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Table 4 Density and edge metrics obtained by landscape types and the five predefined canopy gap character classes

From: Using airborne laser scanning data for detecting canopy gaps and their understory type in mature boreal forest

 

DDW

VEGE

UNDER

NO_UNDER

OTHERS

PLAND

Natural

1.44

3.15

8.87

0.03

2.79

Managed

0.44

8.24

2.24

1.38

5.45

Managed N

0.38

4.82

1.77

1.93

8.81

Managed S

0.50

11.65

2.70

0.82

2.08

PD

Natural

5.73

7.32

6.36

0.16

15.43

Managed

2.11

13.08

1.61

7.45

20.88

Managed N

2.73

5.88

0.84

9.23

28.33

Managed S

1.49

20.29

2.39

5.67

13.43

LSI

Natural

9.08

10.80

14.27

1.79

13.83

Managed

4.29

12.78

5.59

7.95

13.50

Managed N

5.15

10.79

4.77

10.21

17.65

Managed S

3.42

14.77

6.40

5.69

9.35

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Annals of Forest Science

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