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site index: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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site index1 CONSTRUCTSite indexCARMEAN · BASE AGE

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Forest mensuration

How good a site is, read from how tall its trees grow

Site index is the standard measure of a forest site's productivity: the height that the dominant and codominant trees of a given species reach at a chosen reference, or base, age such as 50 years. Because height growth of dominant trees responds to a site's soil, moisture, and climate but is largely insensitive to stand density, it serves as a clean index of how much wood a site can grow. Carmean's 1975 Forest site quality evaluation in the United States reviews the methods, and Husch, Beers, and Kershaw's Forest Mensuration gives the measurement and site-index curves. A higher site index means a more productive site, letting foresters compare land and project yield.[1][2]

Unit
Dominant-tree height at a specified base age, in metres or feet
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Determined from the height and age of dominant and codominant trees, read against species-specific site-index curves or equations at a base age

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References

  1. Carmean, W. H. (1975). Forest site quality evaluation in the United States. Advances in Agronomy, 27, 209–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(08)70011-7
  2. Husch, B., Beers, T. W., & Kershaw, J. A. (2003). Forest mensuration (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471018506

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