Predicting growth by average height of pine plantations using a generalized algebraic difference approach
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2022.238.49-66
Abstract
The relationship between the height and age of the stand is the basis for assessing the productivity of the growing area. Among the numerous methods for constructing site index scales, the generalized algebraic difference approach has become increasingly widespread in recent years due to the ability to vary several parameters of the basic growth function and thereby obtain polymorphic curves that are invariant with respect to the base age, specific for each level of stand productivity. The aim of the study is to model the growth of pine forest plantations along the average height using various equations (anomorphic and polymorphic curves, with constant or variable asymptotes) using a generalized algebraic difference approach and the development of a dynamic site index scale. The study uses data from measurements of stands on 89 permanent sample plots in pine forest cultures of the Forest Experimental Station of the RSAU-MTAA (Moscow). The study analyzed 25 equations obtained using the generalized algebraic difference approach. The general asymptotic polymorphic equation for the basic Richards (Mitscherlich) function with the replacement of the parameter responsible for the shape of the curve was adopted as the best model. Since all the studied forest stands are in similar soil and climatic conditions, a general asymptote appears regardless of the initial growth parameters. After removing the age trend, cyclical fluctuations were revealed in the residuals, which indicates the presence of wavelike periods of growth. The model is suitable for use in the age range from 10 to 150 years. In all cases, the modeled growth curves at average height reflect the dynamics of the actual stands.
About the Author
A. V. Lebedev
Forestry and Land Management at the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
LEBEDEV Aleksandr V. – PhD (Agriculture), Associate Professor of the department of Agricultural Reclamation
127550. Timiryazevskaya str. 49. Moscow
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Lebedev A.V. Predicting growth by average height of pine plantations using a generalized algebraic difference approach. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2022;(238):49-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2022.238.49-66
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