This second edition contains ten chapters dealing with oak (Quercus)-related literature
published since the first edition. Included are the relatively new subject areas of forest …

Compared with other distribution functions, the Weibull distribution has been more widely
used in describing diameter distributions because of its flexibility and relative simplicity …

Abstract Models of individual trees are composed of sub-models that generally estimate
competition, mortality, and growth in height and diameter of each tree. They are usually …

We used data from representatively sampled trees to identify key drivers of tree growth for
central European tree species. Nonlinear mixed models were fitted to individual-tree basal …

Forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and the growth of forest trees is
essential to forest carbon sinks. It is necessary to explore the diameter at breast height …

Site productivity remains a fundamental concern in forestry as a significant driver of resource
availability for tree growth. The site index (SI) reflects the overall impact of all environmental …

A tree diameter growth function is an important component of an individual-tree model. This
function can be considered as a mixed-effects model, in which a diameter measurement can …

Individual tree growth models are flexible and commonly used to represent growth dynamics
for heterogeneous and structurally complex uneven-aged stands. Besides traditional …

Site index is the most commonly used measure of potential site productivity, providing key
information for forest management practices. It is determined using species-specific site …

We examined the effect of individual environmental factors on the current spruce tree growth
assessed from a repeated country-level statistical landscape (incl. forest) survey in the …