Establishing forest inventory reference definitions for forest and growing stock: A study towards common reporting

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-266

  Vidal, Claude ^a   Lanz, Adrian ^b   Tomppo, Erkki ^c   Schadauer, Klemens ^d   Gschwantner, Thomas ^d   Di Cosmo, Lucio ^e   Robert, Nicolas ^a  

^a Inventaire Forestier National   (France)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Bundesamt Forschungszentrum F Wald   (Austria)

^e ISAFA ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical decomposition; Growing stock; Harmonisation; National forest inventories; Reference definitions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

ANALYTICAL DECOMPOSITION; GROWING STOCKS; HARMONIZATION; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; REFERENCE DEFINITIONS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 44149121740     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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