TY - JOUR
T1 - Linkages between tree architectural designs and life-history strategies in a subtropical montane moist forest
AU - Xu, Yaozhan
AU - Iida, Yoshiko
AU - Huang, Haiyan
AU - Shi, Zheng
AU - Franklin, Scott B.
AU - Luo, Yiqi
AU - Bao, Dachuan
AU - Qiao, Xiujuan
AU - Lu, Zhijun
AU - Jiang, Mingxi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 31700356 , 31270562 and 31670441 ), the National Basic Research Program of China ( 2014CB954004 ), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( XDA 05050204 ). It was also sponsored by the China Scholarship Council. We would like to express our appreciation to the tree architecture workshop held in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science in 2013. We thank Junyi Liang and Lifen Jiang for providing constructive comments on an early version of this manuscript. We also thank Takashi S. Kohyama and several anonymous reviewers for providing enlightening ideas.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/4/15
Y1 - 2019/4/15
N2 - Tree architecture is crucial to maximizing light capture, determined by carbon allocation of individual trees, and consequently characterizes species-specific growth strategies. Its variation and associated life-history strategies have been examined in tropical and temperate forests, but not in subtropical forests. Moreover, a similar architectural pattern was found using a hierarchical Bayesian model in a tropical forest, which differed from most of previous studies. Here, we employed a hierarchical Bayesian model to examine tree architecture differences and associations with adult stature and light requirement among 59 subtropical co-occurring species. Architectural variations among tree species with different seed dispersal and leaf phenology types were analyzed. Most species showed similar architecture in the height of the lowest foliage-tree height relationships (F-H) and the long side of crown- tree height relationships (W 1 -H), but some species showed interspecific variations in tree height-stem diameter relationships (H-D) among the 59 co-occurring species in the subtropical montane forest. Trees developed deeper and larger crowns at mid-elevation compared to the tropical and temperate forests. Parameters of H-D relationship differed in leaf phenology and dispersal types, and intercepts of F-H relationship and W 1 -H relationship differed in leaf phenology. Large-statured species had more slender stems, and shallower and narrower crowns at small sizes, but similar crowns at large sizes. Light-demanding species showed weak correlations between architectural variables and light requirement but exhibited wide crowns at the intermediate sizes. In general, size-dependent architectural differentiation was driven mainly by adult stature and light requirement in subtropical forest. Coexistence species showed different life-history strategies in light capture, which may help provide options in forest thinning and harvesting in subtropical forest. Species-specific tree architectural models of 59 co-occurring species represent three-dimensional (3D) structure of this subtropical forest accurately, but also support for future terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data analysis.
AB - Tree architecture is crucial to maximizing light capture, determined by carbon allocation of individual trees, and consequently characterizes species-specific growth strategies. Its variation and associated life-history strategies have been examined in tropical and temperate forests, but not in subtropical forests. Moreover, a similar architectural pattern was found using a hierarchical Bayesian model in a tropical forest, which differed from most of previous studies. Here, we employed a hierarchical Bayesian model to examine tree architecture differences and associations with adult stature and light requirement among 59 subtropical co-occurring species. Architectural variations among tree species with different seed dispersal and leaf phenology types were analyzed. Most species showed similar architecture in the height of the lowest foliage-tree height relationships (F-H) and the long side of crown- tree height relationships (W 1 -H), but some species showed interspecific variations in tree height-stem diameter relationships (H-D) among the 59 co-occurring species in the subtropical montane forest. Trees developed deeper and larger crowns at mid-elevation compared to the tropical and temperate forests. Parameters of H-D relationship differed in leaf phenology and dispersal types, and intercepts of F-H relationship and W 1 -H relationship differed in leaf phenology. Large-statured species had more slender stems, and shallower and narrower crowns at small sizes, but similar crowns at large sizes. Light-demanding species showed weak correlations between architectural variables and light requirement but exhibited wide crowns at the intermediate sizes. In general, size-dependent architectural differentiation was driven mainly by adult stature and light requirement in subtropical forest. Coexistence species showed different life-history strategies in light capture, which may help provide options in forest thinning and harvesting in subtropical forest. Species-specific tree architectural models of 59 co-occurring species represent three-dimensional (3D) structure of this subtropical forest accurately, but also support for future terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data analysis.
KW - Adult stature
KW - Hierarchical Bayesian model
KW - Light requirement
KW - Size-dependent changes
KW - Subtropical montane forest
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U2 - 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.047
DO - 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.047
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061271284
SN - 0378-1127
VL - 438
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Forest Ecology and Management
JF - Forest Ecology and Management
ER -