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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2012.14.2.089

Estimating Forest Site Productivity and Productive Areas of Quercus acutissima and Quercus mongolica Using Environmental Variables  

Shin, Man-Yong (Dept. of Forest, Environment and System, Kookmin Univ.)
Sung, Joo-Han (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Chun, Jung-Hwa (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.14, no.2, 2012 , pp. 89-97 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to estimate forest site productivity and productive areas of Quercus acutissima and Quercus mongolica using environmental factors including climatic variables. Using the data set from digital forest site map and forest climatic map, a total of 42 environmental variables were regressed on site index for developing the best site index equations for Quercus acutissima and Quercus mongolica. Five to six environmental factors by species were selected as independent variables in the best site index equations. For the site index equations, three evaluation statistics (i.e., mean difference, standard deviation of difference, and standard error of difference) were applied to the test data set for the validation of the results, The site index equations fitted well to the test data set with relatively low bias and variation. As a result, it was concluded that the site index equations by species were well capable of estimating site quality. Finally, based on the site index equations, the productive areas by species were estimated by applying GIS technique to the digital forest maps. In addition, the distribution of productive areas by species was illustrated.
Keywords
Forest site productivity; Site index equation; Productive site; Climatic variables; Digital forest climatic map;
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