Title:	The effect of age on the evolution of the stem profile and heartwood proportion of teak clonal trees in the Brazilian Amazon
Authors:	Santos, Mario Lima dos Miguel, Eder Pereira Biali, Leonardo Job Souza, Hallefy Junio de Santos, Cassio Rafael Costa dos Matricardi, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1679-9796 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-4594 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-1108 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9356-0186 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5323-6100
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Department of Forest Sciences University of Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Department of Forest Sciences University of Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Department of Forest Sciences University of Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Department of Forest Sciences Federal Rural University of Amazonia, Capitão Poço Campus, Department of Forestry Engineering University of Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Department of Forest Sciences
Assunto::	Árvores - anatomia Árvores - Amazônia Teca
Issue Date:	28-Sep-2023
Publisher:	MDPI
Citation:	SANTOS, Mario Lima dos et al. The effect of age on the evolution of the stem profile and heartwood proportion of teak clonal trees in the brazilian amazon. Forests, [S.l.], v. 14, n. 10, 28 set. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f14101962. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/10/1962. Acesso em: 25 março 2024.
Abstract:	Stem profile modeling is crucial in the forestry sector, particularly for commercially valuable species like teak (Tectona grandis Linn F.), whose value depends on its stem dimensions, heartwood proportion, and age. We proposed a nonlinear mixed-effect model to describe the evolution of the stem and heartwood profiles of clonal teak trees with ages between 4 and 12 years in the Brazilian Amazon. Tapering models were used to estimate the bark, bark-free, and heartwood diameters. Dummy variables were included in each tapering model to estimate each type of diameter and enable compatibility. We used mixed models with age as a random effect in order to improve the accuracy. The Demaerschalk model provided the most accurate and compatible estimates for all three types of stem diameter. Also, age as a random effect significantly improved the model’s accuracy by 7.2%. We observed a progressive increase in the heartwood proportion (14% to 34%) with advancing age, while the proportions of bark (23% to 20%) and sapwood (63% to 45%) showed inverse behavior. The growth rate of the heartwood differed from that of the bark volume, emphasizing the importance of considering the age of heartwood maximization when determining the cutting cycle of the species.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT) Departamento de Engenharia Florestal (FT EFL)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Florestais
Licença::	© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/f14101962
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