Modelling the windthrow risk for simulated forest stands of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 184-196

  Cucchi, Véronique ^a,b,e   Meredieu, Céline ^a   Stokes, Alexia ^b   De Coligny, François ^c   Suarez, Juan ^d   Gardiner, Barry A ^d  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Critical wind speed; Root anchorage; Tree growth model; Tree stability; Wind risk assessment model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANCHORAGE RESISTANCE; CRITICAL WIND SPEED (CWS); MARITIME PINE STANDS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMECHANICS; GROWTH MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; WINDTHROW;

AERODYNAMICS; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WIND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GASCONY; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 20544449477     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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