Tree density estimations using a distance method in Mali Savanna

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-18

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Kouyaté, Amadou M ^b   Dessard, Hélène ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Density adapted sampling; Distance sampling; Mat rn process; Spatial pattern; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DISTANCE METHOD; ESTIMATORS; MATÉRN PROCESSES; TREE DENSITY ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; TREES;

EID: 11244297908     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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