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Grow--a computer subroutine that projects the growth of trees in the Lake States' forests.

A computer subroutine, Grow, has been written in 1977 Standard FORTRAN to implement a distance-independent, individual tree growth model for Lake States' forests. Grow is a small and easy-to-use version of the growth model. All the user has to do is write a calling program to read initial conditions, call Grow, and summarize the results.

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Author(s):

Gary J. Brand

Year:

1981

Keywords:

growth model, mortality, FORTRAN

Source:

Research Paper NC-207. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Growth patterns of red pine on fine-textured soils.

Compares growth of 28- to 49-year-old red pine plantations on sandy and fine-textured soils. Red pine growing on these two contrasting soils did not differ in bole form, live crown ratio, or mortality, and tree growth predicted by models (STEMS and REDPINE) developed from trees growing on sandy soils worked equally well for trees growing on fine-textured soils.

Author(s):

David H. Alban; Donald H. Prettyman; Gary J. Brand

Year:

1987

Keywords:

Pinus resinosa, red pine, STEMS, REDPINE, plantations, height growth, diameter growth

Source:

Research Paper NC-280. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

An evaluation of the STEMS tree growth projection system.

STEMS (Stand and Tree Evaluation and Modeling System) is a tree growth projection system. This paper (1) compares the performance of the current version of STEMS developed for the Lake States with that of the original model and (2) reports the results of an analysis of the current model over a wide range of conditions and identifies its main strengths and weaknesses...

Author(s):

Margaret R. Holdaway; Gary J. Brand

Year:

1983

Keywords:

validation, testing, growth model, Lake States species, verification

Source:

Research Paper NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 20 p.

Pinus albicaulis Engelm. (whitebark pine) in mixed-species stands throughout its US range: Broad-scale indicators of extent and recent decline

We used data collected from >1400 plots by a national forest inventory to quantify population-level indicators for a tree species of concern. Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) has recently experienced high mortality throughout its US range, where we assessed the area of land with whitebark pine present, size-class distribution of individual whitebark pine,...

Author(s):

Sara A. Goeking; Deborah Kay Izlar

Year:

2018

Keywords:

disturbance, five-needle pines, forest management, mortality, growth, forest inventory

Source:

Forests. 9: 131.

Response of ground-dwelling spider assemblages to prescribed fire following stand structure manipulation in the southern Cascade Range

We assessed spider (Arachnida: Araneae) responses to prescribed fire following stand s tructure treatments in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws.) stands in the Cascade Range of California. Stands were logged or left untreated to create three levels of structural diversity. We logged one treatment to minimize old-growth...

Author(s):

Nancy E. Gillette; Richard S. Vetter; Sylvia R. Mori; Carline R. Rudolph; Dessa R. Welty

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Source:

Can. J. For. Res. 38: 969-980

A description of STEMS-- the stand and tree evaluation and modeling system.

This paper describes STEMS (Stand and Tree Evaluation and Modeling System), the current computerized Lake State tree growth projection system. It presents the program structure, discusses the growth and mortality components, the management subsystem, and the regeneration subsystem. Some preliminary results of model testing are presented and an application is...

Author(s):

David M. Belcher; Margaret R. Holdaway; Gary J. Brand

Year:

1982

Keywords:

simulation, Lake States species, mortality model, regeneration model, management guides, growth model, projection system, FORTRAN, validation

Source:

General Technical Report NC-79. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Missouri's forest resources in 2004

Reports the initial results of five annual panels (2000-2004) of the inventory of Missouri's forest resources and one panel (2004) of growth, removals, and mortality. Includes information on forest area, number of trees, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality, and forest health.

Author(s):

W. Keith Moser; Mark H. Hansen; Thomas Treiman; Bruce Moltzan; Robert Lawrence; Gary J. Brand

Year:

2006

Keywords:

annual inventory, forest area, forest type, volume, biomass, Missouri

Source:

Resour. Bull. NC-257. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 37 p.

