Evaluation of sampling methods for the estimation of structural indices in forest stands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-476

  Kint, Vincent ^a,b   Robert, De Wulf ^a   Noël, Lust ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Vogelzanglaan 78   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Forest stand structure; Nearest neighbour indices; Sampling simulator; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

MEASUREMENT EXPANSION FACTORS (MEF); STRUCTURAL INDICES;

FORESTRY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; SAMPLING BIAS; SOFTWARE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FORESTS; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TREES;

EID: 7044269696     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.032     Document Type: Article

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