Crown structure of picea omorika trees in the plantation

Abstract

The study was carried out in Serbian spruce (Picea omorika Panc/Purkyne) plantations in the western Serbia. The paper presents results of the analysis of crown development. The following elements were analyzed: total tree height, height of the crown base, absolute and relative crown length, maximal crown diameter, coefficient of crown spreading and degree of crown girth. We discuss approaches to the modeling of tree crown growth and development, growing under favorable environmental and stand conditions, without anomalies in development. In order to establish the relationship between analyzed factors, regression analyses were applied. Data fitting was by the analytic method, by the implementation of Prodan's functions of growth, linear and parabolic function. Received models can be used for the simulation of various growth and developing processes in forest.