Comparison of an empirical forest growth and yield simulator and a forest gap simulator using actual 30-year growth from two even-aged forests in Kentucky

Daniel Yaussy

doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00111-5

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Comparison of an empirical forest growth and yield simulator and a forest gap simulator using actual 30-year growth from two even-aged forests in Kentucky

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Authors:

Daniel Yaussy

Year:

2000

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00111-5

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 126(3): 385-398.

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Abstract

Two individual-tree growth simulators are used to predict the growth and mortality on a 30-year-old forest site and an 80-year-old forest site in eastern Kentucky. The empirical growth and yield model (NE-TWIGS) was developed to simulate short-term (

Keywords

NE-TWIGS, ZELIG, Validation

Citation

Yaussy, Daniel A. 2000. Comparison of an empirical forest growth and yield simulator and a forest gap simulator using actual 30-year growth from two even-aged forests in Kentucky. Forest Ecology and Management. 126 (3). 385-398.