Growth and Yield of Thinned Yellow-Poplar

Donald E. Beck; Lino Della-Bianca

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Growth and Yield of Thinned Yellow-Poplar

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald E. Beck, Lino Della-Bianca

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-101. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 24 p.

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Abstract

Diameter distributions and yields for various combinations of site index, age, and density for unthinned and largely undisturbed stands of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L. ) have been presented by McGee and Della-Bianca (1967) and Beck and Della-Bianca (1970). Their results were based on the initial measurements of a network of permanent sample plots throughout the southern Appalachians. In this paper we present equations for predicting basal-area growth and cubic-foot volume growth and yield in stands thinned to various levels of basal area. These results are based on measurements of the permanent plots taken 5 years after the initial thinnings.

Citation

Beck, Donald E.; Della-Bianca, Lino. 1972. Growth and Yield of Thinned Yellow-Poplar. Res. Pap. SE-101. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 24 p.