RT Journal Article
T1 Individual Tree Diameter and Height Growth Models for 30 Tree Species in Mixed-Species and Uneven-Aged Forests of Mexico
A1 Briseño Reyes, Jaime
A1 Corral Rivas, José Javier
A1 Solís Moreno, Raúl
A1 Padilla Martínez, Jaime Roberto
A1 Vega Nieva, Daniel José
A1 López Serrano, Pablito Marcelo
A1 Vargas Larreta, Benedicto
A1 Diéguez Aranda, Ulises
A1 Quiñones Barraza, Gerónimo
A1 López Sánchez, Carlos Antonio
K1 Dbh
K1 Total tree height
K1 Individual tree growth
K1 Species-rich forests
AB Lack of knowledge of individual tree growth in species-rich, mixed forest ecosystems impedes their sustainable management. In this study, species-specific models for predicting individual diameter at breast height (dbh) and total tree height (h) growth were developed for 30 tree species growing in mixed and uneven-aged forest stands in Durango, Mexico. Growth models were also developed for all pine, all oaks, and all other species of the genus Arbutus (strawberry trees). A database of 55,158 trees with remeasurements of dbh and h of a 5-year growth period was used to develop the models. The data were collected from 217 stem-mapped plots located in the Sierra Madre Occidental (Mexico). Weighted regression was used to remove heteroscedasticity from the species-specific dbh and h growth models using a power function of the tree size independent variables. The final models developed in the present study to predict dbh and total tree height growth included size variables, site factors, and competition variables in their formulation. The developed models fitted the data well and explained between 98 and 99% and of the observed variation of dbh, and between 77 and 98% of the observed variation of total tree height for the studied species and groups of species. The developed models can be used for estimating the individual dbh and h growth for the analyzed species and can be integrated in decision support tools for management planning in these mixed forest ecosystems
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23711
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23711
LA eng
NO Briseño-Reyes, J.; Corral-Rivas, J.J.; Solis-Moreno, R.; Padilla-Martínez, J.R.; Vega-Nieva, D.J.; López-Serrano, P.M.; Vargas-Larreta, B.; Diéguez-Aranda, U.; Quiñonez-Barraza, G.; López-Sánchez, C.A. Individual Tree Diameter and Height Growth Models for 30 Tree Species in Mixed-Species and Uneven-Aged Forests of Mexico. Forests 2020, 11, 429
NO This study was supported by the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) and the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026