Comparing power among three sampling methods for monitoring forest vegetation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-156

  Johnson, Sarah E ^a   Mudrak, E L ^a   Beever, E A ^b   Sanders, S ^b   Waller, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

COMPOSITE VARIABLES; FOREST SERVICE'S FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS (FIA); SAMPLING METHODS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; FOREST INVENTORY; NATIONAL PARK; OVERSTORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY; SAMPLING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39649111494     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-121     Document Type: Article

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