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As discussed in Chapter 5, stem volume measurement is a laborious and time-consuming task, even for felled trees. In modern forestry practice, one of the most common reasons for taking such measurements is to develop stem ‘volume functions’ or ‘taper functions’ for a particular tree species in a particular forest region.
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West, P.W. (2004). Stem Volume and Taper Functions. In: Tree and Forest Measurement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05436-9_6
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