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Silvicultural Tools for Managing Pinus Occidentalis, Sw.: Statistical Modelling - Couverture souple

Bueno-Lopez, Santiago Wigberto; Bevilacqua, Eddie

 
9783659125324: Silvicultural Tools for Managing Pinus Occidentalis, Sw.: Statistical Modelling
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659125326 ISBN 13 : 9783659125324
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Forest stands of Pinus occidentalis Sw. occupy an area of approximately 302,500 hectares in the Dominican Republic. Within La Sierra, an average of 10,000 m3 of wood from the species is harvested annually. Due to the absence of reliable volume and yield models needed to estimate the volume of standing timber and products, this quantity is difficult to corroborate. P. occidentalis timber harvests contributes to the Dominican trade balance by generating millions of dollars (US) through sales, creating thousands of job opportunities and causing a decrease in the amount of wood imports. Despite its economic importance, the species has never been the subject of serious growth studies, making it difficult to account for current inventory levels and the amount of volume harvested. This dissertation describes the development of three quantitative tools used to improve yield estimates of P. occidentalis: 1) individual tree volume estimates based on taper models and product-ratio equations; 2) diameter distribution models; and 3) individual tree diameter growth equations.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Forest stands of Pinus occidentalis Sw. occupy an area of approximately 302,500 hectares in the Dominican Republic. Within La Sierra, an average of 10,000 m3 of wood from the species is harvested annually. Due to the absence of reliable volume and yield models needed to estimate the volume of standing timber and products, this quantity is difficult to corroborate. P. occidentalis timber harvests contributes to the Dominican trade balance by generating millions of dollars (US) through sales, creating thousands of job opportunities and causing a decrease in the amount of wood imports. Despite its economic importance, the species has never been the subject of serious growth studies, making it difficult to account for current inventory levels and the amount of volume harvested. This dissertation describes the development of three quantitative tools used to improve yield estimates of P. occidentalis: 1) individual tree volume estimates based on taper models and product-ratio equations; 2) diameter distribution models; and 3) individual tree diameter growth equations.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Santiago Wigberto Bueno-López is a professor and researcher at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic. Awarded with a Fulbright scholarship, in 2009 he received a Ph.D. degree in Forest Biometrics from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. USA.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659125326
ISBN 13 
9783659125324
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
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