Site Productivity Publications and References for B.C. (Partial List)

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Old Growth Site Index Adjustment

Site index adjustment for old-growth coastal western hemlock stands in the Kalum Forest District (WP27)
Nigh, GD. And Love, B.A. (1997) BC Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, BC Work. Pap. 27. 13p.

Site index adjustments for old-growth stands based on veteran trees. (WP36)
Nigh, G.D. (1998) B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Work. Pap. 36. 17 p.

Site index adjustments for old-growth stands based on paired plots. (WP37)
Nussbaum, A.F. (1998) B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Work. Pap. 37. 21 p.

 

Site Index Conversion

Site index conversion equations for mixed species stands (RR01)
Nigh, G.D. (1995) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Research Report 01. 20p.

Site index conversion equations for mixed Sitka spruce/western hemlock stands (EN02)
Nigh, G.D. (1995) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Extension Note 02. 1p.

The geometric mean regression line: a method for developing site index conversion equations for species in mixed stands.
Nigh, G.D. (1995) For. Sci. 41(1): 84-98

Site index conversion equations for mixed western hemlock-amabilis fir stands. (EN26)
Nigh, G.D. (1998). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 26. 4p.

Site index conversion equations for mixed black spruce-lodgepole pine stands. (EN39)
Nigh, G.D. and P. Krestov. (1999). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 39. 3 p.

Site index conversion equations for western redcedar and western hemlock
Nigh, G.D. and G. Kayahara. (2000). Northwest Sci. 74: 146-150.

Site index conversion equations for mixed trembling aspen and white spruce stands in northern British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. (2002). Silva Fennica 34: 789-797.

 

Growth Intercept

A variable growth intercept model for Sitka spruce (EN03)
Nigh, G.D. (1996) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Exten. Note 03. 7p.

Growth intercept models for species without distinct annual branch whorls: western hemlock
Nigh, G.D. (1996) Can. J. For. Res. 26: 1407-1415

Interim validation of the Western hemlock growth intercept model (EN04)
Nigh, G.D. (1996) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Exten. Note 04. 3p.

A variable growth intercept model for spruce in the Sub-Boreal Spruce andEnglemann Spruce-Subalpine Fir biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia (RR05)
Nigh, G.D. (1996) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Research Report 05. 20p.

Variable growth intercept models for lodgepole pine in the Sub-Boreal Spruce biogeoclimatic zone, British Columbia (RR02)
Nigh, G.D. (1995) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Research Report 02. 22p.

Growth intercept method for silviculture surveys (SIL345)
Silviculture Practices Branch, BC Min. For., Victoria, BC 36p.

Revised growth intercept models for lodgepole pine: comparing northern and southern models (EN11)
Nigh, G.D. (1997) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC Extension Note 11.

Interior Douglas-fir growth intercept models (EN12)
Nigh, G.D. (1997) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC Extension Note 12.

A growth intercept model for coastal Douglas-fir (RR10)
Nigh, G.D. (1997) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Research Report 10. 20p.

Early height growth and site index of lodgepole pine under wet and dry soil moisture regimes in British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. (1997) West. J. Appl. For. 12 (1): 5-8

Growth intercept models for western larch. (EN38)
Nigh, G.D., D. Brisco, and D. New. (1999). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C., Exten. Note 38. 4 p.

Revised growth intercept models for coastal western hemlock, Sitka spruce, and interior spruce (EN37)
Nigh, G.D. (1999). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 37. 8 p.

Growth intercept models for black spruce. (EN57)
Nigh, G.D., and K. Klinka. (2001) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC Extension Note 57. 4 pp.

Growth intercept, years-to-breast-height, and juvenile height growth models for ponderosa pine.. (TR02)
Nigh, G.D. (2002). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 02.

Growth intercept and site series-based estimates of site index for white spruce in the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zone. (TR13)
Nigh, G.D. (2004). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 13.

 

Site Index Curves/Methods/Height Age Models

Use of site factors to predict lodgepole pine and interior spruce site index in the sub-boreal spruce zone (RN114)
Wang, G.G., Coates, K.D. and Klinka, K. (1994) Research Note.

Compatibility improvements and bias reduction in height-age models (RR03)
Nigh, G.D. (1995) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. Research Report 03. 10p.

Validation of forest height-age models.
Nigh, G. D. and V. Sit. (1996). Can. J. For. Res. 26: 810-818.

Minimum standards and stem analysis procedures for site index research.
Report by the Technical Advisory Committee to the Forest Productivity Councils of British Columbia (Chair: Gordon Nigh), (1996) BC Min. For., Victoria, BC. 6p.

A Sitka spruce height-age model with improved extrapolation properties.
Nigh, G.D. (1997) For. Chron. 73(3): 363-369.

Height models for red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) in British Columbia.
Nigh, G. D. and P.J. Courtin. (1998). New For. 16: 59-70.

A system for estimating height and site index of western hemlock in the interior of British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. (1998) For. Chron. 74: 588-596.

How well can we select undamaged site trees for estimating site index?
Nigh, G.D. and B.A. Love. (1999). Can. J. For. Res. 29: 1989-1992.

A model for estimating juvenile height of lodgepole pine
Nigh, G.D. and B.A. Love. (1999). For. Ecol. Manage. 123(2-3): 157-166.

Years to breast height and green-up age models based on a juvenile height model for lodgepole pine. (EN31)
Nigh, G.D. (1999). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Ext. Note. 31. 4 p.

Western redcedar site index models for the interior of British Columbia (RR18)
Nigh, G.D. (2000). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C., Res. Rep 18.

Height growth models for western larch in British Columbia.
Brisco, D., K. Klinka, and G. Nigh. (2002). West. J. Appl. For. 17: 66-74.

Species-independent height-age models for British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. (2001). For. Sci. 47: 150-157.

Juvenile height development in interior spruce spruce stands of British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. and B.A. Love. (2000). West. J. Appl. For. 15: 117-121.

Height growth of black spruce in British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D., P.V. Krestov, and K. Klinka. (2002). For. Chron. 78: 306-313.

Development of height-age models for estimating juvenile height of coastal Douglas-fir in British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D. and M.G.E. Mitchell. (2003). West. J. Appl. For. 18: 207-212.

Trembling aspen height-age models for British Columbia.
Nigh, G.D., P.V. Krestov, and K. Klinka. (2002). Northwest. Sci. 76: 202-212.

Growth intercept, years-to-breast-height, and juvenile height growth models for ponderosa pine.. (TR02)
Nigh, G.D. (2002). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 02.

 

Site index - Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (SIBEC)

Site index estimates by site series (SIBEC) - second approximation

SIBEC sampling and data standards.

Prediction intervals for estimates of site index based on ecosystem type.
Nigh, G.D. (1998) Environ. Manage. 22(2): 197-202

Growth intercept and site series-based estimates of site index for white spruce in the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zone. (TR13)
Nigh, G.D. (2004). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 13.

SIBEC site index estimates in support of forest management in British Columbia. (TR04)
Mah, S. and G.D. Nigh. (2003). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 04.

 

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