1986
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a15453
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Trees as a water transport system.

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“…The observation by Leonardo da Vinci that "all branches of a tree at every stage of its height when put together are equal in thickness to the trunk" (Richter 1888) has been interpreted as a feature of the tree's water transport system (Hari et al 1986), or as response to wind-induced stresses (Eloy 2011). In any case, there is a very strong relationship between the cross-sectional area of the tree stem at a point and the sum of the cross-sectional area of branches above that point (Hari et al 1986, Bentley et al 2013. A cumulative branch area constraint would ensure realistic branch amounts at the tree level, although climatic variation in the branchwood area to stemwood area ratio must be taken into account (Berninger et al 1995).…”
Section: Progress In Predicting Mbd From Crown Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The observation by Leonardo da Vinci that "all branches of a tree at every stage of its height when put together are equal in thickness to the trunk" (Richter 1888) has been interpreted as a feature of the tree's water transport system (Hari et al 1986), or as response to wind-induced stresses (Eloy 2011). In any case, there is a very strong relationship between the cross-sectional area of the tree stem at a point and the sum of the cross-sectional area of branches above that point (Hari et al 1986, Bentley et al 2013. A cumulative branch area constraint would ensure realistic branch amounts at the tree level, although climatic variation in the branchwood area to stemwood area ratio must be taken into account (Berninger et al 1995).…”
Section: Progress In Predicting Mbd From Crown Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This theory predicts a linear relationship between foliage mass or area and the sapwood cross-sectional area below the crown (the slope of the relationship is called the Huber value in stem hydraulics) [37]. Both supporting and non-supporting evidence for the linear relationship between foliage quantity and sapwood area have been found in numerous studies [1,7,8,24,38,43,44,53,108]. Only a few studies on the actual dynamics between foliage area and sapwood area development have been published, but in these studies a linear relationship has been observed [69].…”
Section: Pipe Model Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some models based on the optimization of distribution of assimilates aimed at the maximum growth were proposed (see, for example [10] (14)). …”
Section: Limits Of Precision Of the Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%