A comparison of line-intercept and census techniques for assessing large wood volume in streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Warren, Dana Richard ^a   Keeton, William S ^b   Kraft, Clifford E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Large wood; Large woody debris; Line intercept; Stream assessment; Wood census; Wood volume

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SURVEYS;

LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; LINE-INTERCEPT; STREAM ASSESSMENT; WOOD CENSUS; WOOD VOLUME;

WOOD;

CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; STREAMWATER; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY; WOOD;

EID: 37549016324     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9144-8     Document Type: Article

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