Forest inventory in China: Status and challenges

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-63

  Lei, X D ^a   Tang, M P ^b   Lu, Y C ^a   Hong, L X ^a   Tian, D L ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forest management planning inventory; Monitoring; National forest inventory; Sampling

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67650663431     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.1.52     Document Type: Article

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