Growth and Yield Predictions for Thinned and Unthinned Slash Pine Plantations on Cutover Sites in the West Gulf Region

Stanley J. Zarnoch; Donald P. Feduccia; V. Clark Baldwin; Tommy R. Dell

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-264

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Growth and Yield Predictions for Thinned and Unthinned Slash Pine Plantations on Cutover Sites in the West Gulf Region

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Authors:

Stanley J. Zarnoch, Donald P. Feduccia, V. Clark Baldwin, Tommy R. Dell

Year:

1991

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-264

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-264. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 32 p.

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Abstract

A-growth and yield model has been developed for slash pine plantations on problem-free cutover sites in the west gulf region. The model was based on the moment-percentile method using the Weibull distribution for tree diameters. This technique was applied to untbinned and thinned stand projections and, subsequently, to the prediction of residual stands immediately after thinning.

Keywords

Parameter recovery, Pinuselliottii Engelm var elliottii, size distribution, survival prediction, volume prediction, Weibull distribution

Citation

Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Feduccia, Donald P.; Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr.; Dell, Tommy R. 1991. Growth and Yield Predictions for Thinned and Unthinned Slash Pine Plantations on Cutover Sites in the West Gulf Region. Res. Pap. SO-264. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 32 p.