Forest inventory [electronic resource] : methodology and applications / edited by Annika Kangas and Matti Maltamo.

Developed as a forest inventory textbook for students and also serves as a handbook for practical foresters. This book is divided into four sections, and it deals with sampling issues. Most applications involve remote sensing technology of some sort, and this work also deals with the use of remote s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Kangas, Annika, Maltamo, Matti
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006.
Series:Managing forest ecosystems ; v. 10.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Design-Based Sampling and Inference; Model-Based Inference; Mensurational Aspects; Change Monitoring with Permanent Sample Plots; Generalizing Sample Tree Information; Use of Additional Information; Sampling Rare Populations; Inventories of Vegetation, Wild Berries and Mushrooms; Assessment of Uncertainity in Spatially Systematic Sampling; The Finnish National Forest Inventory; The Finnish Multi-source National Forest Inventory
  • Small Area Estimationand Map Production; Correcting Map Errors in Forest Inventory Estimates for Small Areas; Multiphase Sampling; Segmentation.