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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253912503321

Autore

Gavrikov Vladimir L

Titolo

Stem Surface Area in Modeling of Forest Stands / / by Vladimir L. Gavrikov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-52449-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 100 p. 23 illus.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Plant Science, , 2192-1229

Disciplina

582.1603

Soggetti

Forestry

Ecology 

Plant anatomy

Plant development

Theoretical Ecology/Statistics

Plant Anatomy/Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Stem Surface Area as Subject of Study -- 2.Stem Surface Area: Measurement and Development -- 3. Self-thinning and Stem Surface Area -- 4. Stem Respiratory Rate and Stem Surface Area.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reveals the benefits of describing and modeling trees as the combined surface areas of their stems, and provides a concise overview of the fundamental grounds for adopting such an approach. Anatomically speaking, trees are largely thin sheaths of living cells and it is this understanding that has sparked growing interest in the study of stem surface areas in trees and stands. An overview of publications on analytical methods for the dynamics and structure of forest stands based on stem surface area is also provided. The approach described here gives readers a chance to rethink some models that were popular for decades, while also offering a glance into future research. The application of a simple geometrical model of a forest stand has made it possible to reexamine a highly promising model, the self-thinning rule, which has been a subject of a protracted discussion for the past few



decades. Further, the analysis presented here can serve as the basis for predicting forest stand increments, a topic that calls for further development.