Fractal Ecosystems

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Art Ecosystems Environment Fibonacci Fractal Fractals Golden Mean Nature
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  • Added: 19-Nov-08

Recent environmental research has demonstrated that fractal branching and spiraling patterns found in forest plants reveal specific ratios that can be used to predict growth and distribution in an entire forest.

This prediction tool provides a rapid estimation technique of a forests greenhouse gas absorption capability without the time consuming process of surveying the entire forest.

Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks describe a ratio of branch diameters in trees to the size of the trunk (= 0.707). This was observed long before fractals were discovered but it is a fractal observation nevertheless.

This video consists entirely of fractal branching and spiraling ecosystems. My algorithms for these are applicable as predictive tools for a variety of natural life forms.

As always, I use beauty to illustrate my points. If you find my works beautiful also, I have my reward. If you learn something new along the way, so much the better.

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