UConn Tree Sway Biomechanics Study

The Tree Sway Biomechanics Study is a part of the STORMWISE project, an initiative within the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn in Storrs, CT, USA.
This study was enacted to look at the drivers of tree sway (both amplitude and frequency thereof) in the trees of the roadside forests of Southern New England, an area of 'Mixed Wood Plain' ecoregion (defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2009), characterized by a landcover mosaic of temperate forest with mixed-deciduous species distribution, agriculture and wetland. The landscape consists of glacial landforms including lakes, plains, rolling hills and low mountains. The sway motion of 41 trees was monitored continuously for one year in the data presented here. Wind was monitored simultaneously. It is the researchers intentions to link published work with data collection details as well as analysis. The following files are included here:
-Tree Table (1 of 3 datasets)
-Site table (2 of 3 datasets)
-Weather Records (3 of 3 datasets)
Future plans for this study involve the continued monitoring the same trees for years after a thinning treatment has been applied to the forest sites. This will allow analysis of change in sway motion due to forest management practices in this under-studied forest type.

《树木摇摆生物力学研究》是STORMWISE项目的一部分，该项目隶属于美国康涅狄格州斯托尔斯市UConn自然资源与环境学院的倡议。本研究旨在探讨新英格兰南部公路森林树木摇摆（包括振幅和频率）的驱动因素，该地区属于‘混合木平原’生态区（由2009年环境合作委员会定义），其特征为温带森林与落叶阔叶种类的混合分布、农业和湿地交织的景观镶嵌。该景观由冰川地貌构成，包括湖泊、平原、起伏的山丘和低矮的山脉。在本研究中，对41棵树木的摇摆运动进行了为期一年的持续监测，同时监测风速。研究者的意图是将已发表的著作与数据收集细节及分析相结合。以下文件包含在本研究中：
- 树木表格（第1个数据集）
- 场地表格（第2个数据集）
- 天气记录（第3个数据集）。
未来的研究计划包括在森林场地应用疏伐处理数年后，继续监测相同的树木多年。这将允许分析由于森林管理实践而导致的摇摆运动的变化，从而对该研究较少的森林类型进行深入分析。