Accuracy assessment of a small-area method for estimating the spatial distribution of the degree of tree damage |
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Authors: | Rafał Podlaski |
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Institution: | (1) Department of General Biology and Nature Protection, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland;(2) ul. Zdrojowa 16, 25-336 Kielce, Poland |
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Abstract: | Tree damage, gauged by the amount of defoliation, is one of the basic criteria used to determine treatments for protected
and economic forests. Monitoring should include an assessment of the degree of tree damage in different spatial scales. Therefore,
in addition to the commonly applied large-area methods, small-area methods should be used. The aim of the paper is to present
the results of the accuracy assessment of a small-area method, proposed by Podlaski (2005) Podlaski, R. (2005). Inventory of the degree of tree defoliation in small areas. Forest Ecology and Management, 215, 361–377], for monitoring the degree of tree damage. The degree of tree damage was shown in sub-blocks P3 of the system of information on natural environment (SINUS). To estimate the spatial distribution of the degree of tree defoliation,
survey sampling, based on simple random sampling with replacement (SRSWR), was used. The degree of damage to fir (Abies alba Mill.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was analysed in the Święty Krzyż forest section in the Świętokrzyski National Park. The maximum total estimation errors
for the proportion of trees with a degree zero of damage, and with second and third degrees of damage together (for α = 0.05) were at most 30.8% for fir and 24.3% for beech trees. For standard, small-area evaluations, these are satisfactory
values. In the Święty Krzyż forest section, the number of P3 sub-blocks with 0.00–5.00% of undamaged trees and with 80.01–100.00% of moderately- or severely-damaged trees was significantly
greater for fir than for beech. These results indicate that the fir population was unhealthier than the beech group in the
study area. P3 sub-blocks of the SINUS system, in which the proportion of the healthiest trees was highest, were situated at the forest
margin, bordering on meadows and arable fields (in the case of fir) and forming dense patches consisting of several sub-blocks,
or occurring singly in the whole study area (in the case of beech). The results show the significant differentiation of forest
tree health in small areas. |
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Keywords: | Monitoring Tree damage Defoliation System of Information on Natural Environment Maximum total estimation error Abies alba Fagus sylvatica Ś wię tokrzyski National Park |
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