Field efficiency and bias of snag inventory methods

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2900-2910

  Kenning, Robert S ^a   Ducey, Mark J ^a   Brissette, John C ^b   Gove, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FIELD EFFICIENCY; SAMPLING METHODS; SNAG INVENTORY METHODS; TREE DISTANCE SAMPLING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST; INVENTORY; SAMPLING; SNAG; TREE;

FORESTS; PINUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645784508     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-207     Document Type: Article

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