Iowa's forest resources in 2004

Reports analysis of data for five annual panels (2000-2004) of inventory of Iowa's forest resources and one panel (1999 to 2004) of growth, removals, and mortality. Includes information on fores area, number of trees, volume, biomass growth, removals, mortality, and forest health.

Author(s):

Susan J. Crocker; W. Keith Moser; Gary J. Brand; Aron Flickinger

Year:

2006

Keywords:

Annual inventory, forest land, timberland, forest type, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality, forest health, Iowa

Source:

Resour. Bull. NC-263. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 34 p.

Indiana's forest resources in 2004

Reports the initial results of five annual panels (2000-2004) of the inventory of Indiana's forest resources and one panel (2004) of growth, removals, and mortality. Includes information on forest area, number of trees, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality, and forest health.

Author(s):

Christopher Woodall; Gary Brand; Joey Gallion

Year:

2006

Keywords:

Annual inventory, forest area, forest type, volume, biomass, Indiana

Source:

Resour. Bull. NC-268. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 37 p.

Indiana's forest resources in 2005

Reports the initial results of five annual panels (2001-2005) of the inventory of Indiana's forest resources and two panels (2004 and 2005) of growth, removals, and mortality. Includes information on forest area, number of trees, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality, and forest health.

Author(s):

Christopher Woodall; Gary Brand; Joey Gallion

Year:

2006

Keywords:

annual inventory, forest area, forest type, volume, biomass, Indiana

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS-3. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 36 p.

Forest responses to climate change in the northwestern United States: ecophysiological foundations for adaptive management

Climate change resulting from increased concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([C0₂]) is expected to result in warmer temperatures and changed precipitation regimes during this century. In the northwestern U.S., these changes will likely decrease snowpack, cause earlier snowmelt, increase summer evapotranspiration, and increase the...

Author(s):

Daniel J. Chmura; Paul D. Anderson; Glenn T. Howe; Constance A. Harrington; Jessica E. Halofsky; David L. Peterson; David C. Shaw; Brad J. St Clair

Year:

2011

Keywords:

adaptation, drought, fire, genetics, insects, silviculture

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 261: 1121-1142

Ecological forestry in an uneven-aged, late-successional forest: Simulated effects of contrasting treatments on structure and yield

Ecological forestry practices are designed to retain species and structural features important for maintaining ecosystem function but which may be deficient in conventionally managed stands. We used the spatially-explicit, individual tree model CANOPY to assess tradeoffs in enhanced ecological attributes vs. reductions in timber yield for a wide variety of treatments...

Author(s):

Jacob J. Hanson; Craig G. Lorimer; Corey R. Halpin; Brian J. Palik

Year:

2012

Keywords:

alternative forestry, coarse woody debris, multi-cohort management, old-growth restoration, reserve trees, unneven-aged management

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 270: 94-107.

New Mexico's forest resources, 2008-2012

This report presents a summary of the most recent inventory of New Mexico?s forests based on field data collected between 2008 and 2012. The report includes descriptive highlights and tables of area, numbers of trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, and removals. Most sections and tables are organized by forest type or forest type group, species group, diameter...

Author(s):

Sara A. Goeking; John D. Shaw; Chris Witt; Michael T. Thompson; Charles E. Werstak; Michael C. Amacher; Mary Stuever; Todd A. Morgan; Colin B. Sorenson; Steven W. Hayes; Chelsea P. McIver

Year:

2014

Keywords:

forest inventory, field data, trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, and removals

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-18. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 144 p.

Colorado's forest resources, 2004-2013

This report presents a summary of the most recent inventory of Colorado?s forests based on field data collected between 2004 and 2013. The report includes descriptive highlights and tables of area, numbers of trees, biomass, carbon, volume, growth, mortality, and removals. Most sections and tables are organized by forest type or forest-type group, species group,...

