© 1987 Heron Publishing—Victoria, Canada
Stand dynamics and the evaluation of forest decline
D. M. Hyink (1) and S. M. Zedaker (2)
1. Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA 98477, USA / 2. Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA /
Summary
The importance of understanding effects of stand dynamics on growth as they relate to identifying and evaluating forest declines
is discussed. Decline diseases and some of their characteristics are reviewed, as are general patterns of normal growth and
development of forest trees and stands. The need to develop an expectation of normal growth is discussed and a minimally sufficient
set of growth stratifying factors; namely, site quality, stand density and age, is proposed.
