Revista Cubana de Ciencias Forestales (Dec 2013)

Mathematical modelling in volume per hectare of Pinus caribaea Morelet var. caribaea Barret y Golfari at the «Jazmines» silvicultural unit, Viñales

  • Juana Teresa Suárez Sarria,
  • José Antonio Bravo Iglesias,
  • José Antonio Bravo Iglesias,
  • Yosniel Peña Hernández,
  • Juan Miguel Montalvo Guerrero,
  • Manuel Valle López,
  • Roberto Valdés Roja

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 166 – 172

Abstract

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Mathematical modelling constitutes a very useful tool for the planning and administration of the forest ecosystems. With the objective of predicting the behavior of volume by hectare of Pinus caribaea Moreletvar. caribaea. Barret y Golfari plantations at the «Jazmines» Silvicultural Unit, Viñales, seven non-lineal regression models were evaluated. The best goodness of fit model was the volume per hectare was the one designed by Hossfeld I, with a determining coefficient of 63, 9 % with a high significance parameter (P <0.001). The description curves for the annual mean increment with the time (IMA) and the annual periodical increment (ICA) of this variables were provided.

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