Modifying distance methods to improve estimates of historical tree density from General Land Office survey records

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-459

  Anderson, Roger C ^a   Jones, Suzanne L ^b   Swigart, Richard ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance methods; Government Land Office survey; Historic vegetation; Quarter method; Random pairs; Witness trees

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SPACING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846113406     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2006)133[449:MDMTIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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