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Record 1 2009-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Absolute form-factor : The ratio of any two overbark diameters(or girths) of a tree stem....(1) Of chief significance with coniferales.(2) Main types in use... are artificial form-quotient-mid-diameter/diameter at breast height; normal form-quotient(=true form-quotient)-diameter(or girth) ratios at selected %'s of tree height, particularly 50% and 10%; absolute form-quotient-diameter(or girth) at half the tree height above breast height/diameter(or girth) at breast height.

Key term(s)
  • absolute form quotient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
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