We recently started a project to study Miami’s urban forest using UFORE methods. Aside from understanding the usual structure, function, and value of the urban forest we want information to better assess the effects of recent hurricanes. We’ll also use standard UFORE methods to develop a separate ...

We have the same issues in Florida with mangroves, brazilian pepper stands, etc.

What to do- It depends on the amount of times you will run across this situation.

If it's rare then measure all stems. If physically or logistically impossible:

*Only measure stems with a DBH > 3"?
*Do sub plots ...

What do you do in the case that the same oak species (Quercus laurifolia) is deciduous in the northern part of the state and evergreen in the southern part of the state?

UFORE takes into account the role evergreen leaf area has in pollution removal. So how can this geographic variability be ...

Like native forests, the urban forest contains a variety of tree species of different sizes and shapes. Unlike native forests, we know very little about how the urban forest functions and changes over time. Knowing how the urban forest changes over time is important not only for creating a livable ...

Hola Cristian

Ya se establecieron estas cantidades para Santiago. El link que te han indicado te sirve para calcular las cantidades y Tambien el articulo en Chile Forestal te dara un buen resumen sobre el proyecto y sus resultados.

Si me escribes te puedo enviar un articulo que recen salio en el ...

I'll be using the UFORE PDA application in south Florida

I want to collect % Palm cover along with % Shrub cover,% tree cover, and % plantable space (page 68 in the i-Tree v.1 users manual). I do not want to know palm function (since I know UFORE can not do this) but I do want to analyze% palm ...