EMPLEO DE UN MODELO DE CRECIMIENTO Y RENDI- MIENTO PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN DE LA EDAD ÓPTIMA DE ROTACIÓN DE Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis CRECIENDO EN LA REGIÓN ORIENTAL DE COLOMBIA 1

This study was developed in order to generate to contribute to the forest plantations planning in Colombia. The objective was to adjust volume and basal area growth and yield projection models in order to determine the optimal rotation age of Pinus caribaea growing in site indexes 18 and 22. Models were adjusted through the biological criterion of mean an nual increment maximization and the econo mical criteria of both present net value and soil expectation value maximization. The optimal rotation age was between 10 and 13 years. The longest rotations were obtained through the biological criterion and shortest with the eco nomic criteria.