Landscape Quality Evaluation on Scenic and Recreational Forest of Pinus tabulaeformis in Beijing Xi Mountain

With the development of the world, public demands for recreation opportunities and scenic beauty of forest have risen substantially in recent decades. Providing recreation activities is one of most important function of forest. The Scenic Beauty Model was established to predict landscape quality, the results were obtained by using Quantification Theory Type I for multiple regression models. The variables in the model of contribution rate can be seen, shrub coverage has the greatest influence in landscape quality, the following variables were canopy density, average height of first alive branches, noticeability of dead branch et al. Then management measures were put forward. It is important for managers in better understanding the interactions between scenic beauty and other forest attributes, has an important role in construction of scenic and recreational forest.