Changes in the factor of safety within the superstructure of a dicot tree

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 688-696

  Niklas, K J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dicot trees; Fabaceae; Factor of safety; Plant allometry; Robinia pseudoacacia; Stem stiffness and strength

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TREE;

FABACEAE; PSEUDOACACIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 0033301723     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656578     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Canopy structure and dynamics: Integration of growth processes in tropical pioneer trees
2. Size-dependent differential scaling in branches: The mechanical design of trees revisited
3. The architecture of tropical rain forest trees: Responses to light
4. Tree forms in relation to environmental conditions: An ecological viewpoint
5. Light regimes beneath closed canopies and tree fall gaps in temperate and tropical forests
6. Stem allometry in a North Queensland tropical rain forest
7. The function of buttress roots: A comaprative study of the anchorage systems of buttressed (Aglaia and Nephelium ramboutan species) and nonbutressed (Mallots wrayi) tropical tress
8. Validity of constant-stress and elastic- instability principles of stem formation in Pinus contorta and Trifolium pratense
9. Determination of the greatest height consistent with stability that a vertical pole or mast can be made, and the greatest height to which a tree of given proportions can grow
10. The early growth of beech seedlings under natural and experimental conditions
11. Influence of neighbors on tree form: Effects on lateral shading and prevention of sway on the allometry of Liquidambar styraciflua (sweet gum)
12. The effect of wind sway on the form and development of Pinus radiata D. Don
13. Thigmomorphogenesis: The response of plant growth and development to mechanical stress
14. Tree dimensions: Maximizing the rate of height growth in dense stands
15. Tree form: Height growth, and susceptibility to wind damage in Acer saccharum
16. The theory of tree bole and branch form
17. Significance of allometry in tropical saplings
18. Stem form in young Larix as influenced by wind and pruning
19. Analysis of stress distribution in sapling tree trunks
20. The stability of the growth pattern of young apple trees under four levels of illumination
21. Size and shape in biology
22. Tree structure: Deducing the principle of mechanical design
23. Interspecific allometries of critical buckling height and actual plant height
24. Size-dependent allometry of tree height, diameter and trunk-taper
25. Mechanical properties of black locust Robinia pseudoacacia) wood: Size- and age-dependent variations in sap- and heartwood
26. Size- and age-dependent variations in the properties of sap- and heartwood in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.)
27. Mechanical properties of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) wood: Correlations among elastic and rupture moduli, proportional limit, and tissue density and specific gravity
28. Uprooting and snapping of trees: Structural determinants and ecological consequences
29. Height and stem diameter relationships for dicotyledonous trees and arborescent palms of Costa Rican tropical wet forest
30. An application of statistics to the dimensioning of machine parts
31. Ontogenetic changes in size, allometry, and mechanical design of tropical rain forest trees
32. Architecture and growth strategies of tropical trees in relation to successional status
33. Increase in lodging safety factor of thigmomorphogenetically dwarfed shoots of mulberry tree
34. Asymptotic height as a predictor of growth and allometric characteristics in Malaysian rain forest trees
35. Relative size at onset of maturity in rain forest trees: A comparative analysis of 37 Malaysian species
36. Drag and reconfiguration of broad leaves in high winds
37. Twist-to-bend ratios and cross-sectional shapes of petioles and stems
38. Twist-to-bend ratios of woody structures
39. Dimension and reproduction relations of trees and shrubs in the Brookhaven Forest, New York