Top height estimation in lodgepole pine sample plots

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-68

  García, Oscar ^a   Batho, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Pinus contorta; Sampling; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOREST INVENTORIES; SPATIAL STATISTICS; TOP HEIGHT ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVENTORIES; PINUS CONTORTA; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 14344266031     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/20.1.64     Document Type: Article

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