Sampling methods for estimating change in forest resources

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-233

  Scott, Charles T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change estimation; Continuous Forest Inventory; Forest sampling; Monitoring; Plot design; Sampling with partial replacement; Systematic sampling

Indexed keywords

FOREST; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031981832     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0228:SMFECI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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