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Title:

Harmonizing National Forest Inventories

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
McRoberts, Ronald E.; Tomppo, Erkki; Schadauer, Klemens; Vidal, Claude; Ståhl, Göran; Chirici, Gherardo; Lanz, Adrian; Cienciala, Emil; Winter, Susanne; Smith, W. Brad
Abstract:
National forest inventories are a primary source of data for national and large area assessments of sustainability and biodiversity and for international forest resource reporting. However, the ability of countries to produce compatible estimates using these data is impeded by the diversity of their national inventory definitions, sampling designs, plot configurations, measured variables, and measurement protocols. In addition, because the differing features of these inventories have historical,...     »
Journal title:
Journal of Forestry
Year:
2009
Journal issue:
104/7
Pages contribution:
179-187
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