A comparison of prism plots and modified point-distance sampling to calculate tree stem density and basal area

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-221

  Thompson, Ian D ^a   Ortiz, Darcy A ^a   Jastrebski, Christopher ^a   Corbett, Daniel ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal area; Density estimation; Methods; Modified point distance; Prism

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SURVEYS;

DENSITY ESTIMATION; MODIFIED POINT-DISTANCE; PRISM;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

BASAL AREA; FORESTRY; MEASUREMENT; SURVEYS;

EID: 33748957700     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/23.3.218     Document Type: Article

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