An evaluation of different diameter diversity indices based on criteria related to forest management planning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 17-28

  Lexerød, Nils L ^a   Eid, Tron ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diameter distributions; Discriminant ability; Gini coefficient; Logical ranking; Sample size

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; PLANNING;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINANT ABILITY; GINI COEFFICIENTS; LOGICAL RANKING; SAMPLE SIZE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDEX METHOD; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; SIMULATION;

EID: 31444452983     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.046     Document Type: Article

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