Assessing surface area of coarse woody debris with line intersect and perpendicular distance sampling

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 949-960

  Williams, Michael S ^a   Ducey, Mark J ^b   Gove, Jeffrey H ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; SAMPLING; WOOD;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); LINE INTERSECT SAMPLING (LIS); PERPENDICULAR DISTANCE SAMPLING (PDS);

DEBRIS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; SAMPLING;

AREA; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; FIBER DEBRIS; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; WOOD;

EID: 22744445888     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-203     Document Type: Article

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