Relationship between plot size and the variance of the density estimator in West African savannas

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2018-2026

  Picard, N ^a   Nouvellet, Y ^a   Sylla, M L ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Inst Polytech Rural Form Rech A   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIXED AREA PLOTS; POWER FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; PATCH SIZE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

FORESTRY; INVENTORIES; PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 11244321801     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-079     Document Type: Article

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