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Phys Rev E
; 94(6-2): 067001, 2016 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28085329
RESUMO
Virot et al. [E. Virot et al., 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.