GROWTH MODELLING OF Pinus teocote Schltdl. et Cham. IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v4i17.418Keywords:
Site index, yield tables, Pinus teocote Schltdl. et Cham, MexicoAbstract
Modelling forest growth facilitates the estimation of the productivity of these ecosystems and the use of a species based on site quality and silvicultural treatment. This will provide practical information on average and characteristic growth and is feasible to make a fast and inexpensive estimate of the volume and the development of the stands. This paper deals with the development of site index curves and yield tables for pure, dense stands of Pinus teocote in northeastern Mexico. Data were obtained from the measurement of 280 dominant trees and 66 temporary sampling plots. A family of five anamorphic site index curves were fitted using the guide curve method with the Richards function and the reference age of 50 years. Magin’s methodology modified to consider dominant height intervals was used to construct the yield tables. The relationship between the main stand parameters were determined using regression equations. Results show that this approach is satisfactory to obtain a simple and effective management tool for these stands. The mean annual increment varies from 2.1 to 9.5 m3 ha-1.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
The authors who publish in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales accept the following conditions:
In accordance with copyright laws, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales recognizes and respects the authors’ moral right and ownership of property rights which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access.
All the texts published by Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales –with no exception– are distributed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows third parties to use the publication as long as the work’s authorship and its first publication in this journal are mentioned
The author(s) can enter into independent and additional contractual agreements for the nonexclusive distribution of the version of the article published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales (for example, include it into an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as it is clearly and explicitly indicated that the work was published for the first time in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales.
For all the above, the authors shall send the form of Letter-transfer of Property Rights for the first publication duly filled in and signed by the author(s). This form must be sent as a PDF file to: ciencia.forestal2@inifap.gob.mx
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International license.
