Gaussian error propagation applied to ecological data: Post-ice-storm- downed woody biomass

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-466

  Lo, Ernest ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass estimation; Error analysis; Experimental design; Forest disturbance; Gaussian error propagation; Scaling theory; Sensitivity analysis; Taylor expansion

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 26944495254     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0030     Document Type: Article

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