Evaluating stocking in upland hardwood forests using metric measurements.

Robert Rogers

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-187

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Evaluating stocking in upland hardwood forests using metric measurements.

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Authors:

Robert Rogers

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-187

Source:

Research Paper NC-187. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Allows stocking percent in upland forests as developed by Gingrich (1964, 1967) to be calculated when tree and stand variables are measured in the metric system.

Keywords

metric stocking percent, metric stocking conversion factors, metric tree area equation, tree area requirements, and oak-hickory forests

Citation

Rogers, Robert. 1980. Evaluating stocking in upland hardwood forests using metric measurements. Research Paper NC-187. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station