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Forestry 1989 62(4):409-418; doi:10.1093/forestry/62.4.409
© 1989 by Institute of Chartered Foresters
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Stand Growth Efficiency in a Douglas Fir Thinning Trial

K. L. O'HARA

College of Forest Resources AR-10, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA

Stand growth efficiency, or the ratio of periodic stand volume growth to sapwood basal area, was measured in a long term Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menzieSü (Mirb.) Franco) thinning trial in coastal Washington, USA. Sapwood basal area—as a surrogate for leaf area—and volume growth were estimated in two fifth-hectare plots from each of three thinning treatments, and from a single fifth-hectare control plot. Stand growth increased with increasing sapwood basal area. No distinct pattern of stand growth efficiency with sapwood basal area was evident. Large differences in efficiency between plots of the same treatment were found and were attributed to differences in stand structure, or the arrangement of tree sizes.


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