Estimating optimum sampling size to determine weighted core specific gravity of planted loblolly pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2242-2249

  Jordan, Lewis ^a   Schimleck, Laurence R ^a   Clark III, Alexander ^b   Hall, Daniel B ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; STANDARD ERROR;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRECISION; SAMPLING;

COSTS; PINUS TAEDA; SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 38849202574     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-085     Document Type: Article

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