Performance of sampling methods to estimate log characteristics for wildlife

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-102

  Bate, Lisa J ^a   Torgersen, Torolf R ^a   Wisdom, Michael J ^b   Garton, Edward O ^c  

^a 389 LaBrant Road ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Down wood; Fixed area sampling; Line intersect sampling; Log sampling; Logs; Montana; Oregon; Planar intersect sampling; Sampling; Sampling efficiency; Strip plot method; Wildlife logs; Wildlife use

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

FOREST RESOURCES; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

ECOLOGY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INVENTORIES; LOGS;

EID: 4444228477     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

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