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Torben Hilmers

Technische Universität München (TUM)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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From Suppressed to Dominant: 3d Crown Shapes Explain the “To Grow or Wait” Growth Behavior in Close-to-Nature Forests

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2025
Technische Universität München (TUM), Technische Universität München (TUM), Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, University of Valladolid, University of Valladolid, University of Valladolid, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Technische Universität München (TUM)
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crown plasticity, dominant vs suppressed, dry vs. wet sites, light demanding vs. shade tolerant, secondary growth, competition, canopy packing, precision forestry

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With Increasing Site Quality Asymmetric Competition and Mortality Reduces Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris L.) Stand Structuring Across Europe

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 May 2022
Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Göttingen, University of Sarajevo, University of British Columbia (UBC), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Valladolid, Vytautas Magnus University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ilia State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Umeå University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Ukrainian National Forestry University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Estonian University of Life Sciences, University of Turin, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Valladolid, Wageningen University & Research, University of Agriculture in Krakow, affiliation not provided to SSRN, UCLouvain, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) - Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Technische Universität München (TUM), Ghent University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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asymmetry of competition, size-dependent mortality, mode of competition, growth dominance coefficient, Gini coefficient, structural heterogeneity

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The Effect of Structural Diversity on the Self-Thinning Line, Eichhorn Rule, Yield Level, and Density-Growth Relationship in Even-Aged Stands of Norway Spruce

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Dec 2023
Hans Pretzsch, Torben Hilmers and Miren del Río
Technische Universität München (TUM), Technische Universität München (TUM) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Yield level, Eichhorn rule, self-thinning line, density-growth relationship, variation of stem diameter distribution, Norway spruce

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How structural diversity modulates tree and stand growth. Basic rules and consequences for thinning using the example of Norway spruce stands

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Nov 2025
Technische Universität München (TUM), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, University of Warsaw, Vytautas Magnus University, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Umeå University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Valladolid and Technische Universität München (TUM)
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Mortality Reduces Overyielding in Mixed Scots Pine and European Beech Stands Along a Precipitation Gradient in Europe

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Jan 2023
Technische Universität München (TUM), Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM), University of Göttingen, University of Sarajevo, University of Warsaw, University of Valladolid, Vytautas Magnus University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mendel University in Brno, Ukrainian National Forestry University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Agriculture in Krakow, UCLouvain, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Novi Sad, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) - Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Mixed species stands, gross and net overyielding, tree mortality, self- and alien-thinning, dropout stem volume, demixing

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Drivers of Forest Structure and Biomass Along a Climatic Gradient in the Soutpansberg, South Africa

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 May 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM), University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria, University of the Free State, Technische Universität München (TUM), University of the Free State, University of the Free State, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria, Technische Universität München (TUM) and Technische Universität München (TUM)
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AGB, permanent research plots, savanna, bushveld, forest types, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Venda

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Growth Response of Oaks to Insect Defoliation: Immediate and Intermediate Perspectives

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 13 Jul 2023
Technische Universität München (TUM), Technische Universität München (TUM), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, University of Würzburg, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, University of Würzburg, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM) and Technische Universität München (TUM)
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defoliation, Lymantria dispar, oak, stem growth, multiple stressors

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Drivers of background mortality in European mixed mountain forests of Picea abies (L.) Karst., Abies alba Mill., and Fagus sylvatica L

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Feb 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technische Universität München (TUM), Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Sarajevo, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Technische Universität München (TUM), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) - Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, University of Agriculture in Krakow, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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