The general effect of poor drainage on mode of death was to increase uprooting but decrease snapping proportions.
Snapping and uprooting of trees: structural determinants and ecological characteristics.
A prerequisite for snapping, therefore, is that the soil anchorage conditions are sufficient to sustain such a force.
The above characteristics would likewise protect the palm from snapping in strong winds.
Neighbouring vegetation damage appeared to have occurred at a similar time to that of the snapping event.
Uprooting and snapping of trees: structural determinants and ecological consequences.
Snapping of trees involves the same physical agents as uprooting, but biotic elements are arguably of greater importance for snapping.
Uprooting and snapping of trees: structural and ecological consequences.
