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Investigation of the process of stem shape formation in relation to the crown dynamics, and its application to estimation of the leaf amount of trees and a forest

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24580209
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Forest science
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Sumida Akihiro  北海道大学, 低温科学研究所, 准教授 (50293551)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) MIYAURA Tomiyasu  龍谷大学, 理工学部, 教授 (90222330)
Research Collaborator WATANABE Tsutomu  北海道大学, 低温科学研究所, 教授 (60353918)
CHEN Lei  
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords葉面積指数 / アロメトリー / バイオマス / 樹冠 / 幹形状 / 直径成長 / ヒノキ / 樹幹 / 気象要因 / 個体葉量 / 幹乾重 / 幹バイオマス / 森林生態学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Processes of stem shape formation and crown development were analyzed using a data set of stem diameters measured at various stem locations and tree heights recorded for all the trees of a plantation of hinoki cypress (_Chamaecyparis obtusa_) collected over 20 years. Dominant trees in the stand increased crown length and leaf amount with age, whereas suppressed trees decreased crown length and leaf amount due to a rapid rise in crown-base height before they died due to among-tree competition. It was found out that this among-tree difference in the long-term process of crown development lead to among-tree difference in stem-shape formation patterns. Owing to the detailed dataset, meteorological factors affecting annual changes in stem biomass growth and the leaf area index (LAI) could be identified with high values of coefficient of determination.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] The diameter growth-height growth relationship as related to the diameter-height relationship2016

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Sumida
    • Journal Title

      Tree Physiology

      Volume: 35 Issue: 10 Pages: 1031-1034

    • DOI

      10.1093/treephys/tpv100

    • NAID

      120005893311

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relationships of tree height and diameter at breast height revisited: analyses of stem growth using 20-year data of an even-aged Chamaecyparis obtusa stand2013

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Sumida
    • Journal Title

      Tree Physiology

      Volume: 33(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 106-118

    • DOI

      10.1093/treephys/tps127

    • NAID

      120005228216

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Examinig the theories of branch autonomy and correlative inhibition in the crowns of Sakhalin spruce, _Picea glehnii_ (F.Schmidt) Mast.2016

    • Author(s)
      Lei Chen & Akihiro Sumida
    • Organizer
      第63回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台国際センター (宮城県仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Difference of the growth of primary and secondary branches in the crowns of Sakhalin Spruce, _Picea glehnii_ (F.Schmids) Mast.2016

    • Author(s)
      Lei Chen & Akihiro Sumida
    • Organizer
      2015年度日本生態学会北海道地区大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学地球環境科学研究院 (北海道札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Boreal forest ecosystems as related to recent advances in ecological and physiological studies of trees2015

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Sumida
    • Organizer
      ILTS International Symposium on Low Temperature Science
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学低温科学研究所 (北海道札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-01
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Patterns of branch growth and death in the crowns of Picea glehnii (F.Schmidt) Mast..2015

    • Author(s)
      Lei, Chen and Sumida, Akihiro
    • Organizer
      第126回日本森林学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学農学部(札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Patterns of branch growth and death in the crowns of Sakhalin Spruce, Picea glehnii (F.Schmidt) Mast.2015

    • Author(s)
      Lei, Chen and Sumida, Akihiro
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会北海道地区大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学地球環境科学研究院(札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-20
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 気象要因と葉量維持のフィードバックがもたらす常緑樹林のLAI年変動2014

    • Author(s)
      隅田明洋、宮浦富保
    • Organizer
      日本植物学会第78回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学生田キャンパス(川崎市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 樹冠動態を説明する新葉展開制御仮説~木も枝も 暗くなくても枯れる?

    • Author(s)
      隅田明洋・宮浦富保
    • Organizer
      日本植物学会第77回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学札幌キャンパス(札幌市)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] LAIの年変動は個体間競争を介する

    • Author(s)
      隅田明洋・宮浦富保
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島国際会議場(広島市)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 森林と樹木の長期動態~競争で死ぬ樹木は森林生態系を安定化させる死に方をする?

    • Author(s)
      隅田明洋
    • Organizer
      第91回 Plant Science Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学理学部5号館(札幌市)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 林分状態のヒノキ個体の幹形形成に関わる生物学的要因の解析

    • Author(s)
      隅田明洋, 宮浦富保
    • Organizer
      第124回日本森林学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      岩手大学(盛岡市)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 図2 森林を構成する樹木の幹の直径(DBH)と樹高(H)との関係

    • URL

      http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/plantecol/kenkyu1.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 1) Growth and competition of individual plants

    • URL

      http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/plantecol/home-e.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学学術成果コレクション HUSCAP

    • URL

      http://hdl.handle.net/2115/52056

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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