Site index

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005840",
  "term": "Site index",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A measure of site class based upon the height of the dominant trees in a stand at an arbitrarily chosen age, most commonly at 50 years in the East and 100 years in the West.",
  "abbreviation": "SI",
  "synonyms": [
    "site class assessment",
    "site indices"
  ],
  "subject": "Forestry, Wildland Management",
  "see_also": [
    "forest mensuration"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "índice de sitio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/site-index/"
}