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Table 5 Means for area, shape, and isolation metrics in five predefined canopy gap character classes

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

 

AREA

GSCI

SHAPE

ENN

DDW

23.19

1.73

1.52

22.84

VEGE

57.63a

1.99a

1.75a

7.47

UNDER

140.78a

2.44a

2.16a

15.41

NO_UNDER

19.02

1.68

1.47

7.87

OTHERS

24.00

1.69

1.47

6.02

  1. DDW gaps with downed deadwood, VEGE gaps with different vegetation, UNDER gaps with DDW and VEGE, NO_UNDER gaps with no DDW and VEGE, OTHERS gaps with small amounts of DDW or some seedlings found in field inventory
  2. aValues which differ significantly from the others according to the analysis of variance
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X