Model-assisted forest yield estimation with light detection and ranging

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-59

  Strunk, Jacob L ^a   Reutebuch, Stephen E ^b   Andersen, Hans Erik ^b   Gould, Peter J ^b   McGaughey, Robert J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Design based; Forest inventory; LiDAR; Model assisted; Regression estimation

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESIGN EFFECTS; DESIGN-BASED; ESTIMATION PROCEDURES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND MANAGERS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MODEL-ASSISTED; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION ESTIMATES; REGRESSION ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ESTIMATORS; REGRESSION MODEL; SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING; STAND DENSITIES; VEGETATION HEIGHT; YIELD ESTIMATION;

DESIGN; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

DESIGN; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860627347     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/wjaf.10-043     Document Type: Article

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