Natural disturbances play a key role in ecosystem dynamics and are important factors for
sustainable forest ecosystem management. Quantitative models are frequently employed to …

This paper reviews the current status of mechanistic models for wind damage risk
assessment, describing model structure, applicability, validation and current limitations. We …

A database was constructed of tree-anchorage measurements from almost 2000 trees from
12 conifer species that were mechanically overturned on 34 sites in the United Kingdom …

Coastal erosion is occurring at a faster rate than in the past. The adverse impacts are not
negligible at environmental, economic, and socio-cultural levels. Hence, coastal protection …

We address the problem of how to integrate risk assessment into forest management and
therefore provide a comprehensive review of recent and past literature on risk analysis and …

Understanding the mechanism of tree anchorage in a forest is a priority because of the
increase in wind storms in recent years and their projected recurrence as a consequence of …

Abstract Background and Aims The Finite Element Method (FEM) has been used in recent
years to simulate overturning processes in trees. This study aimed at using FEM to …

Are tree damage patterns in natural-forest windthrows predictable? Here, I synthesize
published and unpublished findings from nine North American forest sites that were …

Vegetation has been previously proposed as a method for protecting artificial and natural
slopes against shallow landslides (eg as may be triggered by an earthquake); however …

Wind damage in Japan is mainly caused by typhoons (ie, tropical cyclones), which are
characterized by intensive heavy rainfall and strong winds. In this study, we conducted tree …