“…Soil tillage is the most common and important management practice in silviculture, allowing for optimal resource management and lower environmental impact (Barrios et al, 2015). When used rationally, tillage can maintain or increase forest productivity in the medium-and long-term, reduce the degree of soil compaction and erosion by water and wind, and improve the cost/benefit ratio of available resources, including labor, machinery, and equipment and fuel (Gonçalves et al, 2000;Dedecek et al, 2007;Prevedello et al, 2014;Sampietro et al, 2015). Less soil tillage intensity for distinct tillage methods decreased the development of some dendrometric variables for eucalyptus, but possibly there is an optimal relationship between tillage method and initial tree growth (Lima et al, 2019) that must be further studied.…”