An evaluation of big basal area factor sampling in appalachian hardwoods

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-65

  Brooks, John R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sampling; Forest inventory; Variable plot sampling; Volume to basal area ratio

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERRORS; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAMPLING;

DOUBLE SAMPLINGS; FOREST INVENTORY; VARIABLE PLOT SAMPLINGS; VOLUME TO BASAL AREA RATIO;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

EID: 33645562417     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/23.1.62     Document Type: Review

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