Open AccessPredicting Wood Decay in Eucalypts Using an Expert System and the IML-Resistograph Drill
Author(s) -
Denise Johnstone,
Peter K. Ades,
Gregory M. Moore,
Ian Smith
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.2007.009
Subject(s) - trunk , drill , tree (set theory) , section (typography) , hazard , field (mathematics) , eucalyptus , environmental science , computer science , forestry , geology , mathematics , geography , engineering , ecology , biology , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , operating system , pure mathematics
The evaluation of decayed wood in a tree trunk is essential for hazard tree assessment in arboriculture. In this study, an IML-Resistograph was highly successful as a field instrument in its ability to locate and predict the presence of decay in the trunk wood of eucalypts. A system for using the IML-Resistograph to estimate the area of decay in the cross-section of a eucalypt was evaluated for field use. The data from the IML-Resistograph F300S can be used as part of an expert system to estimate the area of wood decay in a cross-section of a standing eucalypt.