Strom damaged forest crops often contain a mixture of damaged and undamaged trees. Furthermore, the damage can consist of overturning, stem breakage or stem bending. The reasons why one tree is damaged, whereas a neighbouring tree remains intact are unclear. The present work investigated at tree and wood property parameters which may be involved in damage type determination.
A total of four stands were investigated, two of which were wind damaged in the winter of 1994/5 and two of which were snow damaged the following year. The following pages show some of the results of the research to date.
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