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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2002, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 140-146.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20020325

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INDICATORS ON STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN-STAND:A REVIEW

Lei Xiangdong,Tang Shouzheng   

  1. Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, CAF Beijing100091
  • Received:2001-02-09 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2002-05-25 Published:2002-05-25

Abstract:

Biodiversity conservation has become one of the important goals of sustainable forest management. Biodiversity indicators can be of three principal types: species and communities, structures, and processes. Species can only serve as an incomplete, surrogate measure. The progress in indicators of structural diversity within stand is reviewed in the paper. It can be included as distance independent indicators and distance-dependent indicators, which describe tree size diversity, horizontal pattern of trees, intermingling of two tree species, and spatial structure complexity. The study trends are discussed.

Key words: Biodiversity, Indicators of structural diversity within-stand