Preliminary Course
Botany. Architectural Analysis See (print) full section in pdf
Supplementary resources
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On-line architecture course (in French and English)
Video courses on Plant Morphology and Plant Architecture.
Url: http://amap.cirad.fr/stic-asia/en/courses.html
Architecture végétale (in French)
Architecture basis, notions, plates and glossary.
Url: http://amap.cirad.fr/architecture/accueil.html
Mediterranean Pines and Cedars. (in English)
A data bank on architecture and morphology.
Url: http://amap.cirad.fr/Pines_cedars/mpc2000.html
Bibliography
Recommended reading:
Barthélémy, D., Caraglio, Y. 2007. Plant Architecture: A Dynamic, Multilevel and Comprehensive Approach to Plant Form, Structure and Ontogeny. Annals of Botany, 99 (3) : pp. 375-407 19 (access to paper and pdf)
Barthélémy, D., Caraglio, Y., Sabatier, S. 2009. Crown architecture of valuable broadleaved species. In Spiecker H., Hein S., Makkonen-Spiecker K., Thies M. (Eds). Valuable broadleaved forests in Europe. Leiden: Brill (European Forest Institute Research Reports, vol. 22).
Hallé, F., Oldemann, R.A.A. 1970. Essai sur l'architecture et la dynamique de croissance des arbres tropicaux. Paris: Masson.
Hallé, F., Oldemann, R.A.A., Tomlinson, P.B. 1978. Tropical trees and forests. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.