Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Stem Height and Artificial Pruning on Seasonal Radial Growth Dynamics of Wild Cherry (Prunus avium L.) and Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a Widely Spaced System

Intensive artificial pruning of trees increases the proportion of high-value timber but simultaneously reduces the crown and consequently the capacity to assimilate photosynthates. Here, midterm effects of two intensive pruning treatments, a classical and a selective approach, on radial growth dynamics at different stem heights is comparatively analyzed for the broadleaved tree species sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) and wild cherry (Prunus...