ABSTRACT
Volume growth of pau-ferro trees (Astronium balansae) of a native forest and a twelve-years old plantation was studied using stem analysis technique. Analysis of cross-sectional discs allowed only to quantify the growth of the plantation trees because it was not possible to identify the tree rings in the native forest cross-sections. Growth data was modeled with a stepwise regression procedure which resulted in equations of high precision and good fit to describe the mean and current annual increment of a tree from the dominant and another from the dominated stratum. It was not possible to detect the point of maximum increment because of the little age of the trees.
Key words:
volume; growth; modeling; equations