Determinants of tree quality and lumber value in natural uneven-aged southern pine stands
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An ordered-probit model was developed to predict tree grade from treeand stand-level variables, some of which could be changed by management. Applied to uneven-aged mixed loblolly (Pinus tuedu L.) shortleaf pine (Pinus echinatu Mill .) stands, the model showed that the grade of pine trees was highly correlated with tree diameter, tree height, and stand basal area, in non-linear fashion. In addit ion, a tree was more l ikely to be of high quali ty if i t grew on industry or government forest land, on poorer si tes, and in stands that had been part ial ly cut in the past . However, the effects of changes in these variables on the unit value of recovered lumber were small. The exceptions were tree diameter and height, which were the most important indicators of lumber value. R&urn6 : Un modele base sur l’ordination des probits a Cte developpe dans le but de predire la qualite des arbres a partir de variables descriptives du peuplement et de l’arbre. Certaines de ces variables pourraient &tre modifiees par l’amenagement. Lorsqu’on l’applique B des peuplements mixtes inequiennes de pin a encens (Pinus tuedu L.) et de pin jaune (Pinus echinatu Mill.), le modele montre que la qualitt des arbres est fortement correlee, de faGon non lineaire, au diametre et a la hauteur des arbres ainsi qu’8 la surface terriere du peuplement. De plus, la quali te d’un arbre a plus de chances d’etre Clevee s ’ i l croft dans une for& appartenant a l ’ industr ie ou au gouvernement, sur des s i tes plus pauvres ou dans des peuplements qui ont deja subi une coupe partielle. Cependant, les effets des changements dans ces variables sur la valeur unitaire du bois d’oeuvre transforme sont faibles. 11 y a deux exceptions : la hauteur et le diametre de l’arbre qui sont les indicateurs les plus importants de la valeur du bois d’ceuvre. [Traduit par la Redaction]
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تاریخ انتشار 2000