Dimensionally Compatible System of Equations for Tree and Stand Volume, Basal Area, and Growth

A dimensionally compatible system of equations for stand basal area, volume, and basal area and volume growth was derived using dimensional analysis. These equations are analytically and numerically consistent with dimensionally compatible individual tree volume and taper equations and share parameters with them. Parameters for the system can be estimated by fitting individual tree taper and volume equations or by fitting stand level basal area and volume equations. In either case the parameters are nearly identical. Therefore, parameters for the system can be estimated at the tree or stand level without changing the results. Data from a thinning study in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations established on cutover site-prepared lands were used to estimate the parameters. However, the developed system of equations is general and can be applied to other tree species in other locales.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Forestry

Department dc:contributor.department

Forestry

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Sharma, Mahadev

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Oderwald, Richard G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Reynolds, Marion R. Jr.
• Sullivan, Jay
• Aust, W. Michael
• Amateis, Ralph L.

• Nonlinear least squares regression
• Lorey Mean Height
• mathematically/algebraically consistent
• tree profile
• inflection points
• Quadratic Mean Diameter

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• In Copyright

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Dc Identifier Other

etd-111599-170336

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/29609