Modeling the size-density relationship in direct-seeded slash pine stands

Forest Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-321

  Cao, Quang V ^a   Dean, Thomas J ^a   Baldwin Jr , V Clark ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Forest Inventory and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

3 2 power rule; Pinus elliottii; Self thinning; Size density trajectory

Indexed keywords

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 0033859368     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. AMATEIS, R.L., H.E. BURKHART, B.R. KNOEBEL, AND P.T. SPRINZ. 1984. Yields and size class distributions for unthinned loblolly pine plantations on cutover site-prepared lands. Publ. No. FWS-2-84. School of For. Wildl. Res., VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA. 69 p.
2. BAILEY, R.L. 1972. Development of unthinned stands of Pinus radiata in New Zealand. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Ga., Athens. Diss. Abstr. 33/ 09-B-4061. 73 p.
3. BALDWIN, JR., V.C. 1985. Survival curves for unthinned and early-thinned direct-seeded slash pine stands. P. 460-465 in Proc. of the Third Bienn. South. Silvic. Res. Conf. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-54.
4. BALDWIN, JR., V.C., AND D.P. FEDUCCIA. 1987. Loblolly pine growth and yield prediction for managed West Gulf plantations. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. SO-236. 27 p.
5. BORDERS, B.E. 1989. Systems of equations in forest stand modeling. For. Sci. 35:548-556.
6. CAO, Q.V. 1994. A tree survival equation and diameter growth model for loblolly pine based on the self-thinning rule. J. Appl. Ecol. 31:693-698.
7. DELL, T.R., D.P. FEDUCCIA, T.E. CAMPBELL, W.F. MANN, JR., AND B.H. POLMER. 1979. Yields of unthinned slash pine plantations on cutover sites in the West Gulf region. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. SO-147. 84 p.
8. DREW, T.J., AND J.W. FLEWELLING. 1977. Some recent Japanese theories of yield-density relationships and their application to Monterey pine plantations. For. Sci. 23:517-534.
9. HARMS, W.R. 1981. A competition function for tree and stand growth models. P. 179-183 in Proc. of the First Bienn. South. Silvic. Res. Conf. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-34.
10. LLOYD, F.T., AND W.R. HARMS. 1986. An individual stand growth model for mean plant size based on the rule of self-thinning. Ann. Bot. 57:681-688.
11. LOHREY, R.E. 1987. Site index curves for direct-seeded slash pines in Louisiana. South. J. Appl. For. 11:15-17.
12. MACKINNEY, A.L., AND L.E. CHAIKEN. 1935. A method of determining density of loblolly pine stands. USDA For. Serv., Appalachian For. Exp. Sta., Tech. Note 15. 3 p.
13. MCARDLE, R.E., W.H. MEYER, AND D. BRUCE. 1961.The yield of Douglas-fir in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Tech. Bull. 201 (Rev.). 74 p.
14. OGAWA, H., K. YODA, AND T. KIRA. 1961. A preliminary survey on the vegetation of Thailand. Nature Life S.E. Asia 1:1-157.
15. PIENAAR, L., AND B.D. SHIVER. 1981. Survival functions for site-prepared slash pine plantations in the flatwoods of Georgia and northern Florida. South. J. Appl. For. 5:59-62.
16. REINEKE, L.H. 1933. Perfecting a stand-density index for even-aged forests. J. Agric. Res. 46:627-638.
17. SAS INSTITUTE INC. 1993. SAS/ETS user's guide, version 6, second edition. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC. 1,022 p.
18. SMITH, N.J., AND D.W. HANN. 1984. A new analytical model based on the -3/ 2 power rule of self-thinning. Can. J. For. Res. 14:605-609.
19. SMITH, N.J., AND D.W. HANN. 1986. A growth model based on the self-thinning rule Can. J. For. Res. 16:330-334.
20. SOMERS, G.L., AND R.M. FARRAR, Jr. 1991. Biomathematical growth equations for natural longleaf pine stands. For. Sci. 37:227-244.
21. WESTOBY, M. 1984. The self-thinning rule. P. 167-225 in Advances in ecological research, Macfadyen, A., and E.D. Ford (eds.). Academic Press, New York.
22. WHITE, J. 1981. The allomettric interpretation of the self-thinning rule. J. Theor. Biol. 89:475-500.
23. WILLIAMS, R.A. 1996. Stand density index for loblolly pine plantations in north Louisiana. South. J. Appl. For. 20:110-113.
24. YODA, K., T. KIRA, H. OGAWA, AND K. HOZUMI. 1963. Self-thinning in overcrowded pure stands under cultivated and natural conditions. J. Biol. Osaka City Univ. 14:107-129.
25. ZARNOCH, S.J., D.P. FEDUCCIA, V.C. BALDWIN, JR., AND T.R. DELL. 1991. Growth and yield predictions for thinned and unthinned slash pine plantations on cutover sites in the West Gulf region. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. SO-264. 33 p.
26. ZEIDE, B. 1987. Analysis of the 3/2 power law of self-thinning. For. Sci. 33:517-537.