A growth-effective age-based periodic site-index for the estimation of dynamic forest site productivity under environmental changes

Key message

A novel periodic site index is introduced for the quantification of dynamic forest site productivity. The measure is age-independent, sensitive to environmental changes and efficient for the estimation and prediction of stand height and stand volume increment.

Keywords
Height-age model; Adaptive modeling; Growth trends; Climate change impact; Self-calibration; Norway spruce

Publication
Yue, C., Kahle, HP., Klädtke, J. et al. A growth-effective age-based periodic site-index for the estimation of dynamic forest site productivity under environmental changes. Annals of Forest Science 81, 33 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01253-8

Data and/or Code availability
The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Handling Editor
John M. Lhotka