Examining approaches for modeling individual tree growth response to thinning in Norway spruce

Fast Recovery of Suppressed Norway Spruce Trees after Selection Harvesting on a Drained Peatland Forest Site

“…Generally, quantification of the so called "release effect" in the empirical growth models has been based on tree diameter increment measurements (e.g. Hynynen, 1995;Kuehne et al, 2022). Here, we quantified release effect by using multiple measurements including increment cores and isotope analyses of the segments of the annual growth rings.…”