Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(6), 1755-1761 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361061755

Is allometry for aboveground organ's mass estimation in young Norway spruce stands affected by different type of thinning?

Jan Krejza1,2, Radek Pokorný1,3, Irena Marková4
1 Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Global Change Research Centre, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Laboratory of Plant Ecological Physiology, Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology Academy of Sciences, CzechGlobe - Centre for Global Climate Change Impact Studies, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
4 Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The study focuses on determination of aboveground organ's mass using allometric relationships in Norway spruce stands with different type of thinning management - thinning from below (TfB) and thinning from above (TfA). Allometric functions for predicting of stem, branch, leaf and total aboveground mass were estimated from measurements of basic stem dendrometric parameters. The highest adjusted regression coefficients were found between DBH and biomass of aboveground tree organs (adj. r2 ranged from 0.91 to 0.98). Multiple linear regressions provide correlation coefficients r2 from 0.88 to 0.98 for TfB and from 0.90 to 0.98 for TfA. The presented results showed no effect of different type of thinning application on tree allometry.

Keywords: allometry, mass, Norway spruce, thinning
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Supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and EU (Project No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0018), No. TA02010945 of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and Internal Grant Agency of Mendel University (Projects IGA No. 13/2010,28/2012 and 66/2013).

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Krejza, J., Pokorný, R., & Marková, I. (2013). Is allometry for aboveground organ's mass estimation in young Norway spruce stands affected by different type of thinning? Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(6), 1755-1761. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361061755
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