Across cities and suburbs, a curious pattern keeps turning up in aerial photos and field surveys alike: trees that stand ...

Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The spatial distribution of living trees of different size-classes was examined on two sites with different fire histories in a mature Pinus ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...

For many Southerners, Christmas means setting up the tree, putting up the stockings, hanging a wreath on the door, and pulling the Spode Christmas Tree dishes out of the china cabinet. While Spode is ...

Interactions among neighboring individuals influence plant performance and should create spatial patterns in local community structure. In order to assess the role of large trees in generating spatial ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics and ...