Modeling crown structural responses to competing vegetation control, thinning, fertilization, and Swiss needle cast in coastal Douglas-fir of the Pacific Northwest, USA.

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Scale-dependent competition at the stand level assessed from crown areas (2008, background): “Therefore, mutual growth reduction under competition should be easily recognizable via the spatial range and the strength of negative correlation in crown area (Wyckoff and Clark, 2005; Weiskittel et al., 2007).”
Forest Growth and Yield Modeling (2011, methodology): “For example, Weiskittel et al. (2007a) found that a mixed model with a correlated error structure and weighting function was a less biased and more precise predictor than a similar model fitted with no random effects, even when the fixed effects were just used for prediction on an independent…”
Effect of wide spacing on tree growth, branch and sapwood properties of young Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] in south-western Germany (2008, unknown): “Likewise, Weiskittel et al. (2007) found the number of branches in Douglasfir to be insensitive to Swiss needle cast disease, varying levels of vegetation control, pre as well as commercial thinning, or fertilization.”
Response of branch growth and mortality to silvicultural treatments in coastal Douglas-fir plantations: implications for predicting tree growth. (2007, methodology): “Because the tree growth equations defined height to crown base as lowest live branch (uncompacted crown ratio) (Weiskittel et al., 2007a), each SMC height to crown based was converted to height of lowest live branch (Monleon et al., 2004).”