Evaluation of statistical fidelity indices in determination diagnostic species in Hyrcanin Box tree (Buxus hyrcana Pojark.) communities

• Published in: Taḥqīqāt-i jangal va ṣanubar-i Īrān Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 427 - 415
• Main Authors: Hamed Asadi, Mohsen Hosseini, Omid Esmailzadeh, Younes Asri, Habib Zare
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Persian
• Published: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Association indices of species-site groups; diagnostic species; TFVI model; vegetation classification

There are several available indices to assess the group associations between species and sites in order to identify diagnostic species. In this study, we introduced 11 indices of species-site groups and evaluated their quality by means of a TFVI model and four numerical criteria, including average p...