An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile

Volume-ratio and total volume models for Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus grown in southern Chile were ftted independently. The validation process considered the bias and the total error in the volume estimates, as well as the age classes close to thinning and harvesting operations. Volume estimate...

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Autores principales: Gilabert,Horacio, Paci,Carlos
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-162020100001000012010-06-10An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in ChileGilabert,HoracioPaci,Carlos Eucalyptus models timber products estimates volume-ratio functions Volume-ratio and total volume models for Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus grown in southern Chile were ftted independently. The validation process considered the bias and the total error in the volume estimates, as well as the age classes close to thinning and harvesting operations. Volume estimates from the system of functions (volume and ratio) were compared to the volume estimates from a taper function (Bruce model) to estimate the volume at different top stem diameters. The results indicated that general (as opposed to local) logarithmic functions performed better in their estimation of the total volume for both species, while a unique polynomial model was the best model for the ratio estimates for both Eucalyptus species. The system of functions (total volume + ratio models) was an unbiased estimator for a top stem diameter of 5 and 10 cm for E. nitens, and was a slightly biased estimator for E. globulus. Estimates of the volume of top stems with 18 cm diameters had a large bias and a large total error for both species. These total errors were generally related to errors in the total volume function rather than to errors in the ratio estimates. When the volume estimates were compared with estimates from a taper function, the volumne-ratio system performed better for E. nitens while the taper function performed better for E. globulus.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.37 n.1 20102010-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202010000100001en10.4067/S0718-16202010000100001
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topic Eucalyptus
models
timber products estimates
volume-ratio functions
spellingShingle Eucalyptus
models
timber products estimates
volume-ratio functions
Gilabert,Horacio
Paci,Carlos
An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
description Volume-ratio and total volume models for Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus grown in southern Chile were ftted independently. The validation process considered the bias and the total error in the volume estimates, as well as the age classes close to thinning and harvesting operations. Volume estimates from the system of functions (volume and ratio) were compared to the volume estimates from a taper function (Bruce model) to estimate the volume at different top stem diameters. The results indicated that general (as opposed to local) logarithmic functions performed better in their estimation of the total volume for both species, while a unique polynomial model was the best model for the ratio estimates for both Eucalyptus species. The system of functions (total volume + ratio models) was an unbiased estimator for a top stem diameter of 5 and 10 cm for E. nitens, and was a slightly biased estimator for E. globulus. Estimates of the volume of top stems with 18 cm diameters had a large bias and a large total error for both species. These total errors were generally related to errors in the total volume function rather than to errors in the ratio estimates. When the volume estimates were compared with estimates from a taper function, the volumne-ratio system performed better for E. nitens while the taper function performed better for E. globulus.
author Gilabert,Horacio
Paci,Carlos
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Paci,Carlos
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title An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
title_short An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
title_full An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
title_fullStr An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
title_full_unstemmed An assessment of volume-ratio functions for Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens in Chile
title_sort assessment of volume-ratio functions for eucalyptus globulus and e. nitens in chile
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate 2010
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