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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149384303321

Autore

Kershaw John A. <1962->

Titolo

Forest mensuration / / by John A Kershaw [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2017

ISBN

1-118-90200-9

1-118-90202-5

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (801 pages) : illustrations

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Disciplina

634.9

Soggetti

Forests and forestry - Measurement

Forest surveys

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Principles of measurement -- Basic statistical concepts -- Land area determination in forest mensuration -- Individual tree parameters -- Determination of tree volume, weight, and biomass -- Measurement of primary forest products -- Stand parameters -- Sampling units for estimating parameters -- Sampling designs in forest inventories -- Inventory of standing trees using sampling with varying probability -- Inventory of downed dead material using sampling with varying probability -- Integrating remote sensing in forest inventory -- Measurement of tree and stand growth.