Wind and trees
By: edited by M.P. Coutts and J. Grace.
Contributors: Coutts, M. P.; Grace, J. 1945-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
Subjects: Trees -- Effect of wind on -- Congresses; Trees -- Physiology -- Congresses; Plants, Effect of wind on -- Congresses; Forest ecology -- Congresses
Description: Wind has profound effects on the growth and form of trees and causes extensive losses in forests in many parts of the world. This book is the first to bring together the meteorology, mechanics and physiology of why and how trees are damaged by wind. This important subject has advanced considerably in the last twenty years as a result of the application of physical principles to an age-old problem, and as a result of some ingenious measurements of the reactions of trees to mechanical forces. This is essential reading for practising foresters and arboriculturists, as well as for researchers and advanced students of these subjects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Selected papers from a conference held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, July 1993.