NDLI: A generalized self-thinning relationship for multi-species and mixed-size forests

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Author	Rivoire, Michaël Moguedec, Gilles
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The self-thinning relationship established by Reineke in 1933 assumes a relationship between the number of stems and the quadratic mean diameter in fully stocked pure stands. This rule is extensively used for management purposes, but it has been initially calibrated for pure, even-aged stands for relatively few species.Here, we extend this relationship to mixed-species and mixed-size forests through a generalized modeling approach. Reineke’s rule can be seen as a particular case of this generalized approach. Resource sharing is taken as a starting point; thus, both site fertility and diameter heterogeneity are taken into account.Calibration on actual inventories is made on a dataset of 82 French stands. The theoretical relationship is successfully adjusted for species in which enough data were available, namely, common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), oak (Quercus petraea [Mattuschka] Liebl and Quercus robur L.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst).Self-thinning exponents obtained for beech and oak (1.86 and 1.76, respectively) can be used in the mixed-species equation that we developed. These results encourage calibrating the parameters for other species if appropriate data are available.
Starting Page	207
Ending Page	219
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	12864560
Journal	Annals of Forest Science
Volume Number	69
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	1297966X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-12-06
Publisher Institution	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Publisher Place	Paris
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Stand density index −3/2 power law Allometry Generic modeling Tree Biology Forestry Management Wood Science & Technology Forestry Environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Forestry

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