generate.log.vols: Generates log volumes given a dataframe that contains stem measurements.
Description
This function generates a dataframe object that contains
the original stem measurements and appends columns named by
log.grades, where log.grades corresponds to the minimum log diameters
defined by log.breaks.
The dataframe containing the original stem measurements.
log.breaks
The vector defining the minimum diameters for the log grades defined by log.grades.
log.grades
The vector defining the text labels for the log.breaks.
display.stems
The control switch to display stems as they are being merchanised.
Value
A dataframe that contains the original stem measurements with the log volumes appended.
Details
The function contains supporting function to determine the merchantable stem height, then tallies the amount of Smalian log volume,
in each of the log.grades. The resulting dataframe is then converted to be appended to each tree record in x. Normally, it would not be called directly.
References
Robinson, A.P., and J.D. Hamann. 2010. Forest Analytics with R: an
Introduction. Springer.