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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2002, Vol. ›› Issue (7): 773-776.

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Plot analysis in the dark coniferous ecosystem using GPS and GIS techniques

GUAN Wenbin1, XIE Chunhua1, WU Jian'an1, YU Xinxiao1, CHEN Gengwei2, LI Tongyang 2   

  1. 1. The Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation of Forestry Bureau, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083;
    2. Institute of Mountain Hazard & Environment, Chinee Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041
  • Received:2001-10-29 Revised:2002-03-27 Online:2002-07-15

Abstract: It is generally difficult to survey in primary forests located on high altitude region. However, it is convenient to identify and to recognize plots accompanied by GPSand GIStechniques, which can also display the spatial pattern of arbors precisely. Using the method of rapid static positioning cooperated with tape measure, it is concluded that except some points, the positioning was relatively precise, the average value of RMSwas 2.84, variance was 2.96, and △B, △L, and △H were 1.2, 1.2, and 4.3m with their variances being ±0.6, ±1. 1, and ±21.1, respectively, which could meet the needs of forestry management sufficiently. Accompanied by some other models, many ecological processes under small and even medium scale, such as the dynamics of gap succession, could also be simulated visually by GIS. Therefore, the techniques of "2S" were patent for forest ecosystem management under the fine scale, especially in the area of high altitude.

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