Possibilities for harmonizing national forest inventory data for use in forest biodiversity assessments

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Winter, Susanne ^a   Chirici, Gherardo ^b   McRoberts, Ronald E ^c   Hauk, Elmar ^d   Tomppo, Erkki ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Forstliche Bundesversuchanstalt   (Austria)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST INVENTORY; MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 41449110702     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm042     Document Type: Article

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