Harvest of timber from 20 coniferous in germplasm movement zones

Authors

  • Andrés Flores García Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales. México
  • Georgel Moctezuma-López Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales. México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v12i66.829

Keywords:

Abies, conifers species of Mexico, forest conservation, forest management, Pinus, Semarnat

Abstract

In the last decades the coniferous forests have provided economic benefits for Mexico. However, they demand a management with the least possible impact. Regionalization based on the Germplasm Movement Zones (GMZs) is an alternative for the management of the tree stands that does not limit the economic and technical efforts of the local, state or forest management units. However, few works have been developed with this vision. In order to determine the timber production of the main conifer species of the country in the GMZs, the data on the volume of timber produced from Pinus and Abies species by state from 2013 to 2017 were analyzed. Nineteen pine and one fir species contributed most to the national forest production. Specifically, P. patula, P. douglasiana, P. maximinoi, P. pseudostrobus, P. teocote, P. oocarpa, P. montezumae and P. devoniana provided 81.39 % of the total volume among the pines, and A. religiosa supplied 100 % of the total volume from the Abies genus. Likewise, zones X.3, V.3, XII.5, XII.3, X.1, XII.2, III.1, and III.2 account for 84.14 % of the timber production, and X.3 provided 72.16 % of the fir timber output.

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Flores García, Andrés, and Georgel Moctezuma-López. 2021. “Harvest of Timber from 20 Coniferous in Germplasm Movement Zones”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Forestales 12 (66). México, ME. https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v12i66.829.

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