Accuracy of forest inventory mapping: Some implications for boreal forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 208-221

  Thompson, Ian D ^a   Maher, Scott C ^b   Rouillard, Daniel P ^b   Fryxell, John M ^c   Baker, James A ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph interpretation; Boreal; Forest management; Forest modelling; Forest resource inventory; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION; BOREAL; FOREST MODELING; FOREST RESOURCE INVENTORY (FRI);

ECOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MIXED FOREST; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ECOLOGY; ERRORS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; ONTARIO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 35448981936     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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