Leonardo's rule, self-similarity, and wind-induced stresses in trees

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  Eloy, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCH DIAMETER; SELF-SIMILAR; SELF-SIMILARITIES; TOTAL CROSS SECTION;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

FORESTRY;

DIAMETER; FORESTRY; LOADS; PHYSICS; STRESSES; TREE DIMENSIONS; WIND;

EID: 83655193065     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.258101     Document Type: Article

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