Horn H. Adaptive Geometry of Trees 1976

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Through use of the models Professor Horn has devised, plant ecologists, foresters, and botanists will be able to predict the growth and productivity of a forest, the invading and senile species in a forest, the effect of shade tolerance on forest succession, and similar questions.
Preface
Preface to the Second Printing
Symbols Used
Introduction
Measurement of Light Intensity
Analysis of a Forest Succession
Theoretical Strategies of Leaf Distribution
Photosynthetic Response of the Strategies
Measurement of Actual Strategies
Speculations on the Shapes of Tree Crowns
On the Relation between Theory and Reality
Nomenclature
Bibliography
Index