ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to elaborate dendrograms for the management of density, for populations of Hovenia dulcis located in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. To this end, we used information from 2 stands, aged 25 years, located at the Fundação de Pesquisa Agropecuária (FEPAGRO) and a population of free trees with diameters at breast height (DBH) ranging from 5 to 45 cm, located on the campus of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), RS. In stands under competition, the data were collected from trees of the dominant, intermediate, and dominated stratas by the method of density point. In trees free of competition, the data were collected in the form of census. It was found that the model Reineke adjusted satisfactorily to estimate line density of canopy closure and anthropic, with slopes approaching -1.5, showing that the -3/2 self -thinning power law was contemplated and that the hypothesis postulated by Reineke was also satisfied. The population density for canopy capacity was 42.5% of the maximum number of trees, making it possible to construct diagrams for the management of density from 5 to 31 cm in diameter of average basal area of the tree.
Keywords:
management of density; competition; density lines