Effects of basal area factor and plot size on precision and accuracy of forest inventory estimates

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-156

  Becker, Peter ^a   Nichols, Tom ^b  

^a Eastern Ozarks Forestry Council   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Missouri Ozarks; Sampling bias; Size class distribution; Upland hardwood forest

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HARDWOODS; SAWING;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; BIASED ESTIMATES; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FOREST INVENTORY; HARDWOOD FORESTS; MISSOURI OZARKS; SAMPLING BIAS; SIZE CLASS;

FORESTRY;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; SAWING;

EID: 80052755116     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/28.3.152     Document Type: Article

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