Title :
Structure and Ecological Benefits Evaluation of Street Trees in Shenyang Based on i-Tree (STRATUM) Model
Author :
Ning, Ma ; Wei, Chen ; Xingyuan, He
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Ecology, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
Sampling method was employed to investigate the structure and ecological benefits of street trees in the area within Second Ring Road of Shenyang. The study area covers about 161 km2, and 61 main roads. Based on the field data, the i-Tree (STRATUM) model was run to analyze street trees´ structure and ecological benefits. The results showed that there were 19 street tree species in the study area, which were belong to 13 families and 15 genera. The most common tree species are Sophora japonica, Populus alba, and Fraxinus chinensis, the percentage of which reached 68.32% of the total population. The proportion of small trees (d.b.h.
Keywords :
ecology; environmental factors; roads; sampling methods; trees (mathematics); vegetation; China; Fraxinus chinensis; Populus alba; STRATUM model; Second Ring Road; Shenyang; Sophora japonica; ecological benefit evaluation; i-Tree model; sampling method; street tree species; street tree structure; Computers; Decision support systems; Distributed control; Monitoring; ecological benefits; i-Tree model; street trees; structure;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring (CDCIEM), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-278-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4350-5
DOI :
10.1109/CDCIEM.2011.84
