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Robert Van Pelt

Researcher at University of Washington

Publications -  55
Citations -  3981

Robert Van Pelt is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sequoia & Tree allometry. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 45 publications receiving 3635 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Van Pelt include Humboldt State University & University of Colorado Boulder.

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Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example

Jerry F. Franklin, +11 more
- 01 Jan 2002 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the use of principles from disturbance ecology and natural stand development to create silvicultural approaches that are more aligned with natural processes, including the role of disturbances in creating structural legacies that become key elements of the post-disturbance stands.
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Spatial aspects of structural complexity in old-growth forests

Jerry F. Franklin, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2004 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a fine-scale structural mosaic of old-growth forests is defined, in which all stand development processes are simultaneously present within the stand and an additional definition of forest stand that incorporates the entire structural mosaics of oldgrowth is needed.
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Increasing wood production through old age in tall trees

Stephen C. Sillett, +6 more
- 20 Feb 2010 - 
TL;DR: Wood production of the entire main trunk and whole crown both increased with size and age up to and including the largest and oldest trees the authors measured, and the strongest determinant of tree energy balance was the ratio of aboveground cambium area to leaf area.
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Influence of canopy structure on the understory environment in tall, old-growth, conifer forests

Robert Van Pelt, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2000 - 
TL;DR: The semivariance of the horizontal distribution of canopy volume was strongly correlated with shrub cover and understory light levels and was an overall predictor of canopy structure and may allow the stand to support a higher volume of foliage.
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Three-dimensional Structure of an Old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Canopy and Its Implications for Radiation Balance, Microclimate, and Gas Exchange

Geoffrey G. Parker, +9 more
- 20 May 2004 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the vertical distribution of foliage, crowns, external surface area, wood biomass, and several components of canopy volume were estimated for an oldgrowth Douglas-fir/western hemlock forest in the central Cascades of southern Washington, USA.