• Pienaar, Leon V.
  School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  
• Harrison, W. Michael
  School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  

A stand table projection system based on relative tree basal area is presented. Relative tree basal area is defined as the ration of individual tree basal area to mean basal area in the stand. Given acceptable survival and per-acre basal area projection equation, an initial tree diameter list or stand table is projected to some future age. The system is designed to predict a future stand table consistent with predicted survival and per-acre basal area. Remeasurement data from slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) growth and yield sample plots located in the coastal plain of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina were used to validate the system over a range of site indices and densities. The data are used to develop survival and basal area projection equations and to demonstrate the stand table projection system.