Comparative efficiency and accuracy of variable area transects versus square plots for sampling tree diversity and density

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-236

  Nath, Cheryl D ^a   Pélissier, Raphaël ^a,b   Garcia, Claude ^a,c  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bias; Coffee agroforestry; India; Man hours; Precision; Spatial dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; HABITAT TYPE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECISION; SAMPLING BIAS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; KODAGU;

COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEA CANEPHORA;

EID: 77952321422     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9255-5     Document Type: Article

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