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Projecting the development of a regional timber resource in response to a given series of periodic harvest levels is an essential prerequisite for wood procurement planning and forest sector modelling. A forest region is characterized by age class distributions, average yield classes and sometimes average degrees of stocking within age classes, for different tree species. The per-ha standing volume of the timber resource may be estimated for a given age, and this information forms the basis for regional resource projections assuming different harvest scenarios.
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The adjectives monocyclic and policyclic,which are sometimes used to distinguish between a cyclic forest and a continuous cover forest, are misleading. Policyclic development is not only found in continuous cover forests, but also in thinned cyclic forests.
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Von Gadow, K., Hui, G. (1999). Projecting regional timber resources. In: Modelling Forest Development. Forestry Sciences, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4816-0_2
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