Storm damage of Douglas-fir unexpectedly high compared to Norway spruce

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-207

  Albrecht, Axel ^a   Kohnle, Ulrich ^a   Hanewinkel, Marc ^b   Bauhus, Jürgen ^c  

^a Dept Soil Sci and Forest Nutrition   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Empirical modeling; Norway spruce; Risk; Southwest Germany; Storm damage; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STORM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

GERMANY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84878500742     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0244-x     Document Type: Article

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