Professor University of Alabama, Alabama, United States
Traditional measures of forest structure often lack a spatial component that may be important in the management of structurally complex stands. We quantified stand structure and spatial patterns in reference longleaf pine woodlands using point pattern analysis, an individuals, clumps, and openings method, and neighborhood indices based on Voronoi polygons.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to quantify stand characteristics using spatially-explicit methods.
Upon completion, participants will be able to re-examine tree neighborhoods in the context of Voronoi polygons.
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