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  1. Site index curves for young-growth California white fir on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada

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    Author(s): K. Leroy Dolph
    Date: 1987
    Source: Res. Paper PSW-RP-185. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 9 p
    Publication Series: Research Paper (RP)
    Station: Pacific Southwest Research Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-RP-185
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    Site index curves for young-growth California white fir were developed by using stem analysis data from 77 dominant and codominant trees growing in mixed-coniferstands on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Site index reference age is 50 years at breast height. A family of 11 curves is presented for site index estimation. For more precise estimates, the site index estimating equation can be solved by using appropriate values of total tree height and breast-height age.

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    Dolph, K. Leroy. 1987. Site index curves for young-growth California white fir on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Res. Pap. PSW-RP-185. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p.

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    Keywords

    site index, increment (height), stem analysis, white fir, Abies concolor, Sierra Nevada, California

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