Tree allometry: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Profil_du_tronc.png|thumb|'''Stem profile measurement''' Electronic equipment (as [[:fr:Field-Map|Field-Map]] for example) is used for stem profile measurements and for measurements of profiles/projections of the crown. These key measurements are used for estimation of carbon sequestered in the plants.]]

[[File:Structureforet.jpg|thumb|right|Forest structure measurement is needed for establismentestablishment of allometric equations.]]

'''Tree allometry''' establishes quantitative relations between some key characteristic dimensions of [[tree]]s (usually fairly easy to measure) and other properties (often more difficult to assess). To the extent these statistical relations, established on the basis of detailed measurements on a small sample of typical trees, hold for other individuals, they permit extrapolations and estimations of a host of [[dendrometry|dendrometric]] quantities on the basis of a single (or at most a few) measurements.