The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.).
Journal Article
Gardiner, B. A., & Brüchert, F. (2006)
The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.). American Journal of Botany, 93, 1512-1521
This paper reports on the effect of wind loading below damaging strength on tree mechanical and physical properties. In a wind-exposed Sitka spruce stand in western Scotland, ...
The stability of different silvicultural systems: a wind tunnel investigation.
Journal Article
Gardiner, B., Belcher, R., Wood, C., Achim, A., & Marshall, B. (2005)
The stability of different silvicultural systems: a wind tunnel investigation. Forestry, 78(5), 471-484. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpi053
We report on a wind-tunnel study with 1 : 75 scale model trees designed to examine the influence of canopy structure on the formation of turbulent gusts above forests. This wa...
Formalizing botanical taxonomies.
Conference Proceeding
Priss, U. (2003)
Formalizing botanical taxonomies. https://doi.org/10.1007/b11835
Because botanical taxonomies are prototypical classifications it would seem that it should be easy to formalize them as concept lattices or type hierarchies. On closer inspect...