作者
Gregory S Gilbert, Javier O Ballesteros, Cesar A Barrios‐Rodriguez, Ernesto F Bonadies, Marjorie L Cedeño‐Sánchez, Nohely J Fossatti‐Caballero, Mariam M Trejos‐Rodríguez, José Moises Pérez‐Suñiga, Katharine S Holub‐Young, Laura AW Henn, Jennifer B Thompson, Cesar G García‐López, Amanda C Romo, Daniel C Johnston, Pablo P Barrick, Fulvia A Jordan, Shiran Hershcovich, Natalie Russo, Juan David Sánchez, Juan Pablo Fábrega, Raleigh Lumpkin, Hunter A McWilliams, Kathleen N Chester, Alana C Burgos, E Beatriz Wong, Jonathan H Diab, Sonia A Renteria, Jennifer T Harrower, Douglas A Hooton, Travis C Glenn, Brant C Faircloth, Stephen P Hubbell
发表日期
2016/12
期刊
Applications in plant sciences
卷号
4
期号
12
页码范围
1600060
出版商
Botanical Society of America
简介
Premise of the study
Field methodology and image analysis protocols using acoustic tomography were developed and evaluated as a tool to estimate the amount of internal decay and damage of living trees, with special attention to tropical rainforest trees with irregular trunk shapes.
Methods and Results
Living trunks of a diversity of tree species in tropical rainforests in the Republic of Panama were scanned using an Argus Electronic PiCUS 3 Sonic Tomograph and evaluated for the amount and patterns of internal decay. A protocol using ImageJ analysis software was used to quantify the proportions of intact and compromised wood. The protocols provide replicable estimates of internal decay and cavities for trees of varying shapes, wood density, and bark thickness.
Conclusions
Sonic tomography, coupled with image analysis, provides an efficient, noninvasive approach to evaluate decay patterns and structural …
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