Stem surface area in modeling of forest stands

• Main Author: Gavrikov, Vladimir L.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 2017; Springer International Publishing AG; Springer International Publishing
• Edition: 1
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Forestry; Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry > Measurement; Life Sciences; Plant anatomy; Plant Anatomy/Development; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics

This text reveals the benefits of describing and modelling 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...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Stem Surface Area as Subject of Study -- 1.1 Primary and Secondary Growth: Version by Trees -- 1.2 Evolution and Ecological Consequences of Secondary Growth in Trees -- References -- 2 Stem Surface Area: Measurement and Development -- 2.1 Stem Surface Area and Forest Mensuration -- 2.2 Measuring Stem Surface Area for Research -- 2.3 Development of Stem Surface Area -- References -- 3 Self-thinning and Stem Surface Area -- 3.1 Primary and Secondary Relationships: Look Through a Geometrical Model of Forest Stand -- 3.1.1 A Geometrical Model of Forest Stand -- 3.1.2 Introducing Realism into the Model -- 3.1.3 Comparing the Model Against Forest Data -- 3.1.3.1 Dataset #1 -- 3.1.3.2 Dataset #2 -- 3.1.3.3 Datasets #3-#10 -- 3.1.3.4 Douglas Fir Dataset -- 3.2 Status of -3/2 Rule and Similarity in Self-thinning -- 3.2.1 Methods and Data -- 3.2.2 Analysis of Model -- 3.2.3 Accuracy of the Model Prediction of the Slope in s(N) -- 3.2.4 Relation of βr to α in the Context of -3/2 Slope -- References -- 4 Stem Respiratory Rate and Stem Surface Area -- 4.1 Stem Surface Area and Other Measuresin the Context of Respiration -- 4.2 Respiration Versus Stem Surface Area: A Test of Isometrical Scaling Hypothesis -- References -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index