Developing Flexible Systems of Taper, Volume, and Biomass Equations to Meet Diverse Management Objectives

Friday, October 27, 2023

9:20am - 9:28am PST

Location: A11

Speaker(s)

Dehai Zhao, PhD

Senior Research Scientist
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States

Co-Author(s)

Bronson Bullock, PhD

Professor of Forest Biometrics & Quantitative Timber Management; Director, Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC)
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
JW

James Westfall (he/him/his)

U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
SAF Forest Science and Technology Board Member
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States
JC

John Coulston (he/him/his)

U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Virginia, United States

This presentation will provide modeling strategies for developing flexible systems of tree taper, volume, and weight equations to meet diverse needs, focusing on model structures to ensure complete compatiblity of taper and volume equations and additivity of biomass equaltions and model estimation methods associated with different model structures.

Learning Objectives:

learn how to develop systems of equations in forestry
Learn how to select estimation methods according to the structures of model systems