Adapting the forest inventory and analysis program to a Caribbean Island

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-13

  Brandeis, Thomas J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

FIA; International forestry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FOREST INVENTORY;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST INVENTORY; SAMPLING; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0037267501     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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