PhD-Thesis

• Complete Thesis - Stability of Continuous Cover Forests [ pdf (14.54 MB)]
• Chapter 2 - Validation of the ForestGALES model for a mature Sitka spruce forest [ pdf (1.62 MB)]
• Chapter 3 - Critical wind speed estimates for individual trees from a field experiment [ pdf (936.15 kB)]
• Chapter 4 - Competition indices as a measure for individual wind loading [ pdf (1.45 MB)]
• Chapter 5 - Wind loading on trees in two nearby stands with different structure [ pdf (9.2 MB)]

Publications

• Hale S, Gardiner B, Wellpott A, Nicoll, B, Achim A, 2010: Wind loading on trees: influence of tree size and competition. European Journal of Forest Research (accepted)
• Wellpott A, Imbery F, Schindler D, Mayer H, 2005: Simulation of drought for a Scots pine forest (Pinus sylvestris L.) in the southern upper Rhine plain. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, 143-150.
• Schindler D, Imbery F, Geßler A, Mayer H, Rennenberg H, Wellpott A, 2004: Investigation of the CO2 balance of a Scots pine stand suffering from regularly occurring summer drought: proposal of a combination of methods applied in micrometeorology and tree physiology. In: Folke Andersson, Yves Birot, Risto Päivinen (ed.): Towards the sustainable use of Europe's forests - forest ecosystem and landscape research: scientific challenges and opportunities. European Forest Institute, 2004, p.181-188.

Proceedings

• Wellpott A, Gardiner B, Ruel J-C, 2009: Modelling wind damage for managed and old-growth stands in Québec. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Wind Effects on Trees, Freiburg, Germany, p.113-117. [ pdf (154.91 kB)]
• Gardiner B, Hale S, Wellpott A, Nicoll B, 2006: The development of a wind risk model for irregular stands. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Wind Effects on Trees, Freiburg, Germany, p.127-133. [ pdf (124.67 kB)]
• Wellpott A, Schindler D, Imbery F, Mayer H, 2003: Quantifizierung von Trockenstress für den Hartheimer Kiefernwald (Pinus sylvestris L.) mit dem Modell BROOK90. In: Bernhofer C, Goldberg (ed.): Tharandter Klimaprotokolle, 5. BIOMET-Tagung, Dresden, Germany, 3rd-5th Dezember 2003, p.97-99 (in German).

Posters

• Wellpott A, Gardiner B, Mencuccini, M, 2006: Wind loading on trees in a mature Sitka spruce forest. 2nd year poster presentation of the School of Geoscience, UoE, 23rd March 2006.
• Imbery F, Mayer H, Wellpott A, 2004: Long-Term Meteorological Characteristics of the Hartheim Scots Pine Forest. AFO2000 Final Symposium, Bad Tölz, 22nd-24th March 2004.

Presentations

• Wellpott A, Gardiner B, Ruel J-C, 2009: Modelling wind damage for managed and old-growth stands in Quebec. 2nd International Conference on Wind Effects on Trees, Freiburg, Germany, 13th-16th October 2009.
• Gardiner B, Hale S, Wellpott A, Nicoll B, 2009: The development of a wind risk model for irregular stands. 2nd International Conference on Wind Effects on Trees, Freiburg, Germany, 13th-16th October 2009.
• Mason B, Wellpott A, Gardiner B, Pommerening A, 2008: Developing complex stand structures in windy climates - appropriate thinning strategies for use in transforming even-aged conifer plantations. 6th IUFRO Workshop of "uneven-aged silviculture", Shizuoka, Japan 24th-27th October 2008.
• Wellpott A, Gardiner B, 2007: Wind loading on trees in two nearby stands with different structure. IUFRO Wind and Trees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 5th-9th August 2007. [ pdf (2.92 MB)]
• Achim A, Wellpott A, Gardiner B, 2007: Competition indices as a measure of individual wind loading. IUFRO Wind and Trees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 5th-9th August 2007. [ pdf (2.45 MB)]
• Wellpott A, Mason B, Nicoll B, Gardiner B, 2006: Wind as a constraint to implementation of continuous cover forestry: evidence from an experiment in Clocaenog forest. Meeting of the British Ecological Society - Forest Ecology Group: Ecological restoration of conifer forests: research and applications, University of Wales, Bangor - 14th/15th September 2006.
• Wellpott A, Gardiner B, 2006: Wind loading on trees in a mature Sitka spruce forest. 5th Plant Biomechanics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 28th August - 1st September 2006. [ pdf (2.06 MB)]
• Wellpott A, Schindler D, Imbery F, Mayer H, 2003: Quantifizierung von Trockenstress für den Hartheimer Kiefernwald (Pinus sylvestris L.) mit dem Modell BROOK90. 5. BIOMET-Tagung, Dresden, Germany, 3rd-5th Dezember 2003.