Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Many recent studies have shown that the structure, density, and productivity of mixed-
species stands can differ from the weighted mean of monospecific stands of the respective …

Compared with far-developed measures and methods for mono-specific forest stands, the
silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species stands are at their early beginning. However …

The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their
instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that temporal stability of …

Tree species mixing has been widely promoted as a promising silvicultural tool for reducing
drought stress. However, so far only a limited number of species combinations have been …

Automated species classification from 3D point clouds is still a challenge. It is, however, an
important task for laser scanning-based forest inventory, ecosystem models, and to support …

Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and
economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic …

Abstract Background and Aims Many recent studies emphasize that mixed species is a
promising silvicultural option for sustainable ecosystem management under uncertain and …

Forest trees exhibit a large variation in basal area increment, which depends on tree specific
factors, inter-tree relations and the environment. Studying the effect of the above factors on …

When trees within forests increase their dimension, the limitation of space (and thus
resources) can cause competition-based mortality. Thus, growth and mortality interact, and …