A review of progress and applications in wood quality modelling

DM Drew, GM Downes, T Seifert… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Producing wood of the right quality is an important part of forest
management. In the same way that forest growth models are valuable decision support tools …

[图书][B] Forest growth and yield modeling

AR Weiskittel, DW Hann, JA Kershaw Jr, JK Vanclay - 2011 - books.google.com
Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides
insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and …

Measuring and modelling stem growth and wood formation: an overview

GM Downes, D Drew, M Battaglia, D Schulze - Dendrochronologia, 2009 - Elsevier
The immediate environment of a cambial initial (weather and nutritional factors, growth
regulators, physical stresses) varies continuously over time. Consequently local conditions …

Assessing the potential of backpack-mounted mobile laser scanning systems for tree phenotyping

RJL Hartley, S Jayathunga, PD Massam, D De Silva… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phenotyping has been a reality for aiding the selection of optimal crops for specific
environments for decades in various horticultural industries. However, until recently …

Predicting branch characteristics of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) from simple stand and tree measurements

H Mäkinen, R Ojansuu, P Sairanen, H Yli‐Kojola - Forestry, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The aim of the study was to develop models for external branch characteristics along the
stem that could be applied as a part of a growth simulation system. The models provide a …

Modeling crown structural responses to competing vegetation control, thinning, fertilization, and Swiss needle cast in coastal Douglas-fir of the Pacific Northwest, USA

AR Weiskittel, DA Maguire, RA Monserud - Forest Ecology and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Crown structure is a key variable influencing stand productivity, but its reported response to
various stand factors has varied. This can be partially attributed to lack of a unified study on …

Response of branch growth and mortality to silvicultural treatments in coastal Douglas-fir plantations: Implications for predicting tree growth

AR Weiskittel, DA Maguire, RA Monserud - Forest Ecology and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Static models of individual tree crown attributes such as height to crown base and maximum
branch diameter profile have been developed for several commercially important species …

Stem form and branchiness of Norway spruce as a sawn timber—Predicted by a process based model

A Kantola, H Mäkinen, A Mäkelä - Forest Ecology and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
A process-based growth model, PipeQual was adapted to Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.]
Karst.) for describing stand development and timber properties (stem taper, heartwood …

Climate and growth influences on wood formation and utilisation

GM Downes, DM Drew - Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Wood is produced by a complex sequence of interactions between gene–protein expression
and the local environment. It is produced by the vascular cambium, an essentially two …

Generating 3D sawlogs with a process-based growth model

A Mäkelä, H Mäkinen - Forest ecology and management, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper reports the application of a process-based tree and stand growth model to
predictions of stem structure, in particular, the 3D geometry of the stem and its internal knots …