A practical method for mapping trees using distance measurements

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 819-827

  Boose, Emery R ^a   Boose, Emery F ^b   Lezberg, Ann L ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance measurements; Error accumulation; Error correction; Interpoint distances; Simulation model; Spatial pattern; Stand mapping; Surveying; Tree mapping; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SURVEYING; TREE;

EID: 0031852662     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0819:APMFMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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