A coordinate-free area variance estimator for forest stands with a fuzzy outline

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-85

  Magnussen, Steen ^a,b  

^a Petawawa Research Forest   (Canada)

^b Pacific Forestry Lab   (Canada)

Author keywords

area; error; Forest stands; mapping; polygons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029810881     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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