Monitoring Canada's forests: The national forest inventory

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-221

  Gillis, M D ^a   Omule, A Y ^a   Brierley, T ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Forest cover; Inventory; Monitoring; National Forest Inventory; Panel; Re measurement

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORECASTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHANGE ESTIMATION; INTERNATIONAL REPORTING; INVENTORY DATA; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY (NFI);

FORESTRY;

FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA; FORECASTS; INVENTORIES; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844459181     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81214-2     Document Type: Article

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