Adaptation of FIBER for Forest Inventory and Analysis growth projections in the State of Maine

Dale S. Solomon; Thomas B. Brann; Lawrence E. Caldwell

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Adaptation of FIBER for Forest Inventory and Analysis growth projections in the State of Maine

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dale S. Solomon, Thomas B. Brann, Lawrence E. Caldwell

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 580-586.

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Abstract

The model FIBER (Forest Increment Based on Ecological Rationale) was selected by the Technical Review Team on the Sustainability of Timber Supplies in the State of Maine to construct yield information using USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) field data. FIBER habitat criteria based on soil characteristics, species composition of overstory, and adjusted understory trees were used to classify FIA plots compared to the past and present records of the FIA inventory forest typing. Yield curves based on ecological classification and species compositional succession were constructed for input into the model ATLAS (Aggregate Timberland Assessment).

Parent Publication

Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century

Citation

Solomon, Dale S.; Brann, Thomas B.; Caldwell, Lawrence E. 2000. Adaptation of FIBER for Forest Inventory and Analysis growth projections in the State of Maine. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 580-586.