RT Journal Article
T1 EucaTool®, a cloud computing application for estimating the growth and production of Eucalyptus globulus Labill
A1 Rojo Alboreca, Alberto
A1 García Villabrille, Juan Daniel
A1 Pérez Rodríguez, Fernando
K1 Forest management
K1 Biomass
K1 Seedling
K1 Clon
K1 Blue gum
K1 Forest tool
AB Aim of study: To present the software utilities and explain how to use EucaTool®, a free cloud computing application developed to estimate the growth and production of seedling and clonal blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) plantations in Galicia (NWSpain). Area of study: Galicia (NW Spain).Material and methods: EucaTool® implements a dynamic growth and production model that is valid for clonal and non-clonal blue gum plantations in the region. The model integrates transition functions for dominant height (site index curves), number of stems per hectare (mortality function) and basal area, as well as output functions for tree and stand volume, biomass and carbon content. Main results: EucaTool® can be freely accessed from any device with an Internet connection, from http://app.eucatool.com. In addition, useful information about the application is published on a related website: http://www.eucatool.com.Research highlights: The application has been designed to enable forest stakeholders to estimate volume, biomass and carbon content of forest plantations from individual trees, diameter classes or stand data, as well as to estimate growth and future production (indicating the optimal rotation age for maximum income) by measurement of only four stand variables: age, number of tres per hectare, dominant height and basal area
PB Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)
SN 2171-9845
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/14835
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/14835
LA eng
NO Rojo-Alboreca, A., García-Villabrille, J.D., Pérez-Rodríguez, F. (2015). EucaTool®, a cloud computing application for estimating the growth and production of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantations in Galicia (NW Spain). Forest Systems, Volume 24, Issue 3, eRC06, 4 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/fs/2015243-07865
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Proyecto AGL2010-22308-C02-01: "Modelización del crecimiento y la producción de plantaciones clonales y de brinzales de Eucalyptus globulus Labill. del NO de España"), Unión Europea programa FEDER, y ENCE (Energía & Celulosa)
DS Minerva
RD 3 may 2026