Tree architecture in young Scots pine: properties, spatial distribution and relationships of components of tree architecture.

Kuuluvainen, Timo; Kanninen, Markku; Salmi, Juha-Pekka

Full text of this article is only available in PDF format.

Silva Fennica vol. 22 no. 2 article id 5347 | 1988 | Article

Timo Kuuluvainen , Markku Kanninen, Juha-Pekka Salmi

Tree architecture in young Scots pine: properties, spatial distribution and relationships of components of tree architecture.

Kuuluvainen T., Kanninen M., Salmi J.-P. (1988). Tree architecture in young Scots pine: properties, spatial distribution and relationships of components of tree architecture. Silva Fennica vol. 22 no. 2 article id 5347. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15504

Abstract

The architecture of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was studied in an eight-year-old progeny test. The measurements included characteristics of crown structure, spatial distribution of shoots and yield components. The spatial distribution of shoots showed striking between-tree differences, and two extreme distribution patterns were detected. One represented a non-layered structure with a vertically relative even shoot distribution, and the other a layered structure with a vertically highly uneven shoot distribution.

Close correlations existed between several components of tree architecture and it is suggested that changes in the phenotypic architecture in Scots pine follow an epigenetic pattern, which enables the prediction of adaptational changes in structural components. The structural characteristics related to high above-ground biomass were a long crown, high total shoot length, high number of branches per whorl and big shoots of low needle density occupying a big share of the crown volume.

The PDF includes a summary in Finnish.

Keywords
Pinus sylvestris; crown architecture; biomass production; branching pattern; tree ideotype

Published in 1988

Available at https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15504 | Download PDF

Click this link to register to Silva Fennica.

If you are a registered user, log in to save your selected articles for later access.

Contents alert

Export reference to EndNote / RefWorks

Your selected articles
Send to email

Vettenranta J., (1999) Distance-dependent models for predicting the dev.. Silva Fennica vol. 33 no. 1 article id 670 (remove) | Edit comment

Palahí M., Pukkala T. et al. (2006) Calibrating predicted tree diameter distribution.. Silva Fennica vol. 40 no. 3 article id 332 (remove) | Edit comment

Pietilä I., Kangas A. et al. (2010) Influence of growth prediction errors on the exp.. Silva Fennica vol. 44 no. 5 article id 111 (remove) | Edit comment

Raiskila S., Saranpää P. et al. (2006) Growth rate and wood properties of Norway spruce.. Silva Fennica vol. 40 no. 2 article id 341 (remove) | Edit comment

Kellomäki S., Maajärvi M. et al. (2010) Model computations on the climate change effects.. Silva Fennica vol. 44 no. 2 article id 455 (remove) | Edit comment

Kojola S., Penttilä T. et al. (2004) Impacts of different thinning regimes on the yie.. Silva Fennica vol. 38 no. 4 article id 407 (remove) | Edit comment

Kellomäki S., Haapanen A. et al. (1976) Tree stands in urban noise abatement. Silva Fennica vol. 10 no. 3 article id 4949 (remove) | Edit comment

Repola J., Heikkinen J. et al. (2021) Pulpwood green density prediction models and sam.. Silva Fennica vol. 55 no. 4 article id 10539 (remove) | Edit comment

Kaitera J., Nuorteva H. (2010) Effects of Melampyrum extracts on the growth of .. Silva Fennica vol. 44 no. 2 article id 149 (remove) | Edit comment

Luoranen J., Lappi J. et al. (2006) Field performance of hybrid aspen clones planted.. Silva Fennica vol. 40 no. 2 article id 342 (remove) | Edit comment

Your search results