Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Stem Height and Artificial Pruning on Seasonal Radial Growth Dynamics of Wild Cherry (Prunus avium L.) and Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a Widely Spaced System

Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Stem Height and Artificial Pruning on Seasonal Radial Growth Dynamics of Wild Cherry (Prunus avium L.) and Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a Widely Spaced System

Intensive artificial pruning of trees increases the proportion of high-value timber but simultaneously reduces the crown and consequently the capacity to assimilate photosynthates. Here, midterm effects of two intensive pruning treatments, a classical and a selective approach, on radial growth dynam...

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Main Authors: Lars Sprengel, Dominik Florian Stangler, Jonathan Sheppard, Christopher Morhart, Heinrich Spiecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
dendroecology
growth phenology
growth performance
classical pruning
selective pruning
point-dendrometers
shape-constrained additive models
linear mixed-effects models
xylogenesis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/4/174

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