How to determine sapling buckling risk with only a few measurements

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1583-1593

  Jaouen, Gaëlle ^a   Alméras, Tancrède ^a   Coutand, Catherine ^b   Fournier, Meriem ^c  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Critical buckling height; French Guiana; Risk factor; Sapling; Stem form; Tropical rain forest; Trunk volume

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RISK FACTOR; SAPLING;

EID: 35348955839     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.10.1583     Document Type: Article

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