How management intensity and neighborhood composition affect the structure of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1723-1735

  Juchheim, Julia ^a   Annighöfer, Peter ^a   Ammer, Christian ^a   Calders, Kim ^b,c   Raumonen, Pasi ^d   Seidel, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Crown plasticity; Quantitative structural models; Terrestrial laser scanning; Thinning; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; TIRES;

BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); EUROPEAN BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; THINNING; TREE ARCHITECTURES;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; MODELS; PLASTICITY;

EID: 85023781959     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-017-1581-z     Document Type: Article

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