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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 35, Issue 5-6, Pages 238-251Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2020.1773525
Keywords
Volume; basal area; dominant height; survival
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- Research Council of Norway [301745]
- Forest Growth and Yield Research Group at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
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A new stand-level growth and yield model, consisting of component equations for stand volume, basal area, survival, and dominant stand height, was developed from a dataset of long-term trials for managed thinned and unthinned even-aged Norway spruce (Picea abies(L.) Karst.) forests in Norway. The developed models predict considerably faster growth rates than the existing Norwegian models. Further, it was found that the existing Norwegian stand-level models do not match the data from the thinning trails. The significance of thinning response functions indicated that thinning increases basal area growth while reducing competition related mortality. No significant effects of thinning were found in the dominant stand height growth. Model examination by means of cross-validation indicated that the models were unbiased and performed well within the data range. An application of the developed stand-level model highlights the potential use for these models in comparing different management scenarios.
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