Article citationsMore>>

Goudie, J. (2004). Integration of Genetics into Growth Models: State of the Art in BC. Proceedings of the Genetics and Growth Modeling Workshop, Corvallis, 4-6 November 2003, 95-110.

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Genetic Worth Effect Models for Boreal Conifers and Their Utility When Integrated into Density Management Decision-Support Systems

  AUTHORS: Peter F. Newton

  KEYWORDS: Picea mariana, Pinus banksiana, Structural Stand Density Management Models, Phenotypic Juvenile Age-Mature Age Correlation, Canadian Boreal Forest Region

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Forestry, Vol.5 No.1, January 23, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Based on approaches deduced from previous research findings and empirical observations from density control experiments, genetic worth effect response models were developed for black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill) BSP.) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) plantations. The models accounted for the increased rate of stand development arising from the planting of genetically-improved stock through temporal adjustments to the species-specific site-based mean dominant height-age functions. The models utilized a relative height growth modifier based on known estimates of genetic gain. The models also incorporated a phenotypic juvenile age-mature age correlation function in order to account for the intrinsic temporal decline in the magnitude of genetic worth effects throughout the rotation. Integrating the functions into algorithmic variants of structural stand density management models produced stand development patterns that were consistent with axioms of even-aged stand dynamics.