PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Denise M. Johnstone
AU  - Peter K. Ades
AU  - Gregory M. Moore
AU  - Ian W. Smith
TI  - Predicting Wood Decay in Eucalypts Using an Expert System and the IML-Resistograph Drill
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.2007.009
DP  - 2007 Mar 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 76--82
VI  - 33
IP  - 2
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/33/2/76.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/33/2/76.full
AB  - 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.