Merchandizer: Adapting USLYCOWG to the Marketplace

doi:10.2737/SO-GTR-52

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Merchandizer: Adapting USLYCOWG to the Marketplace

Informally Refereed

Year:

1984

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-52

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-52. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.

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Abstract

USLYCOWG is a computer model that estimates yields in cubic feet per acre from unthinned slash and loblolly pine plantations established on cutover sites in the West Gulf states. However, most stumpage in the West Gulf region is sold in other volumetric units, such as cords, tons, and board feet, or by weight. A series of computer routines has been developed that converts USLYCOWG yields in cubic feet to tons of fuel chips, cords of pulpwood and chip'n'saw logs, and board feet of sawtimber, or weights of all products in tons.

Keywords

Economics, stumpage, forest products, volume predictions, volume yield, Pinus taeda, Pinus elliottii var elliottii, unthinned plantation yields, Weibull distribution, taper curves, crown ratio, survival prediction, problem-free sites

Citation

Guldin, Richard W. 1984. Merchandizer: Adapting USLYCOWG to the Marketplace. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-52. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.