... CONCLUSIONS In this examination of competition indices for predicting diameter growth in mixed- species forests, we found that theflexible, distance-dependent crowding index was superior toother indices, but ... based indices [6, 7, 27] is also costly to ob-tain in a forest inventory. The similarity amongst the fit of Competition indices in boreal mixed forest 489mechanistically defensible. Lodgepole pine ... Evaluation of some competition indices for the pre-diction of diameter increment in planted white spruce, Can. For. Serv. Inf. Rep. FMR-X-108, 1978.[3] Bartelink H.H., Effects of stand composition and...