Title
Comment on "critical wind speed at which trees break"
Date Issued
13 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Albrecht A.
Badel E.
Brunet Y.
Constant T.
Défossez P.
De Langre E.
Dupont S.
Fournier M.
Gardiner B.
Mitchell S.J.
Moore J.R.
Moulia B.
Nicoll B.C.
Niklas K.J.
Schelhaas M.J.
Spatz H.C.
Telewski F.W.
Université Clermont Auvergne
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
Virot et al. [E. Virot, Phys. Rev. E 93, 023001 (2016)10.1103/PhysRevE.93.023001] assert that the critical wind speed at which ≥50% of all trees in a population break is ≈42 m/s, regardless of tree characteristics. We show that empirical data do not support this assertion, and that the assumptions underlying the theory used by Virot et al. are inconsistent with the biomechanics of trees.
Volume
94
Issue
6
Number
067001
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85006106072
Source
Physical Review E
ISSN of the container
24700045
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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