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license: GPL-3.0-or-later
title: 'rTwig: Realistic Quantitative Structure Models'
version: 1.4.0
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rTwig
abstract: Real Twig is a method to correct branch overestimation in quantitative structure
  models. Overestimated cylinders are correctly tapered using measured twig diameters
  of corresponding tree species. Supported quantitative structure modeling software
  includes 'TreeQSM', 'SimpleForest', 'Treegraph', and 'aRchi'. Also included is a
  novel database of twig diameters and tools for fractal analysis of point clouds.
authors:
- family-names: Morales
  given-names: Aidan
  email: moral169@msu.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4513-4908
- family-names: MacFarlane
  given-names: David W.
  email: macfar24@msu.edu
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'rTwig: Realistic Quantitative Structure Models'
  authors:
  - family-names: Morales
    given-names: Aidan
    email: moral169@msu.edu
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4513-4908
  - family-names: MacFarlane
    given-names: David W.
    email: macfar24@msu.edu
  year: '2025'
  notes: R package version 1.4.0
  url: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rTwig
repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rTwig
repository-code: https://github.com/aidanmorales/rTwig
url: https://aidanmorales.github.io/rTwig/
date-released: '2025-03-03'
contact:
- family-names: Morales
  given-names: Aidan
  email: moral169@msu.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4513-4908
references:
- type: article
  title: Reducing tree volume overestimation in quantitative structure models using
    modeled branch topology and direct twig measurements
  authors:
  - family-names: Morales
    given-names: Aidan
    email: moral169@msu.edu
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4513-4908
  - family-names: MacFarlane
    given-names: David W.
    email: macfar24@msu.edu
  journal: 'Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research'
  year: '2024'
  doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpae046
  start: 1-16