10.2190/TJPL-FPHR-0P3P-NYUX TJPLFPHR0P3PNYUX 5 An Approach for Projecting Mixed-Species Forest Growth and Mortality 313 319 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 TJPLFPHR0P3PNYUX.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=TJPLFPHR0P3PNYUX 3 Steven H. Bullard Mississippi State University Mixed-species forests are common throughout the United States and growth and yield models are needed which reflect complex interrelationships. A stand-table projection approach with upgrowth and mortality components is presented for modeling growth and development in such forests. The method involves concepts previously used to model mixed-species diameter growth, in the upgrowth component of the projection system. Tentative equation forms are presented to help clarify the general approach. C. D. Oliver, Even-Aged Development of Mixed-Species Stands, <i>Journal of Forestry, 78</i>, pp. 201-203, 1980. W. G. Wahlenberg, Methods of Forecasting Timber Growth in Irregular Stands, <i>U. S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin, 796</i>, 1941. D. W. Hann, <i>Development and Evaluation of an Even- and Uneven-Aged Ponderosa Pine/Arizona Fescue Stand Simulator</i>, U. S. Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Research Paper INT-267, 1980. A. R. Ek, Nonlinear Models for Stand Table Projection in Northern Hardwood Stands, <i>Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 4</i>, pp. 23-27, 1974. D. W. Hann and B. B. Bare, <i>Uneven-Aged Forest Management: State of the Art (or Science?)</i>, U. S. Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report INT-50, 1979. D. M. Adams and A. R. Ek, Derivation of Optimal Management Guides for Individual Stands, <i>Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters Workshop on Systems Analysis and Forest Resource Management</i>, pp. 132-147, 1975. U. S. Forest Service, <i>A Generalized Forest Growth Projection System Applied to the Lake States Region</i>, U. S. Forest Service, Northcentral Forest Experiment Station, General Technical Report NC-49, 1979. R. A. Monserud, Simulation of Forest Tree Mortality, <i>Forest Science, 22</i>, pp. 438-444, 1974.