User's guide to SILVAH

Peter Knopp; Susan L. Stout

doi:10.2737/NRS-GTR-128

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User's guide to SILVAH

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Authors:

Peter Knopp, Susan L. Stout

Year:

2014

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-128

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-128. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 122 p.

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Abstract

This user's guide for the SILVAH computer program, version 6.2, supersedes the 1992 user's guide (Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-162). Designed for stand-alone Windows-based personal computers, SILVAH recommends a silvicultural prescription for a forest stand based on a summary and analysis of field inventory data. The program also includes a simulator that can be used to project stand growth and development, estimating yields from either prescribed or user-defined treatments. The software is distributed with an online help system and this printed user's manual. The computer program described in this publication is available on the Internet at https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/tools/silvah.

Keywords

silvicultural prescriptions, management guides, regeneration, Allegheny hardwoods, northern hardwoods, mixed oak forest type, decision support system, software

Citation

Knopp, Peter D.; Stout, Susan L. 2014. User's guide to SILVAH. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-128. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 122 p.