On the potential of Kriging for forest management planning

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Gunnarsson, Fredrik ^a   Holm, Sören ^a   Holmgren, Peter ^a   Thuresson, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic treatment units; Forest inventory; Forest management planning; Gis; Gps; Kriging; Semi variogram; Spatial autocorrelation; Stands

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031860157     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589809382981     Document Type: Article

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