Study of proposed methodology for classification of different different regeneration stages in savanna vegetation

Abstract

The methodology proposed by the Forest Inventory of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, consists in applying data collected in quantitative forest inventories to help classify stages of savanna regeneration. Data from seven forest inventories were used. Number of individuals, basal area, quadratic mean diameter, mean height, percentage of individuals in the first diameter class, allied with a visual analysis, was used to classify the stages of regeneration. It was concluded that the new methodology was effective in classifying savanna regeneration stages, using data collected in quantitative forest inventories (DBH ≥ 5 cm), without the need to establishment new plots to sample natural regeneration.