“…Some studies have compared fixed area methods (Zator Filho et al, 2020) with variable area methods in planted forests in Brazil (Druszcz et al, 2010, Miranda et al, 2015, Santos et al, 2016, Farias et al, 2019and Miranda et al, 2022. However, studies which used the Strand method are uncommon (Miranda et al, 2022), mainly implementing the selection criteria of the basal area factor (BAF) for its proportional-to-diameter approach, which unlike Bitterlich, does not present an ideal number of trees in the sampling unit Figueiredo Filho, 2014) for selecting a suitable BAF.…”