Effect of plot and sample size on timing and precision of urban forest assessments

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 386-390

  Nowak, David J ^a   Walton, Jeffrey T ^b   Stevens, Jack C ^a   Crane, Daniel E ^a   Hoehn, Robert E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Tree measurement; Urban forest monitoring; Urban forest sampling

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GROUND COVER; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 56449089909     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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