Stem surface area in modeling of forest stands

• Main Author: Gavrikov, Vladimir L. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: SpringerBriefs in plant science.
• Subjects: Trees > Growth.; Stems (Botany); Forest management > Mathematical models.; Forests and forestry.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319524498; 9783319524481
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations

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 t...