Empirical evaluation of confidence and prediction intervals for spatial models of forest structure in Jalisco, Mexico

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Reich, Robin M ^a   Aguirre Bravo, C ^b   Bravo, Vanessa A ^a   Briseño, Martin Mendoza ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Clegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

generalized least squares; standardized mean squared error; tree based stratified design

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; KRIGING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRECISION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TERRAIN;

JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79955730213     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-011-0144-1     Document Type: Article

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