RT Journal Article
T1 Compatible Taper and Volume Systems Based on Volume Ratio Models for Four Pine Species in Oaxaca Mexico
A1 Castillo López, Albert
A1 Quiñonez Barraza, Gerónimo
A1 Diéguez Aranda, Ulises
A1 Corral Rivas, José Javier
K1 Reduced and full compatible system
K1 Merchantable outside-bark volume
K1 Stem outside-bark volume
K1 Total tree volume
K1 Branch volume
AB Estimating tree volume components is an essential element in sustainable forest management. Compatible taper and merchantable outside-bark volume systems based on volume ratio models were globally fitted to four pine species (reduced models) with the aim to select the best reduced model and to fit it with dummy variables and additive effects using Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl as a base species. The study was carried out in the northern mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. To fit the taper, merchantable volume, stem volume, branch volume, and total tree volume (stem volume and branch volume) equations, a taper dataset of 222, 230, 245, and 333 trees of Pinus douglasiana Martínez (Pd), Pinus oaxacana Mirov (Po), Pinus patula Schltd (Pp), and Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl (Pps), respectively, was used. In general, the compatible systems explained more than 97% in the observed variability for the four studied components: outside-bark diameter (d), merchantable outside-bark volume (Vm), stem outside-bark volume (Vs), and total tree volume (Vt). Alternatively, more than 52% of the observed variability for branch volume (Vb) was also explained. The developed compatible systems based on volume ratio models are a simple and consistent alternative for estimating the outside-bark diameter and variable outside-bark volume, as well as the components of commercial species for uneven-age and mixed-species forests in Oaxaca, Mexico
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24447
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24447
LA eng
NO Forests 2021, 12(2), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12020145
NO This study was partially financed by the CONAFOR—CONACYT funding for the project called Biometric system for the planning of sustainable forest management of ecosystems with timber potential in Mexico
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026