, site type. L'approche fondee sur le modele tubulaire a ete comparee aux modeles de biomasse foliaire en utilisant la section radiale a la base de la cime des arbres pour predire la biomasse foliaire du pin sylvestre (Pinus sylvestris L.) et de l'epicea commun (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). L'impact du type de station, de la fertilisation et du climat sur cette relation entre la biomasse foliaire et la section radiale a la base de la cime des arbres appelee le rapport du modele tubulaire a ete evalue. Deux hypotheses ont ete testees : (i) l'approche fondee sur le modele tubulaire est une methode plus precise et exacte que les modeles de biomasse traditionnels pour la prediction de la biomasse foliaire et (ii) le rapport du modele tubulaire pour le feuillage ne depend explicitement d'aucun facteur environnemental. Les donnees utilisees ici proviennent d'arbres abattus dans le cadre d'etudes finlandaises et suedoises de biomasse. Ces donnees ont ete analysees a l'aide de modeles lineaires mixtes avec differentes covariables et l'incertitude de differentes approches de modelisation a ete evaluee. Le modele tubulaire etait plus performant que les autres modeles dans le cas du pin sylvestre mais pas dans le cas de l'epicea commun. Selon les resultats, les rapports du modele tubulaire pour le pin sylvestre sont plus grands dans les forets riches en plantes herbacees comparativement aux arbres dans les forets de bruyere sous-xeriques. Les resultats provenant d'arbres fertilises indiquent que l'apport d'azote augmente temporairement la biomasse foliaire. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : theorie du modele tubulaire, allocation du carbone, disponibilite de l'azote dans le sol, fertilisation, type de station., Introduction Estimates of foliage biomass are essential when modelling gross primary production of forest stands with process-based models. Traditionally, estimation of foliage biomass has relied on empirical models, in which [...]
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- 2020
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