Understanding Harvest Intensity

BAU average RD removal is 21.5% for MBB and 25.4% for OH.

Maple / beech / birch Harvest Intensity predictors

predicting harvest intensity over next 20 years

As we can see from the output above, the strongest predictors of harvest in MBB are:

1. Initial Species desirability

a) The more desirable the species the higher the HI

2. Initial Stand age - though less reliable data

a) The higher the intial stand age the higher the HI

4. Less influential: Initial Lorey’s Height and QMD

a) Taller trees result in slight increase in HI

b) Higher the initial QMD the higher the HI

Harvest Intensity over time for MBB

Covariate Analysis for MBB

predicting harvest intensity in next 5 years

See if the groupings align with Harvest Likelihood

**Total represents total number of FIA plots that fall in that bin and harvested is number of FIA harvested plots in last ~5 years

Oak / hickory Harvest Intensity predictors

Not enough data to make robust predictions

Harvest Intensity over time for OH