Modelling the vulnerability of balsam fir forests to wind damage

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-52

  Achim, A ^a   Ruel, J C ^a   Gardiner, B A ^b   Laflamme, G ^c   Meunier, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical wind speeds; Thinning; Tree pulling; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS; BOREAL FORESTS; TURNING MOMENTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; THINNING; VULNERABILITY; WINDTHROW;

AERODYNAMICS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; STEMS; WIND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 10944264261     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.072     Document Type: Article

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