Wind and Trees / edited by M.P. Coutts, J. Grace.
Winds over topography and inside forests produce mechanical reactions in trees, and eventually failure in stems and roots when stressed by storms. The mechanics of these reactions and the physiological responses to wind in leaves, stems and root systems, and the important ecological consequences of...
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Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Airflow over topography and in forests
- pt. 2. Mechanics of trees under wind loading
- pt. 3. Tree physiological responses
- pt. 4. Impacts of wind on forests and ecology
- pt. 5. Risk assessment and management response.