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STRUCTURE INDICES OF ALEPPO PINE IN CHETTABA FOREST (ALGERIA)
Abstract
Stand structural diversity, defined as the diversity of trees in stands, can be indicative of overall biodiversity and habitat suitability, useful in forecasting stand growth, and provide within stand detail for forest inventories. The diversity analysis provides more detail to the traditional stand structure descriptions and enables the approach to stand management more consistent not only with the timber production, but also with other productions and values of the multi-benefit forest stands, and/or transformation processes. A limited number of authors have tried to combine tree variables and spatial position into structural indices. In this study eight diversity indices were used to characterize the horizontal and spatial distribution of the individuals in multi-species stands, using four plots, located in Chettaba forest, East-North Algeria. The results revealed interesting differences and similarities in the behavior of the studied indices.
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