Evaluating Plot Designs for the Tropics

Paul C. van Deusen; Bruce Bayle

doi:10.2737/SO-GTR-87

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Evaluating Plot Designs for the Tropics

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Paul C. van Deusen, Bruce Bayle

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-87

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-87. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

Theory and procedures are reviewed for determining the best type of plot for a given forest inventory. A general methodology is given that clarifies the relationship between different plot designs and the associated methods to produce the inventory estimates.

Citation

van Deusen, Paul C.; Bayle, Bruce. 1991. Evaluating Plot Designs for the Tropics. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-87. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.