Land Cover and Forest Type Classification by Values of Vegetation Indices and Forest Structure of Tropical Lowland Forests in Central Vietnam

Table 11

Correlation of VIs with dominance species in the vertical structure.

UF	D. kerrii		T. bellirica		S. roxburghii		D. grandiflorus
	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA
EVI	−0.96	−0.53	0.42	0.73	−0.18	−0.01	0.30	0.16
PVI	−0.96	−0.52	0.41	0.73	−0.23	−0.03	0.25	0.04
DVI	−0.96	−0.52	0.42	0.73	−0.23	−0.04	0.26	0.05
TNDVI	−0.99	−0.64	0.40	0.71	−0.05	−0.09	0.29	0.21
LF	Ficus lacor		S. roxburghii		C. indica		T. myriocarpa
	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA
EVI	−0.17	−0.53	0.50	0.50	−0.25	−0.84	−0.34	0.48
PVI	−0.20	−0.55	0.51	0.51	−0.21	−0.82	0.16	0.62
DVI	−0.17	−0.53	0.52	0.51	−0.23	−0.83	0.18	0.59
TNDVI	0.08	−0.30	0.40	0.44	−0.48	−0.88	−0.31	0.52
DF	P. ellipticum		A. chinense		L. verticillata		A. pilosa
	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA	H	BA
EVI	—	—	−0.98	−0.99	0.99	0.98	0.67	0.18
PVI	—	—	−0.97	−0.99	0.98	0.98	0.81	0.21
DVI	—	—	−0.97	−0.99	0.98	0.97	0.80	0.19
TNDVI	—	—	−1.00	−0.96	1.00	0.99	0.60	0.25