Forest Mensuration and Inventory

  1. Forest Growth and Yield
    1. Growth Concepts
      1. Growth Components
        1. Ingrowth
          1. Recruitment Thresholds
            1. Measurement Procedures
            2. Mortality
              1. Natural Mortality
                1. Harvest Mortality
                  1. Catastrophic Mortality
                  2. Survivor Growth
                    1. Diameter Increment
                      1. Height Increment
                        1. Volume Increment
                      2. Growth Rates
                        1. Periodic Annual Increment
                          1. Mean Annual Increment
                            1. Current Annual Increment
                              1. Growth Percentages
                            2. Growth Measurement
                              1. Remeasurement Methods
                                1. Permanent Plot Systems
                                  1. Temporary Plot Systems
                                    1. Panel Designs
                                    2. Individual Tree Growth
                                      1. Diameter Growth
                                        1. Increment Cores
                                          1. Dendrometer Bands
                                            1. Repeated Measurements
                                            2. Height Growth
                                              1. Leader Measurements
                                                1. Repeated Height Measurements
                                                2. Volume Growth
                                                  1. Calculated Increments
                                                    1. Direct Volume Measurements
                                                  2. Stand Growth
                                                    1. Basal Area Growth
                                                      1. Volume Growth
                                                        1. Biomass Growth
                                                          1. Density Changes
                                                        2. Yield Prediction
                                                          1. Yield Tables
                                                            1. Normal Yield Tables
                                                              1. Variable Density Tables
                                                                1. Site-Specific Tables
                                                                  1. Table Construction
                                                                  2. Growth Models
                                                                    1. Empirical Models
                                                                      1. Process Models
                                                                        1. Hybrid Models
                                                                        2. Model Types
                                                                          1. Stand-Level Models
                                                                            1. Whole Stand Projections
                                                                              1. Aggregate Variables
                                                                              2. Size-Class Models
                                                                                1. Diameter Distribution Models
                                                                                  1. Matrix Models
                                                                                  2. Individual-Tree Models
                                                                                    1. Distance-Independent Models
                                                                                      1. Distance-Dependent Models
                                                                                    2. Model Applications
                                                                                      1. Yield Projections
                                                                                        1. Management Scenarios
                                                                                          1. Economic Analysis
                                                                                            1. Optimization Studies

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                                                                                        9. Advanced Mensuration Technologies