Implementation of quality assurance procedures in the Italian programs of forest condition monitoring

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 371-376

  Ferretti, M ^a   Bussotti, F ^b   Cenni, E ^a   Cozzi, A ^a  

^a Linnaea ambiente srl   (Italy)

^b Dept of Plant Biology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Crown condition; Field surveys; Forest monitoring; Permanent plots; Quality Assurance

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY LIMITS (DQL); FOREST MONITORING; MEASUREMENT QUALITY OBJECTIVES (MQO);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; ITALY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

ITALY;

EID: 0033230871     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005240000294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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