A height-growth and site-index model for interior spruce in the Sub-Boreal Spruce biogeoclimatic zone of British Columbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1175-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengjun Hu ◽  
Oscar García
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Growth Equation ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Interior Spruce ◽  
Height Prediction ◽  
Site Index Model

Height growth was modelled for spruce-dominated, even-aged stands in the Sub-Boreal Spruce biogeoclimatic zone of British Columbia, Canada, using both stem analysis (SA) and permanent sample plot (PSP) data. The model is based on a stochastic differential equation (SDE) formulation of the Bertalanffy–Richards growth equation. The SDE approach accounts for serial correlation and heterogeneous variance and makes hypothesis testing possible. Statistically significant differences in height–age trends between SA and PSP data were found that may be attributed to bias caused by dominance changes in SA trees. Error structure in SA and PSPs was also significantly different. Combining both data sources in a way that respects these different error structures reduced bias and increased precision. Four parametrizations were tested; the best was a polymorphic version. The final model fit the data well with no appreciable bias over the full range of ages and site qualities. The currently used spruce site-index model was found to underestimate growth and overestimate site index in young stands. The new model can be recommended for height prediction and site-quality assessment in interior spruce.

Dominant height growth and dynamic site index models for Crimean pine in the Kastamonu–Taşköprü region of Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1441-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Seki ◽  
Oytun Emre Sakici
Keyword(s):  
Information Criterion ◽  
Pinus Nigra ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
Dominant Height Growth

Some dynamic site index models based on the generalized algebraic difference approach (GADA) were fitted for Crimean pine (Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe) stands in Taşköprü, Turkey. Data were obtained from 132 dominant trees representing the wide range of site quality in the region. Nonlinear regression analysis and a second-order continuous-time autoregressive error structure were applied. After autoregressive modeling, the fitted models were evaluated both statistically and graphically. The best results were obtained with the dynamic site index model derived from the Bertalanffy–Richards base equation, accounting for about the 99% of the total variance in height–age relationships in dominant trees, with an Akaike information criterion (AIC) value of 119.55 and root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.5446. The selected base-age invariant dynamic site index curves provided the polymorphism with multiple asymptotes and other realistic height growth patterns.

A numerical method for the solution of a base-age-specific site index model

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2487-2489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghe Wang ◽  
Bijan Payandeh
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Specific Site ◽  
Growth Equation ◽  
North Central ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
Index Estimation

A numerical solution was derived for previously published site index equations for trembling aspen (Populustremuloides Michx.). Data from aspen stands in north central Ontario were used to verify the validity and accuracy of the numerical method. With the numerical solution, only the height-growth equation is employed to estimate (i) height from site index and age and (ii) site index from height and age. The numerical method simplified site index estimation and improved its accuracy for aspen stands in north central Ontario.

scholarly journals SITE QUALITY ESTIMATIONS BASED ON THE GENERALIZED ALGEBRAIC DIFFERENCE APPROACH: A CASE STUDY IN ÇANKIRI FORESTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugur Akbas ◽  
Muammer SENYURT
Keyword(s):  
Site Index ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Prediction Technique ◽  
Algebraic Difference ◽  
Pine Stands ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
Generalized Algebraic Difference Approach

ABSTRACT In this study, it is aimed that the dynamic site index models were developed for Crimean Pine stands in Sarikaya-Cankiri forests located in middle northern Turkey. The data for this study are 153 sample trees obtained from the Crimean Pine stands. In modeling relationships between height and age of dominant or co-dominant trees, some dynamic site index equations such as Chapman-Richards (M1, M2, M3), Lundqvist (M4 and M6), Hossfeld (M5), Weibull (M7) and Schumacher (M8) based on the Generalized Algebraic Difference Approach (GADA) were used. The estimations for these eight-dynamic site index model parameters with well as various statistical values were obtained using the nonlinear regression technique. Among these equations, the Chapman-Richards’s equation, M3, was determined to be the most successful model, with accounted for 89.03 % of the total variance in height-age relationships with MSE: 1.7633, RMSE: 1.3279, SSE: 1165.6, Bias: -0.0380. After determination of the best predictive model, ARMA (1, 1) autoregressive prediction technique was used to account autocorrelation problems for time-series height measurements. When ARMA autoregressive prediction technique was applied to the Chapman-Richards function for solving autocorrelation problem, these success statistics were improved as SSE: 868.7, MSE: 1.3183, RMSE: 1.1482, Bias: -0.06369, R2: 0.918. Also, Durbin-Watson statistics displayed that autocorrelation problem was solved by the use of ARMA autoregressive prediction technique; DW test value=1.99, DW<P=0.5622, DW>P=0.4378. The dynamic site index model that was developed has provided results compatible with the growth characteristics expected in the modeling of height-age relations, such as polymorphism, multiple asymptote, and base-age invariance.

