From plots to landscape: A k-NN-based method for estimating stand-level merchantable volume in the Province of Québec, Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-468

  Bernier, P Y ^a   Daigle, G ^b   Rivest, L P ^b   Ung, C H ^a   Labbe F ^c   Bergeron, C ^c   Patry, A ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Natural forests; Non parametric methods; Photo interpretation; Pre stratification

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; GEOMETRY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; PHOTOINTERPRETATION;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS; HISTORICAL DATABASE; K-NEAREST NEIGHBOURS; NATURAL FORESTS; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; OPERATIONAL METHODS;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77955629936     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86461-4     Document Type: Article

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