Quartered neighbor method: A new distance method for density estimation

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 574-578

  Zhu, Xunzhi ^a   Zhang, Jintun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Larix principis rupprechtii; Plotless sampling; Point centered quarter method; Quadrat method

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. PRINCIPIS-RUPPRECHTII;

EID: 76149092826     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-009-0039-0     Document Type: Article

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