Standard errors of area estimates obtained by traversing and GPS

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-413

  Bondesson, Lennart ^a   Ståhl, Göran ^b   Holm, Sören ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment for closure error; Compartment polygon; Variance formulas for area estimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031719403     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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