The accuracy of forst damage assessments - Experiences from Sweden

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-309

  Wulff, Sören ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Discolouration; Forest damage; Kappa statistic; Observer error

Indexed keywords

DISCOLORATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; SURVEYS;

FOREST DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; FOREST HEALTH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FOREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCOTS PINE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TREE;

SWEDEN;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TREES;

EID: 0036009051     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014287228807     Document Type: Article

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