Can windthrow damage be minimized? An analysis of predictors;Können Windwurfschäden vermindert werden? Eine Analyse von Einflussgrössen

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 118-128

  Hanewinkel, Marc ^a   Albrecht, Axel ^b   Schmidt, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Württemberg Forest Research Institute of the state of Baden   (Germany)

^c Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanistic modelling; Predictors; Statistical modelling; Storm damage; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954510301     PISSN: 00367818     EISSN: 22351469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3188/szf.2015.0118     Document Type: Review

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