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Re: Thinning Algorithms



On Thu, 16 Mar 1995 kershaw@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca wrote:
> 
> I am currently in the process of developing a spatially-based thinning
> algorithm from a combination of field and remotely sensed data.  The idea
> is basically to be able to read a tree list and specify thinning regime
> (ie - ba removed, desired spp, quality , other constraints?) and have the
> algorithm spit out which trees to cut.  It is a relatively new endevor for
> me and I have been unsucessful in gathering any articles attempting this.
> Does anyone know of anything done in this area?  Thanks very much in
> advance.
> 	John Kershaw
> 
Steve Cumming and I have developed a command-line approach to specifying
criteria for individual tree removals in the gap model zelig, much
along the lines you described.  This is described in:

Cumming, S.G., and P.J. Burton.  1993.  A programmable shell and graphics 
	system for forest stand simulation.  Environmental Software 8:219-230.

A more advanced version, called zelig++, and some cursory documentation
are available by anonymous ftp from grebe.geog.ubc.ca

Phil Burton

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