| The objective of this study was to improve existing methods for determination of stem biomass in a non-destructive way, and verify the influence that laser dendrometers have on the prediction by existing empirical models in forest environment on the individual trees. This study was developed in Itatinga, SP, Brazil, in three plots of a Eucalyptus grandis plantation, totalizing 175 trees. The stem diameter of standing trees were measured with two dendrometers, Criterion and RC3H, along the stem up to 8 meters height. After the volume evaluation of standing trees they were felled and the diameter obtained with a caliper and a tape in the same positions in which the non-destructive measures were taken. Wood disks were removed and dried for determination of... |
