Estimating variation in a landscape simulation of forest structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 135-144

  Hummel, S ^a   Cunningham, P ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap sampling; Forest dynamics; Forest Vegetation Simulator; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VEGETATION;

BOOTSTRAP SAMPLING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; PROBABILISTIC METHOD;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; FOREST; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

EID: 33646583794     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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