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Leaf diffusive conductance for water (gl) and twig xylem pressure (ψxt) was measured in juvenile silver birch, Betula pendula, under field conditions in southern Sweden. Data from one site were used to parameterise two different multiplicative models for gl (dependent data), and measurements from another site were used to validate these models (independent data). In addition, experiments were performed...
Fourteen morphometric variables of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) leaves from two sites in the Upper Silesia province were analyzed to establish the pattern of intrapopulational and interpopulational relations. The leaves were collected from ten trees growing on a zinc–lead dump as well as from ten trees in the unpolluted area of Mirów within the same bioclimatic region. Leaf samples were collected...
Spatial variation in sapwood area to leaf area ratio (Huber value, HV) and specific leaf area (SLA) was examined in branches of closed-canopy trees of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth). HV increased basipetally within a crown and decreased with increasing branch order, but exhibited no significant radial trend along a primary branch. HV was primarily determined by branch position in a crown and branch...
Walls provide extreme habitats where plants are subjected to various environmental hazards, including water deficit, shortage or excess of irradiance, and nutrient unbalance, and soil communities are in initial stages of development. Here we analyzed the soil substrate, mycorrhizal status, leaf structure and chemistry, CO2 exchange and water relations of birch trees growing on brick walls of a 19th...
We measured the growth responses of individual shoots and branches of Betula pendula when growing next to trees of the same species or Pinus sylvestris, Larix sibirica or Alnus glutinosa. We used the three-dimensionally digitized response variables and the size and distance of trees growing within a 5-m radius of the study trees to establish a relationship between tree performance and the effect of...
Several deciduous woody plant species produce anthocyanins during leaf development in spring and again during leaf senescence in autumn. The leaves of Betula pendula Roth (silver birch) commonly exhibit transient reddening in juvenile leaves under northern growing conditions, with the intensity of the red colour varying among individual trees. The objective of our study was to test the hypothesis...
Developing leaves of several mature Betula pendula trees planted for landscaping turned red when a sudden cold period occurred during the high light conditions of Spring. At the same time the leaves of other trees remained green. The effect of street lamp light on leaf colouration of the B. pendula trees with Springtime red- and green-emerging leaves was studied in the cool Autumn weather. The result...
Key messageWithin a local population genotypes differ in the timing of bud burst, but genotypes with early bud burst unfold their leaves slower, resulting in an equal period of carbon gain. Abstract The ability of local populations to cope with disturbances like adverse weather events or a changing climate depends on the genotypic richness of such populations, emphasising the importance of...
Key messageAir-drying, cooling and freezing leaf samples rich in isoprenoid content evaporates isoprenoids and consequently causes an underestimation of the leaf dry matter content. Abstract Foliage isoprenoid content or essential oil content is a key plant characteristic important in plant science, but also for food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. Commonly, the amount of foliage chemicals...
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