This research presents a method for determination of the maximum diameter of cut in tropical forests being used the denominated graphic construction of "Uplot-Dap". The main objective consisted on detecting the existence and location of a possible maximum diameter in function of the biological balance of the species in a climax forest. To test the graphic method they were used 28320 DBH (cm) outside bark coming from 15 blocks of 96 hectares is of the National Forest of Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil. The method that uses technique of visual analysis of data as a way of interpretation of the dispersion of the diameters, was shown quite flexible and essentially practical. The graphs were built considering a width of diameter class of 10 cm adopted as reference value. Through this method it was possible to fasten the DBH=95 cm as an indicator of the maximum diameter of exploitability to be adopted in the 1st intervention as reference value in the cut operations for this forest type. Mean while this point can vary from forest to forest and its clearness depends on the forest type and its structural condition. The largest contribution of the graphic method consisted on respecting the properties of the diameter classes in natural forests that for biological reasons or sucessional estate, express its diameter distribution as a function of rare, null or probabilistics events. The efficiency of the method bases on its capacity of controlling the variation of the data so that the analysis are more consistent with the physical and biological factors that characterize the dynamics of natural forests.
Maximum diameter; Graphic solution; "Uplot-Dap"; Tropical forest