Your company is developing a management plan for the “Sam La…
Your company is developing a management plan for the “Sam Land” tract in southern Georgia. Your boss gives you information developed from a conventional inventory below. She asks you to project volume growth over the next 10 years. In addition, she wants you to present all work and methods for growing the future stand. Dbh class in. (i) Present Number of stems Expected survival over a 10 year period, (%) 10 year dbh growth, in. (g) Scribner vol. Per tree bd ft 5 450 90 2.2 86 7 400 87 2.3 136 9 317 81 2.6 201 11 255 74 2.8 280 13 190 60 3 369 15 98 51 2.7 570 17 650 19 740 21 820 a. Using the information above, define the growth ratio index and what is it for each dbh class? (10 points) b. What does the future stand table look like (10 points)? c. Predict 10-year volume for the “Sam Land” tract, its total volume production and explain your results? (10 points)