Formation of crown structure in Scots pine trees

Kourosh Kabiri University of Helsinki
Eero Nikinmaa
Pertti Hari

Keywords: Carbon balance, nitrogen allocation, SMEAR II, MicroForest, structural regularities

Abstract

The ecosystem model MicroForest describes the development of trees, ground vegetation and forest soil in a Scots pine stand based on coupling carbon and nitrogen fluxes in the system. Here, we simulated the crown development in a mature Scots pine stand assuming the semi-autonomous behaviour of the branches with optimizing C and N allocation simultaneously.

Author Biography

Kourosh Kabiri, University of Helsinki

Department of Forest Sciences, PhD student

Published

2013-06-04

Issue

FSPM2013

Section

4B Growth and development of plant communities

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