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A stand-level growth and yield model for thinned and unthinned even-aged Scots pine forests in Norway / Christian Kuehne in Silva fennica, vol 56 n° 1 (January 2022)  

Public [article]  inSilva fennica > vol 56 n° 1 (January 2022) . - n° 1 Titre : A stand-level growth and yield model for thinned and unthinned even-aged Scots pine forests in Norway Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christian Kuehne, Auteur ; J. Paul McLean, Auteur ; Kobra Maleki, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 1 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] branche (arbre) [Termes IGN] éclaircie (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] forêt équienne [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] modèle de croissance végétale [Termes IGN] Norvège [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] rendement [Termes IGN] surface terrière [Termes IGN] volume en bois [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) Management of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Norway requires a forest growth and yield model suitable for describing stand dynamics of even-aged forests under contemporary climatic conditions with and without the effects of silvicultural thinning. A system of equations forming such a stand-level growth and yield model fitted to long-term experimental data is presented here. The growth and yield model consists of component equations for (i) dominant height, (ii) stem density (number of stems per hectare), (iii) total basal area, (iv) and total stem volume fitted simultaneously using seemingly unrelated regression. The component equations for stem density, basal area, and volume include a thinning modifier to forecast stand dynamics in thinned stands. It was shown that thinning significantly increased basal area and volume growth while reducing competition related mortality. No significant effect of thinning was found on dominant height. Model examination by means of various fit statistics indicated no obvious bias and improvement in prediction accuracy in comparison to existing models in general. An application of the developed stand-level model comparing different management scenarios exhibited plausible long-term behavior and we propose this is therefore suitable for national deployment. Numéro de notice : A2022-171 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.14214/sf.10627 Date de publication en ligne : 26/01/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10627 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99806 [article]

Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests / Christel C. Kern in Forest ecology and management, vol 493 (August-1 2021)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 493 (August-1 2021) . - n° 119266 Titre : Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christel C. Kern, Auteur ; Laura S. Kenefic, Auteur ; Christian Kuehne, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 119266 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] arbre mort [Termes IGN] climat [Termes IGN] Etats-Unis [Termes IGN] forêt inéquienne [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] puits de carbone [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] teneur en carbone [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) We compiled data from several independent, long-term silvicultural studies on USDA Forest Service experimental forests across a latitudinal gradient in the northeastern and north-central U.S.A. to evaluate factors influencing aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality. Data represent five sites with more than 70,000 repeated tree records spanning eight decades, five ecoregions, and a range of stand conditions. We used these data to test the relative influence of factors such as climate, treatment history (uneven-aged or no management), species composition, and stand structural conditions on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in repeatedly measured trees. Relative to no management, we found that uneven-aged management tended to have a positive effect on carbon sequestration at low stocking levels and in areas of favorable climate (expressed as a combination of growing season precipitation and annual growing degree days > 5 °C). In addition, losses of carbon from the aboveground live-tree pool due to tree mortality were lower in managed than unmanaged stands. These findings suggest that there may be conditions at which rate of sequestration in living trees is higher in stands managed with uneven-aged silviculture than in unmanaged stands, and that this benefit is greatest where climate is favorable. Numéro de notice : A2021-458 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119266 Date de publication en ligne : 28/04/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119266 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97920 [article]

Evaluation of 10-year temporal and spatial variability in structure and growth across contrasting commercial thinning treatments in spruce-fir forests of northern Maine, USA / Christian Kuehne in Annals of Forest Science, vol 75 n° 1 (March 2018)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 75 n° 1 (March 2018) Titre : Evaluation of 10-year temporal and spatial variability in structure and growth across contrasting commercial thinning treatments in spruce-fir forests of northern Maine, USA Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christian Kuehne, Auteur ; Aaron R. Weiskittel, Auteur ; Arne Pommerening, Auteur ; Robert G. Wagner, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Abies balsamea [Termes IGN] arbre aléatoire [Termes IGN] éclaircie (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] Maine (Etats-Unis) [Termes IGN] Picea rubens [Termes IGN] Pinus strobus [Termes IGN] station forestière [Termes IGN] thuja (genre) [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (Auteur) Key message: Detailed measures of growth pattern and structural heterogeneity applied in this study helped to quantify the immediate effects of various thinning regimes on forest structure and the resulting alterations in tree size as well as observed longer term stand dynamics. Context: Forest management, stand structure, and tree growth are highly inter-correlated. Prior analyses, however, have resulted in mixed outcomes with limited success in revealing ecological mechanisms. Aims: The study aimed at evaluating the relationship between forest structure and stand dynamics by applying several sophisticated measures of growth pattern and structural heterogeneity. Methods : Data from a controlled and fully stem-mapped commercial thinning experiment with seven contrasting treatments including a non-thinned control at six locations across the Acadian Forest of Maine, USA, was used. Stand-level attributes examined included tree size and growth heterogeneity, spatial tree distribution, and growth dominance. Results: Thinning generally reduced stand structural heterogeneity compared to the non-thinned control. In addition, the spatial arrangement of trees changed from fully random (non-thinned control) to a more clustered (removal of dominant and co-dominant individuals) or regular distribution (removal of intermediate and suppressed individuals). Overall, stand growth exhibited increasing (non-thinned control, removal of intermediate and suppressed individuals) or decreasing growth dominance of large trees (removal of co-dominant competitors). Forwarder trails increased basal area growth of individual trees up to a distance from the trail of approximately 5 m. Conclusion: Findings of this study validate an earlier insight according to which interactions between management practices, forest structure, and tree growth form a permanent feedback loop. Keywords Numéro de notice : A2018-315 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-018-0697-7 Date de publication en ligne : 26/02/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0697-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=90439 [article]