Statistical inference on accumulation curves for inventorying forest diversity: A design-based critical look

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-242

  Fattorini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design based inference; Forest diversity; Model based inference; Probabilistic sampling; Species list

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250170516     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500701401786     Document Type: Article

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