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Whole-Stand Models for Even-Aged Stands

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In the whole-stand approach, quantities such as volume, basal area and/or number of trees per unit area are forecast. The input or predictor variables for whole-stand models are typically age, site index, and stand density. Approaches for ensuring analytic compatibility and numeric consistency between growth and yield estimates are discussed, and a detailed example of specifying and fitting an interdependent system of growth and yield equations in which all relationships are assumed to hold simultaneously is given. Mixed-effects techniques for growth and yield predictions are briefly described. The state space approach to stand modeling, in which the state of a stand at any given time is assumed to be the necessary and sufficient information need to determine its future behavior, is described in detail.

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  1. Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Cheatham Hall 319, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Harold E. Burkhart

  2. Instituto Superior de Agronomia DRAT, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal

    Margarida Tomé

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Burkhart, H.E., Tomé, M. (2012). Whole-Stand Models for Even-Aged Stands. In: Modeling Forest Trees and Stands. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3170-9_11

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