Growth and Yield for Shortleaf and Longleaf Pine

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• Subject: Growth and Yield for Shortleaf and Longleaf Pine
• From: Steve Meyers <meyers@Forestry.Auburn.EDU>
• Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:18:25 +0200
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	I am a graduate student at Auburn University.  My thesis project
involves the economics of forestry management in the presence of
endangered species (red-cockaded woodpecker).

	One of the alternatives to forest management for this species to
provide the required foraging habitat over a large area.  This alternative
will allow the landowner to remove his or her timber down to a BA/ac of 20.
This type of volume will have to be carried on at least 300 acres.

	My question is: How do you estimate the growth over time of a stand
carried at this low basal area?  There has been little work done on this
type of stand projection.

	This type of management scheme is a modified shelterwood cut where
the parent trees are left for an additional 20-30 years before they are
harvested.  How will the regeneration grow when the parent trees are left.

Any information would be appreciated.


Steven P. Meyers			meyers@forestry.auburn.edu
School of Forestry
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama  USA   36849

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