Identifying individual drivers of damage to oak during severe UK storms in winter 2021

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 373; p. 110797
• Main Authors: Halstead, Kate, Sanderson, Roy, Bonomo, Salvatore, Quine, Christopher, Suggitt, Andrew, Gaulton, Rachel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.10.2025
• Subjects: Natural disturbance; Quercus; Random forest; Structural equation modelling; Terrestrial laser scanning; Wind risk modelling; Structural equation modelling; GLMM; TWI; LIDAR; Random forest; Natural disturbance; GNR; DBH; LOOCV; NDVI; Wind risk modelling; Quercus; Terrestrial laser scanning; SEM; TLS; AIC; DTM

•Identification of individual drivers of damage to two species of oak native to Great Britain, following successive Storms Arwen and Barra in winter 2021.•Both Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and Random Forest identified individual tree health and structural characteristics as key drivers of dam...