Specific needle area of Scots pine and its dependence on light conditions inside the canopy.

Specific needle area of Scots pine and its dependence on light conditions inside the canopy.

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The specific needle area of young Scots pine ( L.) showed a substantial within-tree and between-tree variation which was associated with the position of the chervo jacke herren tree and the position of the whorl as indicated by the prevailing crown and branch illumination.In suppressed trees the values of the specific needle area were three to four times those in dominating trees.A similar morphogenesis was discernible in comparison of the lower and the upper part of the crown.

The mean specific needle area value click here for the whole stand was 184 cm/g.Pinus sylvestris2.