Comprehensive evaluation of native Autumn plants on Wuling mountain (China) by the analytic hierarchy process method

AHP is a popular method in evaluating environmental issues with combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses. It was first used in the comprehensive evaluation of autumn-color plants in this paper. 31 genera of autumn-color trees on Wuling Mountain, which were selected from the literature an...

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Published inActa horticulturae no. 977; pp. 121 - 132
Main Authors Yang, H, Ji, L.J, Yu, X.N, Teixeira da Silva, J.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Society for Horticultural Science 01.01.2013
Subjects
autumn
landscaping
quantitative analysis
surveys
trees
China
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Summary:AHP is a popular method in evaluating environmental issues with combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses. It was first used in the comprehensive evaluation of autumn-color plants in this paper. 31 genera of autumn-color trees on Wuling Mountain, which were selected from the literature and from field surveys, were comprehensively evaluated by AHP. The 31 trees could be separated into 3 grades: Grade A (8 spp.), Grade B (16 spp.), Grade C (7 spp.). Native autumn plants could be quantitatively evaluated by AHP. This was helpful for ecological and landscaping projects.
Bibliography:http://www.actahort.org/
ISSN:0567-7572
DOI:10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.977.13