Summary
Published in The Forestry Chronicle 99(2). https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2023-019
Performing a complete silvicultural diagnosis before a silvicultural treatment generally requires assessing the state of regeneration with the help of an inventory by sampling, particularly for stands dominated by sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) or yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.), in which partial cuts are recommended. This inventory may be then compared to the standard or used in a growth model for saplings (trees for which diameter at 1.3 m above the ground (DBH) varies from 1.1 cm to 9.0 cm). Some of these tools are based on sapling density, while others are based on the stocking of the saplings or on the stocking of total regeneration (combining saplings and seedlings with a DBH ≤ 1.0 cm). We assessed the number of plots required to estimate the density and the stocking of saplings with a given margin of error in 28 stands. The results show that more plots are required than usual in practice to inventory sapling density. The stocking is much easier to estimate precisely.
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Sector(s):
Forests
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Scientific Article
Theme(s):
Forest Growth and Yield Modelling, Forestry Research, Forests, Silviculture
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Author(s)
GUILLEMETTE, François, Marie-Claude LAMBERT, Hugues POWER and Patricia RAYMOND
Year of publication :
2023
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Keywords :
Modélisation de la croissance et du rendement des forêts, Forest growth and yield modelling, Sylviculture et rendement des forêts naturelles – Peuplements de feuillus, Silviculture and yield of natural forests - hardwood stands, Sylviculture et rendement des forêts naturelles – Peuplements mixtes, Silviculture and yield of natural forests - mixed stands, article scientifique, scientific article
