An Evaluation of Plotless Sampling Using Vegetation Simulations and Field Data from a Mangrove Forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hijbeek, Renske ^a,b   Koedam, Nico ^a   Khan, Md Nabiul Islam ^a,d   Kairo, James Gitundu ^c   Schoukens, Johan ^a   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; POINT CENTRED QUARTER METHOD; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLING ERROR; TREE; VEGETATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; FOREST; KENYA; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; WETLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; KENYA; SOFTWARE; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84879511125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067201     Document Type: Article

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