The Precision of C Stock Estimation in the Ludhikola Watershed Using Model-Based and Design-Based Approaches

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-309

  Chinembiri, T S ^a   Bronsveld, M C ^b   Rossiter, D G ^b   Dube, T ^c  

^a Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement   (Zimbabwe)

^b Department of Natural Resources Management ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

AIC; ANOVA; design based; Geostatistics; kriging with external drift; REDD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886592130     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-013-9216-6     Document Type: Article

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