On fixed-area plot sampling for downed coarse woody debris

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Gove, Jeffrey H ^a   Van Deusen, Paul C ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; VOLUME;

EID: 79954432259     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq049     Document Type: Article

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