Trees dead by cause of death (count)
Definition
The number of tree individuals observed dead on a visit at a horizon, by the cause of death the observer recorded from the mortality-causes scheme. An outcome about why trees were lost; the complement of survival, disaggregated by cause.
purpose
To show what kills trees per site, species, stratum and place, so that the next phase plants, waters and protects differently.
rationale
KIA-Adapt’s surveys recorded a cause for every dead tree and changed practice on the strength of it; the observation already carries the cause, so the count costs nothing to claim.
Classification
- Result level: Outcome
- Outcome domains: Biodiversity and ecosystem integrity
- Unit of observation: Tree individual
- Activity types: Monitoring visit
- Approval status: Approved
- Unit of measure:
NUM
Collections
- Biodiversity and ecosystem integrity module: Optional: the safeguard as a rate, what trees died of, mulch cover and stem growth, from the assessment and the visits under NCGS-M007, NCGS-M001 and NCGS-M002. For projects whose objective is ecological appropriateness and the health of what was planted.
Methodologies that serve it
- NCGS-M001 — Census count of tree state at a declared horizon
- NCGS-M002 — Stratified-sample estimate of tree state at a declared horizon
Where it can be claimed, by stratum and horizon: the claims table.