Dynamics of branch population in the canopy of young scots pine stands
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Forest Ecology and Management
- Vol. 24 (1), 67-83
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(88)90025-4
Abstract
Life tables were developed for the branch population in the canopy of young Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) The death of branches began when a branch cohort was 5-6 years old. Even in widely spaced stands, no branches older than 14 years were found. All the dead branches were pruned off when the age of a branch cohort exceeded 20 years. A model based on the per-capita rate of increase of branches and the carrying capacity of branches in a particular stand gave fairly good estimates of the cumulative number of branches in the canopy. The properties of the proposed model for the branch population are discussed.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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