Modeling crown volume of lodgepole pine based upon the uniform stress theory

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Meng, Shawn X ^a,b   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Huang, Shongming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Forest Management Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bending moment; Crown volume; Diameter; Leverage; Uniform stress theory; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; WIND;

CROWN VOLUME; LEVERAGE; UNIFORM STRESS THEORY; WIND SPEED;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH; MORTALITY; WIND VELOCITY;

DIAMETER; FRICTION; GROWTH; MORTALITY; PINUS CONTORTA; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 34948850358     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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