Comparison of cluster-sampling techniques for forest inventory in southern Nepal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 219-231

  Tokola, T ^a   Shrestha, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b PO Box 3339   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Forest sampling simulation; Model forest; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; RASTER;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033548893     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00457-5     Document Type: Article

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