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Years to breast height and green-up age models based on a juvenile height model for lodgepole pine.

Citation:

Nigh, G.D. 1999. Years to breast height and green-up age models based on a juvenile height model for lodgepole pine. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Ext. Note. 31.

Abstract:

The iterative techniques that are currently used to obtain years to breast height and green-up ages (3 m green-up height) from the juvenile height model for lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Dougl.) are cumbersome. Years to breast height and green-up age models were developed by generating age data from the juvenile height model and fitting a model to the data. These models result in years to breast height and green-up age estimates that are consistent with the juvenile height model.

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