Correlating stem biomechanical properties of Hawaiian canopy trees with hurricane wind damage

Agriculture & Biology

• wind damage 100%
• hurricanes 85%
• canopy 50%
• stems 40%
• modulus of elasticity 17%
• Kauai 14%
• Hawaii (island) 13%
• felling 11%
• tree mortality 11%
• reforestation 11%
• wood density 10%
• Hawaii 10%
• defoliation 9%
• branches 9%
• understory 9%
• planning 8%
• incidence 6%
• leaves 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• hurricane 61%
• stem 56%
• canopy 51%
• damage 40%
• elastic modulus 22%
• defoliation 14%
• reforestation 12%
• understory 11%
• field survey 10%
• limb 9%
• mortality 8%
• disturbance 7%
• planning 6%
• loss 5%
• effect 2%