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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2019, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 27-36.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20191104

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Modeling Stand-Level Mortality of Mongolian Oak(Quercus mongolica)Based on Mixed Effect Model and Zero-Inflated Model Methods

Chunming Li1,Lifang Zhao2,Lixue Li3   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, CAF Beijing 100091
    2. Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101
    3. Wudaohe Forest Farm of Chengde County in Hebei Province Chengde 067407
  • Received:2019-04-16 Online:2019-11-25 Published:2019-12-21
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金面上项目"基于混合效应模型的联立方程组及概率分布模型在模拟森林生长中的方法研究"(31570625)

Abstract:

Objective: As an important component of forest growth yield systems,it is necessary to make accurate prediction for stand mortality. Method: About 295 permanent sample plots were established across the natural range of Mongolian oak in the Jilin Province in 1994. All plots were measured every 5 years,and the data were measured three times. 236 plots were used as simulation data and the other 59 plots as validation data. The main objective of this study was to construct stand-level mortality model of Quercus mongolica in relation to stand factor,site factor and climate factor. The basic forms of the model include Poisson distribution model and negative binomial distribution model. Considering the existence of a large number of zero values in the sample plots,the zero-inflated and zero-altered models were added to these basic models. In order to solve the problem of nesting and longitudinal data,the random effects of sample plot were taken into account in the construction of the model. In the end,the validation data was used to verify. Result: The results showed that the basal area of hectare,the number per hectare and the mean warmest month temperature are the most important factors influencing the probability and quantity of mortality. The simulation precision of the model was improved obviously after considering the plot random effects. Due to the over-dispersed of the data the accuracy of the negative binomial distribution model was higher than that of the Poisson distribution. Conclusion: The simulation effects of the model were the best when considering the random effects and the zero-inflated negative binomial distribution model simultaneously. The validation result also supported this conclusion.

Key words: generalized linear mixed-effects models, zero-inflated model, Mongolian oak(Quercus mongolica), mortality, stand

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