The intensive monitoring plots (Level II) of ICP Forests serve to examine the effects of air
pollution and other stress factors on forest condition, including tree vitality. However, tree …

The theoretical background to wood production is outlined and the factual background is
given by reviewing measured rates of wood production. It is recommended that differences …

FOREST STAND DYNAMICS Page 1 FOREST STAND DYNAMICS UPDATE EDITION Chadwick
D. Oliver Professor of Silviculture College of Forest Resources University of Washington Bruce …

The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and
ideas of researchers studying such varied systems as marine invertebrate communities; …

As remote sensing data and methods have become increasingly complex and varied-and
increasingly reliable-so have their uses in forest management. New algorithms have been …

Forest mensuration is one of the most fundamental disciplines within forest and related
sciences. It deals with the measurement of trees and stands and the analysis of the resultant …

The production of stem wood by trees and stands depends on the absorption of light, and
the efficiency of converting light into stem wood. Larger trees within a stand tend to absorb …

Background More than a half century ago, Shinozaki et al.(. A quantitative analysis of plant
form–the pipe model theory. I. Basic analyses. Japanese Journal of Ecology B: 97–105) …

Thinned and unthinned stands of lodgepole pine in eastern Oregon were evaluated in 1980
to determine their vigor and susceptibility to attack by outbreak populations of the mountain …

The hydraulic limitation hypothesis (Ryan and Yoder 1997) proposes that leaf-specific
hydraulic conductance (k1) and stomatal conductance (gs) decline as trees grow taller …