Valinger, Erik
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2011Peer reviewed
Factors affecting the probability of windthrow at stand level as a result of Gudrun winter storm in southern Sweden
Valinger, Erik; Fridman, Jonas
Abstract
We found that the plots damaged were typically well stocked mature stands, dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L) Karst.), and often also recently thinned. Probability of damage increased with increase in stand height. In mixed stands, decrease of proportion of Norway spruce decreased the probability of damage. An admixture of deciduous trees, leafless in this winter storm, showed larger effect in this sense than that of Scots pine. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Wind damage; Tree- and stand-characteristics; NFI-data; Risk analysis; Picea abies; Broadleaves
Published in
Forest Ecology and Management
2011, Volume: 262, number: 3, pages: 398-403
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Fridman, Jonas
- Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.004
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/58065