scholarly journals A system for estimating height and site index of western hemlock in the interior of British Columbia

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon D. Nigh
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Tsuga Heterophylla ◽  
Western Hemlock ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Breast Height ◽  
Age Model ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
Growth Intercept ◽  
Height Model

The focus of recent site productivity research in British Columbia has been to develop height-breast height age, growth intercept, and ecosystem-site index models. These models, together with a years-to-breast-height model, form a system for estimating site index and height. This system is described for western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.) in the interior of British Columbia. Forty-four western hemlock stem analysis plots were used in the construction of this system. As there are three models for estimating site index, the appropriate model for a given stand depends largely on the stand condition and the precision of the models. A graph of model precision against breast height age gives some assistance in deciding which model should be used to estimate site index. Key words: western hemlock, site index, height-age model, growth intercept model, years-to-breast-height model, ecosystem-site index model, model precision

scholarly journals Modeling Dominant Height Growth in PlantedPinus pineaStands in Northwest of Tunisia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sghaier Tahar ◽  
Palahi Marc ◽  
Garchi Salah ◽  
Bonet José Antonio ◽  
Ammari Youssef ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Pinus Pinea ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Site Classification ◽  
North West ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Algebraic Difference ◽  
Site Index Model

Six generalized algebraic difference equations (GADAs) derived from the base models of log-logistic, Bertalanffy-Richards, and Lundqvist-Korf were used to develop site index model forPinus pineaplantations in north-west of Tunisia. To assure the base-age invariance of the model parameter estimates, a dummy variable approach was used. Data from stem analysis, corrected with Carmean's method, were used for modelling. To take into account the inherent autocorrelation of the longitudinal data, a second-order continuous-time autoregressive error structure was used, which allows the models to be applied to irregularly spaced, unbalanced data. Both a qualitative analysis based on the biological realism of the models and numerical and graphical analyses based on the accuracy of the models as well were used to evaluate the performance of candidate models. The relative error in site index predictions was used to select 30 years as the best reference age. Based on the analysis, a generalized algebraic difference equation (GADA) derived from the base model of Lundqvist-Korf realized the best compromise between biological and statistical constraints, producing the most adequate site index curves. It is a polymorphic model with site-dependent asymptotes. This model is therefore recommended for height growth prediction and site classification ofPinus pineaplantations in north-west of Tunisia.

scholarly journals An approximate height growth and site index model for Quercus sideroxyla Bonpl. in mixed-species stands of Durango, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Gerónimo Quiñonez-Barraza ◽  
◽  
Dehai Zhao ◽  
Héctor M. de los Santos-Posadas ◽  
José J. Corral-Rivas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Mixed Species ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Site Index Model

Climate sensitivity of trembling aspen radial growth along a productivity gradient in northeastern British Columbia, Canada

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1211-1222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Leonelli ◽  
Bernhard Denneler ◽  
Yves Bergeron
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Populus Tremuloides ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Trembling Aspen ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Productivity Gradient ◽  
Site Index Model

Growth–climate relationships were analyzed for 15 stands of trembling aspen ( Populus tremuloides Michx.) along a productivity gradient in northeastern British Columbia. Productivity was evaluated with a site index model whose values varied between 6.65 and 26.93 m height at age 50 years. To assess the role of climate on radial growth, we built a tree-ring chronology for each site and then performed a dendroclimatic analysis by means of bootstrapped correlation functions using monthly and annual climatic variables. We found that trembling aspen sensitivity to climate varied across stands with different productivities in the study area. At the more productive sites, trees were more sensitive to climate, and ring widths were positively correlated, particularly with summer month precipitation prior to the year of growth. The different responses to climate along the productivity gradient are likely related to the differences in substrate properties; substrates at the more productive sites are richer in nutrients and have a better water holding capacity than those of the less productive sites. Our study suggests that the effects of future climate change on tree growth may not only increase towards the limit of a species distribution, but also towards richer and wetter stands.

scholarly journals Evaluating a dimensionally compatible height growth modelling approach

1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghe Wang ◽  
Bijan Payandeh
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Nonlinear Regression Models ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Modelling Approach

McDill and Amateis (1992) developed a dimensionally compatible height growth model which may be applied as either a base-age specific or a base-age invariant site index model. Its relative performance was compared with four published site index models on three stem analysis data sets from Ontario and the Northwest Territories of Canada. Results indicated that the modified McDill and Amateis (1992) model performed as well as, if not better than, the other models. Key words: base-age specific and base-age invariant site index models, nonlinear regression models, sum of squared errors

scholarly journals A Site Index Model for Lodgepole Pine in British Columbia

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 982-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Batho ◽  
Oscar García
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Site Index Model ◽  
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