The objective of this work was to develop and propose a procedure to quantify the volume of trees in non-thinned Eucalypt clone plantings. To quantify the volume of the trees, data pertaining to 2036 commercial trees of eucalypt clones owned by CAF, Santa Barbara were used, with their volume equations being adjusted for each group, determined by clone and region. For each tree, a taper model was adjusted. For each tree, a taper model was adjusted, followed by the cut of three trees from new clones without specific volume equation, i.e., a "small" tree, an "average" tree, and "a large" tree, in terms of dap and total height. With the three trees cubed, the taper model was adjusted, considering the three trees. Based on the estimates of the parameters, a measure of similarity was calculated for the tape equation parameters adjusted for the 2,036 commercial clone trees and the equation parameter of the new clone. The commercial clone tree presenting the lesser Euclidean distance value when compared with the new clone was considered the most similar; thus, the volume equation of this commercial clone was used estimated the volume of the new clone trees, with this procedure being termed profile similarity method. This method can be used to estimate the tree volume of clones without specific equations, generating similar estimates when comparing observed and estimated, both for individual trees and total stand.
Eucalypt clone; taper equation; volume equation
