Comparison of stratified and non-stratified most similar neighbour imputation for estimating stand tables

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-134

  Eskelson, Bianca N I ^a   Temesgen, Hailemariam ^a   Barrett, Tara M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY;

EID: 49949088447     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn003     Document Type: Article

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