Inventory estimates of stem volume using nine sampling methods in thinned Pinus radiata stands, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gordon, Andrew D ^a   Pont, David ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Pinus radiata; Sampling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; FOREST INVENTORY; PINUS RADIATA; PINUS RADIATA STANDS; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLE; SIMULATION; SINGLE POINT METHODS;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

FORESTS; INVENTORIES; PINUS RADIATA; SAMPLING;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84930638768     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: 11795395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40490-015-0037-8     Document Type: Article

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