Comparison of five equations in describing the variation of leaf area distributions of Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have validated a performance equation (PE) and its generalized version (GPE) in describing the rotated and right-shifted Lorenz curves of organ size (e.g., leaf area and fruit volume) distributions of herbaceous plants. Nevertheless, there are still two questions that have not been adequately addressed by prior work: (i) whether the PE and GPE apply to woody plant species and (ii) how do the PE and GPE perform in comparison with other Lorenz equations when fitting data. To address these deficiencies, we measured the lamina length and width of each leaf on 60 Alangium chinense saplings to compare the performance of the PE and GPE with three other Lorenz equations in quantifying the inequality of leaf area distributions across individual trees. Leaf area is shown to b

SUBMITTER: Deng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254708 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature