Vol. 60 No. 4 (2005):
Special section

Testing an integrated set of neighbourhood-based indices for monitoring the structural diversity of forest stands

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  • Piermaria Corona,
  • Paolo Calvani,
  • Barbara Ferrari,
  • Andrea Lamonaca,
  • Luigi Portoghesi,
  • Manuela Plutino
Piermaria Corona
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
Paolo Calvani
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
Barbara Ferrari
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
Andrea Lamonaca
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
Luigi Portoghesi
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
Manuela Plutino
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e delle sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-406

Published 2005-08-31

Keywords

  • forest stand biodiverity,
  • horizontal spatial diversity,
  • dendrological diversity,
  • tree size diversity,
  • forest inventory

How to Cite

Corona, P., Calvani, P., Ferrari, B., Lamonaca, A., Portoghesi, L., & Plutino, M. (2005). Testing an integrated set of neighbourhood-based indices for monitoring the structural diversity of forest stands. L’Italia Forestale E Montana, 60(4), 447–462. https://doi.org/10.36253/ifm-406

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Abstract

Structural diversity within forest stands can be synthetically described by threemain components: horizontal spatial diversity, in terms of tree spatial distribution;dendrological diversity, created by the mixture of tree species; tree dimensionaldiversity. In the last years, some Authors have proposed simple indexes for quantifyingsuch components. The aim of this note is to present an experimentation carried out intwo Turkey oak high stands in Central Italy for the characterization of their structuraldiversity by an integrated set of neighbourhood-based indices. The obtained resultsprove that such indexes can be easily measured in high stands and are suitable forforest inventory and analytical description of forest compartments, along withconventional forest mensuration.
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