Assessing deadwood using harmonized national forest inventory data

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-283

  Rondeux, Jacques ^a   Bertini, Roberta ^b   Bastrup Birk, Annemarie ^c   Corona, Piermaria ^d   Latte, Nicolas ^a   McRoberts, Ronald E ^e   Ståhl, Göran ^f   Winter, Susanne ^g   Chirici, Gherardo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e US Forest Service   (United States)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Bridging functions; Carbon pool; Deadwood attributes; Reference definitions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; BRIDGING FUNCTIONS; CARBON POOL; DEADWOOD ATTRIBUTES; REFERENCE DEFINITIONS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RATING;

EID: 84862671897     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.10-057     Document Type: Article

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