A method for measuring the forces acting on a tree trunk using strain gauges

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About the Authors

Ayana Miyashita

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center for Forest Damage and Risk Management, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Satoru Suzuki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Forest Damage and Risk Management, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Molecular strains
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