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. 2016 Dec;94(6-2):067001.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.067001. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

Comment on "Critical wind speed at which trees break"

Axel Albrecht  1 , Eric Badel  2 , Vivien Bonnesoeur  2   3 , Yves Brunet  4 , Thiéry Constant  3 , Pauline Défossez  4 , Emmanuel de Langre  5 , Sylvain Dupont  4 , Meriem Fournier  3 , Barry Gardiner  4   6 , Stephen J Mitchell  7 , John R Moore  8 , Bruno Moulia  2 , Bruce C Nicoll  6 , Karl J Niklas  9 , Mart-Jan Schelhaas  10 , Hans-Christof Spatz  11 , Frank W Telewski  12
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Comment on "Critical wind speed at which trees break"

Axel Albrecht et al. Phys Rev E. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

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.

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