Abstract
The volume of wood contained in the stem of a tree is one of the most important measurements made in forestry, because:
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Wood is the principal commercial product of forests, and
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The stem contains a very large proportion of the biomass of a tree.
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West, P.W. (2004). Stem Wood Volume. In: Tree and Forest Measurement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05436-9_5
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