Validating the map of current semi-natural ecosystem types in Germany and their upscaling using the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park as an example

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 4 Calculation of the Kullback distance between the ecosystem state vector (p₁,…, p_Z) of the sample site LII-1605 (Großer Eisenberg) and the reference vector (p^O₁,…,p^O_R) of the ecosystem type C4-6d-B1 (Table 3)

Number of vegetation relevé	p⁰_i	ST0180	p⁰_i normalized	p_i standardized	p_i*ln(p_i/p⁰_i)
Date		13.7.60
Author		Schlüter
Tree and shrub layers
Picea abies	73.7364	164.00	0.441779	0.543370	0.1125
Sorbus aucuparia	0.0003	0.01	0.000002	0.000033	0.0001
Fagus sylvatica	0.0003	0.10	0.000002	0.000331	0.0018
Herb layer
Calamagrostis villosa	30.5000	15.00	0.182736	0.049698	− 0.0647
Vaccinium myrtillus	18.2667	37.00	0.109442	0.122590	0.0139
Deschampsia flexuosa	29.0306	37.00	0.173932	0.122590	− 0.0429
Galium saxatile	2.3725	15.00	0.014214	0.049698	0.0622
Trientalis europaea	2.1947	15.00	0.013149	0.049698	0.0661
Dryopteris dilatata	1.5256	0.10	0.009140	0.000331	− 0.0011
Maianthemum bifolium	0.0056	0.10	0.000033	0.000331	0.0008
Pteridium aquilinum	0.1694	0.10	0.001015	0.000331	− 0.0004
Luzula pilosa	0.0056	0.10	0.000033	0.000331	0.0008
Moss layer
Dicranum scoparium	8.1194	0.10	0.048646	0.000331	− 0.0017
Barbilophozia floerkei	0.2003	0.10	0.001200	0.000331	− 0.0004
Pleurozium schreberi	0.3472	3.00	0.002080	0.009940	0.0155
Lophocolea heterophylla	0.0139	0.10	0.000083	0.000331	0.0005
Dicranum majus	0.4194	15.00	0.002513	0.049698	0.1483
Sum	166.9078	301.82	1.000000	0.999967	0.3112