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Modeling the Distribution of Marketable Timber Products of Private Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) Plantations
Fonton, Noël Houédougbé; Atindogbé, Gilbert; Akossou, Arcadius Y. et al.
2013In Open Journal of Forestry, 3 (4), p. 115-121
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Keywords :
Weibull; Parameter Recovery Method; Reynold Index; Sylvicultural Regime; Poles; Logs
Abstract :
[en] Management of marketable products of private plantations will not be sustainable without class girth be-ing identifiable readily. Modeling marketable products is a key to obtain good fitness between observed and theoretical girth distribution. We determine the best parameter recovery method with the Weibull function for two sylvicultural regimes (coppice and high forest). Data on stand variables were collected from 1101 sample plots. The three Weibull function parameters were estimated with three parameters re-covery methods: the maximum likelihood method, the method of moments and the method of percentiles. Stepwise regression and the simultaneously re-estimated parameter using the Seemingly Unrelated Re-gression Estimation were applied to model each parameter. The results indicated that the three methods successfully predicted girth size distributions within the sample stands. The method of moments was the best one with lowest values of Reynolds error index and Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic however the syl-vicultural regimes. The Weibull parameter distribution model developed for each of the two sylvicultural regimes was quite reliable.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)
Author, co-author :
Fonton, Noël Houédougbé;  University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin > Laboratory of Study and Research in Applied Statistics and Biometry
Atindogbé, Gilbert;  University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin > Laboratory of Study and Research in Applied Statistics and Biometry
Akossou, Arcadius Y.;  University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin > Faculty of Agronomy
Missanon, Brice T.;  University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin > Laboratory of Study and Research in Applied Statistics and Biometry
Fadohan, Belarmain;  University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin > Laboratory of Study and Research in Applied Statistics and Biometry
Lejeune, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels
Language :
English
Title :
Modeling the Distribution of Marketable Timber Products of Private Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) Plantations
Publication date :
October 2013
Journal title :
Open Journal of Forestry
ISSN :
2163-0429
eISSN :
2163-0437
Publisher :
SCIRP, Irvine, United States - California
Volume :
3
Issue :
4
Pages :
115-121
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
Contribution au développement d'une filière du teck au départ des forêts privées du Sud-Bénin (Département de l'Atlantique)
Funders :
CUD - Commission Universitaire pour le Développement [BE]
Commentary :
This study was sponsored by the Belgiun “Commission Universitaire pour le Développement (CUD)”—through le Projet Interuniversitaire Ciblé: Contribution au développement d’une filière du teck au départ des forêts privées du Sud-Bénin (Département de l’Atlantique)”.
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