Effects of Stem Density on Crown Architecture of Scots Pine Trees.

ABSTRACT: Trees adapt to their growing conditions by regulating the sizes of their parts and their relationships. For example, removal or death of adjacent trees increases the growing space and the amount of light received by the remaining trees enabling their crowns to expand. Knowledge about the effects of silvicultural practices on crown size and shape and also about the quality of branches affecting the shape of a crown is, however, still limited. Thus, the aim was to study the crown structure of individual Scots pine trees in forest stands with varying stem densities due to past forest management practices. Furthermore, we wanted to understand how crown and stem attributes and also tree growth affect stem area at the height of maximum crown diameter (SAHMC), which could be used as a proxy for t

SUBMITTER: Saarinen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959813 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature