Forest measurement and biometrics in forest management: Status and future needs of the Pacific Northwest USA

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Temesgen, Hailemariam ^a   Goerndt, Michael E ^a   Johnson, Greg P ^b   Adams, Darius M ^a   Monserud, Robert A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Forest measurement and biometrics; Landscape level analysis; Quantifying timber and nontimber resources

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIMBER;

LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE LEVEL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMETRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTRY POLICY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TIMBER;

BIOMETRICS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; REGULATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148981764     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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