Sampling strategies in forest soils

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-499

  Fons, J ^a   Sauras, T ^b   Romanya J ^b   Vallejo, V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Frequency distribution; Stratified sampling; Subjective sampling; Systematic sampling; Variability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; SAMPLING METHOD; SOIL PROPERTIES; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING;

EID: 0030747362     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19970507     Document Type: Article

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