Country or region

Mean annual increment,

MAI (m³∙ha⁻¹∙yr⁻¹)

Time required to attain MAI (yr)

Reference

Colombia

5.3 - 43^ab

9 - 30^a

This study

Colombia

19^a

13^a

(Osorio et al., 2014)

Colombia

13 - 16

5

(Endo, 1994)

Mexico

12 - 28

8 - 11

(Dvorak et al., 2007)

Mexico

10 - 13

5

(Lopez-Upton et al., 2005)

Mexico

18^a

13^a

(Santiago-García et al., 2015)

Argentina

23 - 24^a

16 - 21^a

(Verzino et al., 1999)

South Africa

21

20

(Grey, 1979)

Angola

20^a

16^a

(Delgado-Matas & Pukkala, 2012)

Mpumalanga

7.7 - 25.5

13 - 14

(Pallett, 1999)

Tropical

17 - 42^c

10 - 15

(Lugo et al., 1988)