NONLINEAR MIXED-EFFECT HEIGHT-DIAMETER MODEL FOR Pinus pinaster AIT. AND Pinus radiata D. DON

ABSTRACT Tree height-diameter (H-D) relationships are important for routine forest assessment. Several H-D relationships have been developed for different species and more are still evolving. This study introduces new H-D model developed for Pinus pinaster and Pinus radiata in Spain, based on data from 184 and 96 permanent sample plots, respectively, collected in the northwest region of the country. Nonlinear mixed-effect modelling technique was used to fit the generalized H-D model. The mixed-effect H-D model was calibrated using the random effects predicted from one to three randomly selecte...