Basic biomechanics of self-supporting plants: Wind loads and gravitational loads on a Norway spruce tree

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 33-44

  Spatz, Hanns Christof ^a   Bruechert, Franka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gravitational loads; Picea abies; Plants; Safety factors; Wind loads

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TREE; WIND;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0034666542     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00296-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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