A national forest resources assessment for Costa Rica based on low intensity sampling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 9-23

  Kleinn, Christoph ^a   Ramírez, Carla ^b,f   Holmgren, Peter ^c   Valverde, Sonia Lobo ^d   Chavez, Guido ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d Ministry of Environment and Energy   (Costa Rica)

^e FAO Guatemala ^*

^f Natl Forest Inventory in Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Forest cover estimation; National forest inventory; Trees outside the forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO); FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (FRA); NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY (NFI);

FORESTRY;

FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 17844361945     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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