New insights into estimating the age of old Scots pine from increment cores with stem rot

Trunk inner rot is a common phenomenon in some old-growth pine dominated forests, making it impossible to determine tree age by counting annual rings. We compared the efficiency of five methods to estimate the age of hollow pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.). Our main aims were to select the best-perf...

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Main Authors: Baudet, Marlène, Josefsson, Torbjörn, Östlund, Lars
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21431/
https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21431/1/baudet_m_et_al_210121.pdf