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Growth of unthinned clonal eucalyptus plantations in the region of Monte Dourado (PA)

The objective of the present work was to analyze the behavior of stand variables such as basal area, volume, height and tree number per hectare over time. For this purpose, experiments used data from permanent forest inventory of unthinned clonal plantations of Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla hybrids, from JARI CELULOSE, Pará, Brazil. A total of 63 permanent plots were selected and equally distributed in three productivity classes. The analysis confirmed that the stands variables showed direct relationship with the site, with different growth rates over time; the number of survivor trees is larger in sites with higher productivity in the first years after planting. However, in the best sites, there is a higher mortality with time, inverting this behavior.

Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus grandis; growth analysis; site index


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