An application of process-based modelling to the development of branchiness in Scots pine.

A process-oriented tree and stand growth model is extended to be applicable to the analysis of timber quality, and how it is influenced by silvicultural treatments. The tree-level model is based on the carbon balance and it incorporates the dynamics of five biomass variables as well as tr...

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Main Authors: Mäkelä, Annikki, Ikonen, Veli-Pekka, Vanninen, Petteri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1997-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5632