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Guide value
% trees
Sdm%
4+5 layers
10
95
20
87
30
78
40
69
50
61
60
52
70
44
80
35
90
27
Figure 5. The obtained index is included in a theoretical range of 0 to 100.
The application field was limited to coniferous forests, both mono-specific and
mixed with other types of conifers. The good results obtained encourage
continuing experimental work by adapting this methodology to deciduous forests,
to mixed deciduous-coniferous forests and to coppice forests as well.
KEYWORDS
Silviculture, ecosystem, risk analysis, environmental quality index, forest
quantification of risk, Alps.
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