National forest inventories and biodiversity monitoring in Australia

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-112

  Brack, C L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFMF; Ecosystem modelling; NCAS; NFI; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847245498     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500601153875     Document Type: Review

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