Digitally determining forest inventory units with an ecological classification system

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 118-127

  Tang, Lina ^a,b   Wang, Qingli ^a   Shao, Guofan ^a,c   Dai, Limin ^a   Wang, Shunzhong ^a   Li, Xiufen ^a   Xu, Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological classification; ELT mapping; ELTP mapping; Forest inventory; Forest management; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ELT MAPPING; ELTP MAPPING; FOREST INVENTORY;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

EID: 33845793453     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-006-8113-1     Document Type: Review

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