Abstract
The Amazon rainforest has a great diversity of species that provide a high variation of wood stock due to the characteristics of the trees. Among this, the taper of the shaft is essential to determine the form factor for the forest, which can be applied in previous estimates during the forest inventory. Thus, this mini-review aimed to show the variation of the form factor for different forest areas in the Brazilian Amazon. The form factor ranged from 0.874 to 0.4488 for several vegetations, if the average form factor (0.7) were applied in these sites it would have caused both over and underestimations. This demonstrates the high variation in taper that can be determinant in the estimation of forest stock. For this reason, a specific assessment of the form factor is essential for each forest to be managed, as it demonstrates the variation along the log and assists in forest planning
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