Factors influencing wind damage to Sitka spruce trees

Windthrow is a major influence on silvicultural practice in the UK. Profitability is reduced by the need to fell plantations prematurely. In recent years there has been much debate on the role of spacing and wide- spacing, or respacing has been advocated as a means of improving stability. This debat...

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Main Author: Blackburn, Paul
Published: University of Aberdeen 1986
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373442