Structural Diversity Results
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This result group contains results that describe the Structural diversity of the trees in a treatment unit.
| Variable name | Unit | Description |
| Deadwood-rich forest | boolean | Indicates if a treatment unit holds at least 20 m3 of dead wood with a diameter of at least 20 cm. |
| Even-aged Class | code | Even-aged type.
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| Forest with 60+ large trees | boolean | Indicates if a treatment unit holds at least 60 large trees per hectare: At least 45 cm in diameter for conifers, beech and oak. At least 35 cm in diameter for other species. |
| Mature broadleaf-rich forest | boolean | Indicates if a treatment unit holds forest older than 80 years in boreal regions or 60 years in boreonemoral and nemoral regions, and at least 25 % of the basal area is broadleaf. |
| Old forest | boolean | Indicates if a treatment unit holds forest older than 140 years in boreal regions or 120 years in Boreonemoral and nemoral regions. |
| Tree Size Diversity (Gini Coefficient) | 0-1 | The Gini coefficient is an equality index between 0 (=maximum equality, i.e. all trees have the the same size) and 1 (=maximum inequality). The index has been proposed to be used for forestry planning by Lexerød & Eid (2006)[1]. |
| Tree Size Diversity Class (Hugin def.) | code | Tree size diversity class according the Hugin system definition. Trees are grouped into four diameter classes, with class width = (dbhmax-dbbmin)/4. If the number of trees in classi > classi+1, the diameter class distribution is set as InverseJShaped, otherwise as Homogeneous. |
Calculation of Gini coefficient in Heureka
The Gini coefficient is calculated with the formula for a discrete probability distribution (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient).
First trees are sorted in ascending order so that gi < gi+ 1, where gi = basal area of type tree i. Basal area is used to take into account that the stand volume is highly affected by the largest trees (see Lexeröd and Eid 2006).
where
, and
S0 = 0, and
f(g_i) = Frequency distribution, where gi, i = 1..n, are the tree basal areas, indexed in increasing order (gi< gi+1)
References
- ↑ . Lexerød, N.L, Eid, T. 2006. An evaluation of different diameter diversity indices based on criteria related to forest management planning. Forest Ecology and Management 222 (2006) 17–28.