Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Prognosis model for stand development

Author: Stage, Albert R.

Date: 1973

Source: Res. Pap. INT-137. Ogden, Utah: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 32 p.

Station ID: RP-INT-137

Description: Describes a set of computer programs for developing prognoses of the development of existing stand under alternative regimes of management. Calibration techniques, modeling procedures, and a procedure for including stochastic variation are described. Implementation of the system for lodgepole pine, including assessment of losses attributed to an infestation of mountain pine beetle, is described.

Keywords: increment forecasting, yield regulation, stand projection, tree growth, modeling, lodgepole pine, mountain pine beetle impact, simulation

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Stage, Albert R.  1973.  Prognosis model for stand development.   Res. Pap. INT-137. Ogden, Utah: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 32 p..