Quantifying forest structural diversity based on large-scale inventory data: a new approach to support biodiversity monitoring

Abstract Background The importance of structurally diverse forests for the conservation of biodiversity and provision of a wide range of ecosystem services has been widely recognised. However, tools to quantify structural diversity of forests in an objective and quantitative way across many forest t...

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Main Authors: Felix Storch, Carsten F. Dormann, Jürgen Bauhus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Forest Ecosystems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40663-018-0151-1