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The ratio of the channel length between two points on a channel to the straight-line distance between the same two points; a measure of meandering.

A demand curve reflecting some group’s willingness to pay any fee to a recreation site. For example, the Y axis could be $/visit and the X axis visits unit of time.

15-digit number based on the grid system of latitude and longitude. First six digits denote degrees, minutes and seconds of latitude; next seven digits denote degrees, minutes and seconds of longitude; and the last two digits identify sites within a 1-second grid.

A relative measure of forest site quality based on the height (in feet) of the dominant trees at a specific age (usually 25 or 50 years, depending on rotation length). Site index information helps estimate future returns and land productivity for timber and wildlife.

Preparing an area of land for planting, direct seeding, or natural reproduction by burning, chemical vegetation control, or by mechanical operations such as disking, bedding, scarifying, windrowing, or raking.

The inherent productive capacity of a specific location (site) in the forest affected by available growth factors (light, heat, water, nutrients, anchorage); often expressed as tree height at a given age.

A property tax levied on the market value of land only, excluding value of improvements.

The size factor refers to the empirically verified phenomenon that mid- and small-cap stocks – with a market capitalisation of between $2 billion and $10 billion, and less than $2 billion respectively – generally outperform large-cap stocks, which have a total capitalisation of $10 billion-plus. The discovery of the size factor marked the beginning of […]

Numerical measure of the lack of symmetry of an asymmetrical frequency distribution.

A machine that is often hinged in the middle and used in the harvesting process to pull logs or trees from the stump to a landing. Two common forms of skidders used are (a) a cable skidder that uses a cable winch and chokers to assemble and hold a load of logs to skid, or […]