Sampling effort and factors influencing the precision of estimates of tree species abundance in a tropical forest stand

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-388

  Cielo Filho, Roque ^a,b   Gneri, Mario Antonio ^a   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Forestry Institute Department of Forest Ecology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multiple plot sampling method, Phytosociology, Sampling design, Semideciduous Atlantic forest, Spatial autocorrelation, Vegetation survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; DOMINANCE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SAMPLING; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ESENBECKIA (ANGIOSPERM); RUTACEAE;

EID: 77953668202     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2009/0039-0377     Document Type: Article

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