Elliptic Fourier analysis of crown shapes in Quercus petraea trees

Shape is a fundamental morphological descriptor, significant in taxonomic research as well as in ecomorphology, one method of estimation being from digitally processed images. In the present study, were analysed shapes of Q. petraea crowns, pertaining to five different stem diameter classes, from th...

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Main Author: Ovidiu Hâruţa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry 2011-02-01
Series:Annals of Forest Research
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Online Access:http://www.editurasilvica.ro/afr/54/1/haruta.pdf