title: [Application of ecological classification system in China's digital forestry].
abstract: In China's conventional forest management system, there are two types of sub-compartment, i.e., the 2nd- and 3rd-level sub-compartments, which are concurrent but inconsistent in size and boundary locations. Even in the same type of sub-compartments, the inconsistency still existed at different time, which is unbeneficial to the long-term forest management planning by using digital technologies. With the mountainous region in eastern Liaoning Province as a case, this paper established an ecological classification system (ECS), which contained 5 ecological land types (ELTs) and 34 ecological land type phases (ELTPs). Based on the basic technical needs of China's digital forestry, the ELTPs could be used as a fixed sub-compartment system. A compatible forest inventory system was designed then. It was concluded that ecosystem management based on ECS and geospatial information technologies combined with computer models and decision-support systems would be the important component of digital forestry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Guangdong University of Business Studies, Guangzhou 510320, China. tang-na519@163.com
authors.forename: Li-Na
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Li-Min
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D016468:Forestry / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*