M. P. Coutts / J. Grace (eds.)

Wind and Trees

Herausgeber: Coutts, M. P.; Grace, J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 961g
• ISBN-13: 9780521460378
• ISBN-10: 0521460379
• Artikelnr.: 22044370

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Airflow over Topgraphy and in Forests: 1. Turbulent airflow in
forests on flat and hilly terrain; 2. The interaction of the wind and tree
movement in forest canopies; 3. Edge effects on diffusivity in the
roughness layer over a forest; 4. A wind tunnel study of turbulent airflow
in forest clearcuts; 5. Testing of a linear airflow model for flow over
complex terrain and subject to stable, structured stratification; 6.
Predicting windspeeds for forest area in complex terrain; Part II.
Mechanics of Trees under Wind Loading: 7. Understanding wind force on
trees; 8. Peak mechanical stress in sitka spruce stems; 9. Experimental
analysis and mechanical modelling of wind induced tree sways; 10. Failure
modes of trees and related failure criteria; 11. An experimental
investigation of the effects of dynamic loading on coniferous trees planted
on wet mineral soils; 12. Measurement of wind induced tree-root stresses in
New Zealand; 13. New methods for the assessment of wood quality in standing
trees; Part III. Tree Physiological Responses: 14. Wind induced
physiological and developmental responses in trees; 15. Responses of young
trees to wind; 16. Wind stability factors in tree selection; 17.
Development of buttresses in rainforest trees; Part IV. Impacts of Wind on
Forests and Ecology: 18. Hurricane disturbance regimes in temperate and
tropical forest ecosystems; 19. A comparison of methods for quantifying
catastrophic wind damage to forests; 20. Windthrow and airflow in a
subalpine forest; Part V. Risk Assessment and Management Response: 21.
Assessing the risk of wind damage to forests; 22. Forest wind damage risk
assessment for environmental impact studies; 23. Stem number regulation
models and wind stability in Norway spruce stands; 24. Thinning regime in
stands of Norway spruce subjected to snow and wind damage; 25. A synopsis
of windthrow in British Columbia; 26. Wind damage to New Zealand state
plantation forests; 27. The experience of the Selwyn Plantation Board, New
Zealand.