branch of forestry that is concerned with the measurement of the various dimensions of trees, such as their diameter, size, shape, age, overall volume, thickness of the bark, etc., as well as the statistical properties of tree stands, including measures of central tendency and dispersion of these quantities, wood density, or yearly growth, for instance, metsanduse haru, mis tegeleb puude erinevate mõõtmete mõõtmisega, nagu nende läbimõõt, kõrgus, kuju, vanus, kogumaht, koore paksus jne, samuti puistute statistilisi omadusi iseloomustavate suuruste, sealhulgas nende koguste tsentraalse tendentsi ja leviku, puidutiheduse või aastase kasvu mõõtmisega