Predicting height increment of young-growth mixed conifers in the Sierra Nevada

Leroy K. Dolph

doi:10.2737/PSW-RP-191

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Predicting height increment of young-growth mixed conifers in the Sierra Nevada

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Authors:

Leroy K. Dolph

Year:

1988

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-RP-191

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-191. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 15 p

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Abstract

Estimates of forest growth (increment) are used for evaluating productivity of land and to project growing stock into the future. Since volume is the accepted parameter for measuring forest growth (Spurr 1952), estimates of periodic volume increment for individual trees on inventory plots form the basis for appraising the productivity of the land and timber.

Keywords

stem analysis, increment (height), California white fir, incense-cedar, ponderosa pine, sugar pine, Jeffrey pine, Douglas-fir, Sierra Nevada, California

Citation

Dolph, Leroy K. 1988. Predicting height increment of young-growth mixed conifers in the Sierra Nevada. Res. Pap. PSW-RP-191. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 15 p.