A Technique For Estimating The Number Of Shoots On Pole-sized Red Pine: The Relationship Of Selected Tree Parameters To Number Of Shoots In Central Wisconsin Sand Plains Plantations

Authors

J. H. Hainze, University of Wisconsin
D. M. Benjamin, University of Wisconsin

Document Type

Peer-Review Article

Abstract

Diameter at breast height (dbh) , of ten tree parameters tested, was most highly correlated with the number of shoots per tree in six red pine plantations in the central Wisconsin sand plains. Tree height, frequently used as an estimator of shoot number in young conifers, was not highly correlated with shoot number. A strong, nonlinear correlation existed between branch diameter and number of shoots per branch. Multiple regressions using several tree parameters yielded the highest R2 values, however, dbh was judged the simplest and most practical estimator of shoot number for central Wisconsin red pine plantations.

Recommended Citation

Hainze, J. H. and Benjamin, D. M. 1985. "A Technique For Estimating The Number Of Shoots On Pole-sized Red Pine: The Relationship Of Selected Tree Parameters To Number Of Shoots In Central Wisconsin Sand Plains Plantations," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 18 (1) : 59-63
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2585
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol18/iss1/13