We compared a set of structural forest attributes modeled by these methods with a conventional forest inventory of the highly heterogeneous forest of the Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany), which partially includes stands affected by severe natural disturbances.
PLS regression has proven to be an effective modeling tool for regional characterization of forest structure within spatially heterogeneous forests using multi-temporal Landsat sensor data.
Most forests today are multi-specific and heterogeneous forests ('mixed forests').
We derived these fields from throughfall data sampled in a simply structured forest (young tropical forest) and two heterogeneous forests (old tropical forest, unmanaged mixed European beech forest).
In heterogeneous forests it is plausible that not every forest type gets an adequate statistical coverage with such a sample.
Our findings support the idea that the maintenance of the forest landscape mosaic of heterogeneous forest types may be an important management practice to maintain or promote the epiphytic lichen community of the subtropical Ailao Mountains.
Differences in functional diversity specific to tree species were not observed and this may have reflected the mixed nature of the forest stands and of their heterogeneous forest floor.
The response of the striped ambrosia beetle, Trypodendron lineatum (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), to direct and indirect measures of habitat availability was examined across a heterogeneous forest subjected to various intensities of harvest.
The results of a heterogeneous forest test site were highly affected by the chosen algorithm (range between 40 and 90% of trees correctly detected) rather than a CHM of different point density (2 8 points/m2 8
Thus, using a combination of the two residual basal area regimes examined here (HRBA with 60 m2 hand and LRBA with 40 might−1) might be an advisable option, which would contribute to more diverse and species-rich stands and additionally to the generation of a more heterogeneous forest structure on a broader scale, e.g. Angers et al. (2005).
