Internode morphometrics and allometry of Tonkin Cane Pseudosasa amabilis

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dc.cibjournalPlant allometryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Liangen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHui, Cangen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorReddy, Gadi V. P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDing, Yu-Longen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorShi, Pei-Jianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-23T09:48:28Z
dc.date.available2018-08-23T09:48:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.descriptionCITATION: Cheng, L. et al. 2017. Internode morphometrics and allometry of Tonkin Cane Pseudosasa amabilis. Ecology & Evolution, 7(222):9651-9660. doi:10.1002/ece3.3483.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractPseudosasa amabilis (McClure) (Poales: Gramineae) is a typical bamboo species naturally distributed in large area of south China and famous for its culm strength. Although bamboos were found to share the same development rule, the detailed internode morphology of bamboo culm was actually not fully expressed. We explored internode morphology of P. amabilis using 11 different physical parameters in different dimensions (1–4). As Taylor’s power law (TPL) is generally applicable to describe relationship between mean and variance of population density, here we used TPL to evaluate the differences between internodes, and further, the relationship between dimension and TPL. Results showed that length (L), hollow radius (HR), hollow area (HA), hollow cylinder volume (HCV), total cylinder volume (TCV), density (De), and weight (W) all presented positive skewed distribution in varying degrees. For the basic one-dimensional parameters, the 9th internode was the longest, the 7th the heaviest, while thickness (T) decreased with internodes. Diameter (D) decreased in general but with an inconspicuous local mode at the 5–6th internodes, potentially due to the rapid height growth. The longest (9th) internode was the “turning point” for T-D and HR-D relationships. Scatter plot changing trends of W to the one-dimensional parameters after the heaviest (7th) internode were reversed, indicating a deceleration of growth speed. TPL was not holding well in one-dimensional parameters (R2: 0.5413–0.8125), but keep increasing as the parameter’s dimension increasing (R2 > 0.92 for two-dimensional, R2 > 0.97 for three-dimensional, and R2 > 0.99 for four-dimensional parameters.), suggesting an emergence mechanism of TPL related to both the physical dimensions of morphological measures and the allometric growth of bamboo. From the physical fundamental level, all existences are the expression of energy distribution in different dimensions, implying a more general rule that energy distribution holds better TPL in higher dimension level.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Natural Science Foundation of Chinaen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipPAPD of Jiangsu Provinceen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation of South Africaen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipGVPR by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hatch projecten_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent10 pages : illustrations (some colour)en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCheng, L. et al. 2017. Internode morphometrics and allometry of Tonkin Cane Pseudosasa amabilis. Ecology & Evolution, 7(222):9651-9660. doi:10.1002/ece3.3483.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1002/ece3.3483
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104333
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltden_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectBamboo -- Chinaen_ZA
dc.subjectAgriculture -- Research -- Chinaen_ZA
dc.subjectMorphometricsen_ZA
dc.subjectMathematical statisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectLinear regression (Statistics)en_ZA
dc.subjectTaylor’s power law (Ecology)en_ZA
dc.subjectPlant allometryen_ZA
dc.subjectTonkin caneen_ZA
dc.titleInternode morphometrics and allometry of Tonkin Cane Pseudosasa amabilisen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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