Predictive mapping for tree sizes and densities in southeast Alaska

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 49-63

  Caouette, John P ^a   DeGayner, Eugene J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest measurement; Forest structure; Old growth forests; Predictive mapping; Southeast Alaska; Stand density index; Tongass National Forest

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SAMPLING;

FOREST STRUCTURE; PREDICTIVE MAPPING; TREE DENSITY; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; MAPPING; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ALASKA; DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GIS; MAPPING; SAMPLING; TREES;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844336975     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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