Determining optimum prism cruising procedures for cruising standing hardwood pulwood
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1977
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The Ohio State University
Abstract
The preliminary results of this project indicate that a 10 basal area prism is best for hardwood pulpwood cruising. This procedure is found by holding sampling error constant at 10% while letting cost vary with the basal area factor and the number of tree and measurement points in a sampling simulation of an 11.57 acre hardwood stand. Cost is measured in minutes of sampling time, where sampling times are obtained from time and motion studies done in the field. Since the coefficients of variation for volume-basal area ratios are unrealistically low, no recommendation is made as to the optimum number of tree count and measurement points that need to be taken for a typical prism cruise. Additional studies need to be undertaken which use coefficients of variation obtained from field sampling.