RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Predicting Wood Decay in Eucalypts Using an Expert System and the IML-Resistograph Drill
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 76
OP 82
DO 10.48044/jauf.2007.009
VO 33
IS 2
A1 Johnstone, Denise M.
A1 Ades, Peter K.
A1 Moore, Gregory M.
A1 Smith, Ian W.
YR 2007
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/33/2/76.abstract
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.