Estimating DBH from Stump Diameter for 15 Southern Species
Regression equations for predicting dbh from tree stump diameter inside and outside bark are presented for 15 southern species.
"The Southern Forest Renewable Resources Unit needed an accurate prediction of diameter breast height (DBH) from stump dimensions to estimate the DBH of removals. From the existing information on DBH, volume of the removals could be calculated using existing volume equations or volume tables.
DBH estimation has several other applications such as: (1) predicting removals from a large forested area, (2) predicting total volume of timber resulting from trespass cutting, (3) aiding in the calculation of basal area distribution, and (4) calculating growth on cut as part of a forest inventory." [from Introduction]
Authors
C.V. Bylin
C.V. Bylin
Date Published
December 1982
December 1982
Publisher
USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station
New Orleans, LA (US)
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Publication Number
SO-286
SO-286
Resource Format
Other
Other
Sub-Topics
Evaluation/Assessment
Evaluation/Assessment
State(s)/Region(s)
Southern
Southern
Indexed By
UFS
UFS
