Forest Growth and Yield ModelingForest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and outlining keys for successful implementation of models the book provides a thorough and up-to-date, single source reference for students, researchers and practitioners requiring a current digest of research and methods in the field. The book describes current modelling approaches for predicting forest growth and yield and explores the components that comprise the various modelling approaches. It provides the reader with the tools for evaluating and calibrating growth and yield models and outlines the steps necessary for developing a forest growth and yield model.
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Contents
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Forest site evaluation | 37 |
Wholestand and sizeclass models | 53 |
3 | 66 |
Components of treelist models | 85 |
Individualtree static equations | 115 |
Mortality | 139 |
Seeding regeneration and recruitment | 157 |
Processbased models | 227 |
Hybrid models of forest growth and yield | 253 |
Model construction | 265 |
Model evaluation and calibration | 295 |
Implementation and use | 311 |
Future directions | 321 |
Bibliography | 327 |
List of species used in the text | 397 |
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Applied Forestry approach basal area increment biomass Burkhart Canadian Journal canopy carbon competition conifer crown ratio crown recession dataset diameter increment distance-dependent dominant height Douglas-fir dynamics Ecology and Management effective estimates even-aged stands factors fertilization Forest Ecology Forest Research Forest Science growth and yield growth equations growth period Hanus Hasenauer height increment increment equations indices individual tree Jerome K Journal of Forest loblolly pine measures method model forms modifier Monserud multiple nitrogen nonlinear nonlinear regression Norway spruce number of trees Oregon Oregon State University ORGANON parameters photosynthesis plot ponderosa pine potential predictions predictor Pretzsch process-based models productivity quadratic mean radiation regression response Scots pine silvicultural silvicultural treatments simulation soil spatial spruce stand basal area stand density stand structure stand-level static equations statistical stem Sterba techniques Temesgen thinning tree height tree-level uneven-aged USDA Forest Service Vanclay variables volume Weiskittel western hemlock Wykoff yield models