Dr Václav Sebera, InnoRenew CoE researcher, together with colleagues from Mendel University in Brno, Barbora Vojáčková, Jan Tippner, Petr Horáček, Luděk Praus, Martin Brabec and Robert Mařík, recently published a scientific article, “The effect of stem and root-plate defects on the tree response during static loading—Numerical analysis”, in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

The presented research attempts to understand the interaction of stem and root-plate stiffness in relation to tree assessment results with the help of newly developed methods involving numerical modelling and optical techniques.

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is an international journal with an impact factor of 4.021 that publishes basic and applied research, reviews and short communications.