Vol. 64 No. 4 (2009)
Articles

Stand volume tables for forest stands in Sicily

Piermaria Corona
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Roberto Cibella
Regione Siciliana, Assessorato Agricoltura e Foreste
Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca
Università degli Studi di Palermo

Published 2009-08-31

Keywords

  • forest mensuration,
  • volume tables,
  • stand volume estimation

Abstract

The aim of this study was to set up stand volume tables for easy and reliable estimation of the woody mass of coppices and high forest stands in Sicily. In this note we describe the statistical analyses which were carried out and we discuss results and their potential application. The use of stand volume tables is suggested mainly when it is possible to adopt quick, effective procedures for the assessment of the unitary basal area: in particular, the major potential is for surveys based upon relascope estimation of basal area in correspondence of sample points positioned according to probabilistic sampling schemes.