Mapped Plot Patch Size Estimates

Paul C. Van Deusen

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Mapped Plot Patch Size Estimates

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Paul C. Van Deusen

Year:

2005

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates that the mapped plot design is relatively easy to analyze and describes existing formulas for mean and variance estimators. New methods are developed for using mapped plots to estimate average patch size of condition classes. The patch size estimators require assumptions about the shape of the condition class, limiting their utility. They may have some value as landscape metrics.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Citation

Van Deusen, Paul C. 2005. Mapped Plot Patch Size Estimates. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.