Author(s):

Michael T. Thompson; John D. Shaw; Chris Witt; Charles E. Werstak; Michael C. Amacher; Sara A. Goeking; R. Justin DeRose; Todd A. Morgan; Colin B. Sorenson; Steven W. Hayes; Jim Menlove

Year:

2017

Keywords:

forest inventory, monitoring, mortality, forest products, wildlife habitat, fire

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-23. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 136 p.

Arizona’s forest resources, 2001-2014

This report presents a summary of the most recent inventory of Arizona?s forests based on field data collected between 2001 and 2014. The report includes descriptive highlights and tables of forest and timberland area, numbers of trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, and removals. Most sections and tables are organized by forest type or forest-type group, species...

Author(s):

John D. Shaw; Jim Menlove; Chris Witt; Todd A. Morgan; Michael C. Amacher; Sara A. Goeking; Charles E. Werstak

Year:

2018

Keywords:

Arizona, forest inventory, field data, trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, removals

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-25. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 126 p.

Wyoming’s forest resources, 2011-2015

This report summarizes the most recent inventory of Wyoming?s forests based on field data collected between 2011 and 2015. The report includes descriptive highlights and tables of area, numbers of trees, biomass, carbon, volume, growth, mortality, and removals. Most sections and tables are organized by forest type or forest-type group, species group, diameter class, or...

Author(s):

R. Justin DeRose; John D. Shaw; Sara A. Goeking; Kate Marcille; Chelsea P. McIver; Jim Menlove; Todd A. Morgan; Chris Witt

Year:

2018

Keywords:

biomass, estimates, forest inventory, field data, growth, mortality, volume, Wyoming

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-28. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 132 p.

New Mexico’s forest resources, 2008-2014

This report presents a summary of the most recent inventory of New Mexico?s forests based on field data collected between 2008 and 2014. The results presented here summarize a complete cycle of New Mexico?s forest inventory, or 10 years? worth of data collection, whereas the previous report was based only on 9 years? worth of data collected under an accelerated...

Author(s):

Sara A. Goeking; Jim Menlove

Year:

2017

Keywords:

New Mexico, forest inventory, field data, trees, biomass, volume, growth, mortality, removals

Source:

Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-24. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 68 p.

A matrix transition model for an uneven-aged, oak-hickory forest in the Missouri ozark highlands

We presented a matrix growth model for an uneven-aged, oak-hickory forest in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. The model was developed to predict ingrowth, growth of surviving trees, and mortality by diameter class for a five-year period. Tree removal from management activities is accounted for in the model. We evaluated a progression of models from a static, fixed...

Author(s):

James R. Lootens; David R. Larsen; Edward F. Loewenstein

Year:

1999

Keywords:

matrix, model, uneven-aged, oak-hickory, forest, Missouri, Ozarks, trees

Source:

In; haywood, James D., ed. Proceedings of the 10th biennial southern silviculture research conference; 1999 February 16-18; Shreveport, LA. general Technical Report SRS-30. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Southern Research Station; 536-538

Wisconsin's forest resources, 2005

The annual forest inventory of Wisconsin continues, and this document reports 2001-05 moving averages for most variables and comparisons between 2000 and 2005 for growth, removals, and mortality. Summary resource tables can be generated through the Forest Inventory Mapmaker website at http://ncrs2.fs.fed.us/4801/fiadb/index. htm. Estimates from this inventory show a...

Author(s):

Charles, H. (Hobie) Perry; Gary J. Brand

Year:

2006

Keywords:

annual inventory, forest land, timberland, forest type, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS-2. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 32 p.

A Matrix Transition Model for an Uneven-Aged, Oak-Hickory Forest in the Missouri Ozark Highlands

We present a matrix growth model for an uneven-aged, oak-hickory forest in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. The model was developed to predict ingrowth, growth of surviving trees, and mortality by diameter class for a five-year period. Tree removal from management activities is accounted for in the model. We evaluated a progression of models from a static, fixed-...

Author(s):

James R. Lootens; David R. Larsen; Edward F. Loewenstein

Year:

1999

Keywords:

Source:

In: Haywood, James D., ed. 1999 February 16-18; Shreveport, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-30. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 618 p.