NDLI: Angle distribution of foliage in individual Chamaecyparis obtusa canopies and effect of angle on diffuse light penetration

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Author	Utsugi, Hajime
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	The vertical distribution of foliage angle and area of three Chamaecyparis obtusa trees was determined by the triangle method, which calculates foliage geometry using measured coordinates of the leaf ”corners”, in a 43-year-old plantation in central Japan. Vertical distribution patterns of leaf area were different depending on tree size, but the boundary heights, which divide the canopy into sunlit and shaded parts, were similar in the three sample trees. The value of the average foliage angle [I(Z)] at a given depth (Z) from the tip of the stem decreased continually from the upper to lower layers within the canopy. The vertical patterns of changes in I(Z) were different among the three trees, but could be expressed by the following allometric equation as a function of depth. where a, b and c are constants. The average foliage angle of C. obtusa depended on the position within the canopy and tree size; the value was larger in the sunlit parts of the canopy than in the shaded parts. However, the foliage angle distribution in the overall canopy fitted an ellipsoidal area distribution model. The probability of diffuse light penetration through the canopy was calculated using foliage angle and cumulative leaf area parameters. The probability was different from that calculated by Beer’s Law for light extinction, especially in the sunlit part of the canopy. These results suggested that the foliage angle distribution within the canopy is an important factor in: (1) the estimation of the absorption of diffuse radiation: and (2) evaluation of the amount of absorbed direct radiation in the canopy of this forest.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	9
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09311890
Journal	Trees
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14322285
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1999-07-20
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Physiology Plant Science Forestry

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