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Title: | Multi-species stand classification: definition and perspectives |
Authors: | Gonçalves, Ana Cristina |
Editors: | Sumit Chakravarty, Gopal Shukla |
Keywords: | density measures composition mixture degree index horizontal distribution vertical distribution |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | InTech |
Citation: | Gonçalves, A. C.; 2017. Multi-species stand classification: definition and perspectives. In: Forest Ecology and Conservation. Sumit Chakravarty and Gopal Shukla (eds). InTech. (chapter 1). 4-23 pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/67662 |
Abstract: | The increasing demands for products and services from forests enhanced new approaches
to stand composition, structure, and management, which encompass multiple use systems,
frequently mixed either even aged or uneven aged. Stand classification is frequently
based on one density measure (number of trees, basal area, volume or crown cover). As no
standard criteria exist, the direct comparison between the different stand classifications is
difficult. This created a need for a stand classification that incorporates not only the forest
species and composition but also their horizontal and vertical arrangements. The four
criteria stand classification incorporates the number of species and their proportion, their
horizontal and vertical distribution. The application of this methodology enables an integrated
approach, bridging the gap between composition and stand structure. Its use in the
National Forest Inventories and in research studies is simple, as shown in the two cases of
study presented. It also allows the evaluation of stands in a certain moment in time and
their dynamics. |
URI: | https://www.intechopen.com/books/forest-ecology-and-conservation http://hdl.handle.net/10174/20985 |
Type: | bookPart |
Appears in Collections: | MED - Publicações - Capítulos de Livros ERU - Publicações - Capítulos de Livros
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