A predictive nondestructive model for the covariation of tree height, diameter, and stem volume scaling relationships.

ABSTRACT: Metabolic scaling theory (MST) posits that the scaling exponents among plant height H, diameter D, and biomass M will covary across phyletically diverse species. However, the relationships between scaling exponents and normalization constants remain unclear. Therefore, we developed a predictive model for the covariation of H, D, and stem volume V scaling relationships and used data from Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) in Jiangxi province, China to test it. As predicted by the model and supported by the data, normalization constants are positively correlated with their associated scaling exponents for D vs. V and H vs. V, whereas normalization constants are negatively correlated with the scaling exponents of H vs. D. The prediction model also yielded reliable estimations of V (mean ab

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4995560 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature