Factors affecting the probability of windthrow at stand level as a result of Gudrun winter storm in southern Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-403

  Valinger, Erik ^a   Fridman, Jonas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Broadleaves; NFI data; Picea abies; Risk analysis; Tree and stand characteristics; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAVES; NFI-DATA; PICEA ABIES; TREE- AND STAND-CHARACTERISTICS; WIND DAMAGE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

STORMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; THINNING; WINTER;

DAMAGE; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICEA ABIES; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79958024885     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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