Imputing missing height measures using a mixed-effects modeling strategy

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2492-2500

  Robinson, Andrew P ^a   Wykoff, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

IMPUTATION STRATEGY; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; MIXED-EFFECTS MODELING STRATEGY; POINT-LEVEL SUBSAMPLING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH MODELING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; E I S; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 15944397296     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-137     Document Type: Article

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