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1. Santo Agostinho Colleges, Sete Lagoas 35700-068, Brazil
2. Core of Water, Soil and Environmental Sustainability (NSAM), Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas 35701-970, Brazil
3. Herbarium of PAMG, EPAMIG, Belo Horizonte 31170-495, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The dynamics of forest growth are related to the succession stage, the quality of the environment and the degree of anthropism. The growth of a forest is given by the activity of live trees, mortality, and trees that are cut or recruited during the growing period. A way of representing the growth dynamics of a forest is by the Transition Matrix, with the divisibility of the population in states, with probabilities of movement from one state to another, over time. Forest dynamics studies are carried out by means of a continuous forest inventory, allowing the calculation of gains and losses in basal area, mortality rates and ingrowth. In this study, the measurements were performed with a 5-year interval, on 27 plots distributed in 12 sites. The methodology correlated parameters of the forest dynamics with canopy, soil, relief and hydrographic parameters. An indicator of forest growth dynamics was proposed and it was tested. It was confirmed that the density factor interferes in growth dynamics of the forest.

KEYWORDS

Transition matrix, index, environmental parameters.

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