Stem diameter of living trees at horizon (centimetres)
Definition
The stem diameter at breast height of a living tree individual measured on a visit at T3 or later, reported per tree and summarised per site, species and place. An outcome of growth; the input every carbon estimate rests on.
purpose
To report growth once trees are old enough to measure, and to hold the stem diameters a carbon module would compute from.
rationale
KIA-Adapt measured diameter and height from the second year (A3 Table 9); the observation carries the diameter, and the earliest horizon keeps a seedling’s stem out of the figure.
Classification
- Result level: Outcome
- Outcome domains: Biodiversity and ecosystem integrity
- Unit of observation: Tree individual
- Activity types: Monitoring visit
- Earliest horizon: T3 one year
- Approval status: Approved
- Unit of measure:
CentiM
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
Where it can be claimed, by stratum and horizon: the claims table.