Spatial occurrence of major tree species groups in Europe derived from multiple data sources

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Tröltzsch, Katja ^a   Van Brusselen, Jo ^a   Schuck, Andreas ^a  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Europe; ICP Forests; Kriging; National forest inventory statistics; Tree species group maps

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CALIBRATION; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; FORESTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INTERPOLATION; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS;

EUROPE; ICP FORESTS; KRIGING; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY STATISTICS; TREE SPECIES GROUP MAPS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BIODIVERSITY; CALIBRATION; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; PIXEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CALIBRATION; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56449094839     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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