Quantifying bark-stripping damages to address the relationship between external and internal wood defects

The detachment of tree bark (i.e. bark-stripping) by wild ungulate species can be observed in many European forests and it can lead to significant damages to the wood. In our study, bark-stripping of different intensity and age was recorded for 110 European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees growing i...

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Main Authors: M. Rößner, T. Vor, D. Seidel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Trees, Forests and People
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266671932300047X