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Principal Components Analysis of Tree Stem Profiles Item Info
- Title:
- Principal Components Analysis of Tree Stem Profiles
- Creator:
- Real, P.L.; Moore, J.A.; Newberry, J.D.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1989-07-14
- Description:
- The use of principal components analysis to study tree stem profiles was critically analyzed during 1085 destructively sampled Douglas-fir trees and 1260 simulated trees with known geometric shapes. Interpretation about the meaning of each principal component is provided and contrasted with others in the forestry literature. Nearly identical results with both the destructively sampled and simulated trees, along with certain theoretical consideratons, indicate that the principal components are related to tree form as opposed to tree profile or taper. Therefore, principal components analysis is a useful analytical tool for stratifying trees into different form groups.
- Subjects:
- research
- Source:
- Real, P.L., J.A. Moore, and J.D. Newberry. 1989. Principal components analysis of tree stem profiles. Can. J. For. Res. 19: 1538-1542
- Source Identifier:
- Principal_Components_Analysis_of_Tree_Stem_Profiles_CanJFR_019_1989
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
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- Preferred Citation:
- "Principal Components Analysis of Tree Stem Profiles", Intermountain Forestry Cooperative, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iftnc/items/iftnc4781.html
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- This document is provided by the University of Idaho Library for use by University of Idaho students, staff, and faculty. All rights to the document linked from this metadata belong to the author, rights holder, and/or provider. For more information contact The Intermountain Forestry Cooperative, https://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/ifc
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