A system for automatically recording weight changes in sapling trees

Harold F. Haupt; Bud L. Jeffers

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A system for automatically recording weight changes in sapling trees

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Harold F. Haupt, Bud L. Jeffers

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Note INT-RN-71. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Describes an accurate and simple system for taking continuous weight records of sapling-size trees. Measurements obtained using this system have helped in describing the mechanism of interception storage in tree crowns during snowfall.

Keywords

weight changes, sapling trees, interception storage, tree crowns, snowfall

Citation

Haupt, Harold F.; Jeffers, Bud L. 1967. A system for automatically recording weight changes in sapling trees. Res. Note INT-RN-71. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.