Development and evaluation of an individual tree growth and yield model for the mixed species forest of the Adirondacks Region of New York, USA

Weiskittel, Aaron; Kuehne, Christian; McTague, John Paul; Oppenheimer, Mike

doi:10.1186/s40663-016-0086-3

Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 Tree–level attributes by species examined in this analysis

From: Development and evaluation of an individual tree growth and yield model for the mixed species forest of the Adirondacks Region of New York, USA

Attribute^a	N	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
American beech (AB)
DBH	6350	25.11	10.13	9.14	69.85
HT	928	18.48	4.44	2.44	32.00
BHT	840	11.50	4.43	1.52	26.52
∆DBH	2974	0.30	0.16	0	1.04
∆HT	331	0.23	0.19	0	0.91
Ash (AS)
DBH	883	27.41	12.76	9.14	81.28
HT	263	22.67	5.17	6.40	33.53
BHT	250	14.31	5.52	1.83	28.35
∆DBH	521	0.30	0.21	0	0.89
∆HT	60	0.22	0.17	0	0.70
Black cherry (BC)
DBH	666	28.70	12.65	9.14	80.01
HT	212	20.05	5.12	7.62	29.26
BHT	206	13.22	4.95	2.74	23.47
∆HT	58	0.16	0.15	0	0.61
Balsam fir (BF)
DBH	945	21.74	8.31	9.14	55.12
HT	131	17.12	5.36	5.18	28.65
BHT	121	11.43	5.87	1.83	21.64
∆DBH	365	0.31	0.20	0	1.14
∆HT	30	0.29	0.17	0	0.82
Eastern hemlock (EH)
DBH	4180	28.70	13.72	9.14	95.76
HT	635	19.59	5.06	5.49	34.14
BHT	605	14.92	5.22	1.22	28.65
∆DBH	2750	0.30	0.17	0	1.02
∆HT	308	0.17	0.14	0	0.67
Other hardwoods (OH)
DBH	3112	22.37	9.30	9.14	72.39
HT	309	19.39	5.95	4.57	33.53
BHT	297	12.41	5.68	1.22	26.21
∆DBH	2145	0.23	0.18	0	1.02
∆HT	48	0.22	0.19	0	0.74
Other softwoods (OS)
DBH	1281	26.94	8.53	9.14	58.67
HT	440	21.47	5.39	5.49	36.58
BHT	431	13.90	4.73	2.44	24.99
∆DBH	456	0.23	0.14	0	0.83
∆HT	87	0.20	0.16	0	0.76
Quaking aspen (AS)
DBH	792	24.35	9.96	9.14	65.53
∆DBH	455	0.36	0.23	0	1.14
∆HT	14	0.21	0.23	0	0.64
Red maple (RM)
DBH	4549	28.24	10.63	9.14	72.90
HT	827	21.39	4.14	1.52	30.18
BHT	783	14.42	4.13	1.52	24.99
∆DBH	2502	0.25	0.15	0	0.62
∆HT	304	0.19	0.19	0	0.96
Red pine (RN)
DBH	1693	28.75	9.71	9.14	61.47
HT	313	23.00	4.05	9.75	35.05
BHT	310	17.47	4.53	2.44	28.65
∆DBH	822	0.20	0.13	0	0.81
∆HT	122	0.21	0.17	0	0.98
Red oak (RO)
DBH	907	25.14	9.30	9.14	73.41
∆DBH	478	0.35	0.23	0	1.30
∆HT	35	0.13	0.14	0	0.46
Sugar maple (SM)
DBH	6289	33.44	16.01	9.14	94.23
HT	1672	23.40	4.72	7.62	38.10
BHT	1604	16.09	5.04	2.13	28.35
∆DBH	3799	0.26	0.17	0	1.27
∆HT	592	0.16	0.15	0	0.83
Spruce (SP)
DBH	3051	25.73	10.99	9.14	64.01
HT	498	18.96	5.69	4.27	32.61
BHT	443	14.88	5.66	1.52	28.04
∆DBH	1499	0.18	0.12	0	0.53
∆HT	203	0.14	0.13	0	0.52
White cedar (WC)
DBH	423	28.28	8.31	11.68	56.13
∆DBH	332	0.17	0.12	0	0.72
∆HT	12	0.19	0.13	0	0.49
White pine (WP)
DBH	5790	27.07	13.52	9.14	95.50
HT	340	23.25	7.18	5.79	37.80
BHT	329	17.98	7.11	2.44	30.18
∆DBH	3754	0.38	0.27	0	1.49
∆HT	122	0.21	0.17	0	0.65
Yellow birch (YB)
DBH	4585	31.88	14.15	9.14	100.84
HT	989	21.37	4.18	7.62	34.14
BHT	931	14.52	4.29	2.13	25.60
∆DBH	2586	0.25	0.17	0	1.27
∆HT	412	0.16	0.15	0	0.64

^a DBH is diameter at breast height (cm), HT is total height (m), BHT is bole height (m), ∆DBH is annual diameter increment (cm∙yr^–1), and ∆HT is annual height increment (m∙yr^–1), see Table 8 for probability of survival (PS, %)

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