Comparison of a fully mapped plot design to three alternative designs for volume and area estimates using Maine inventory data

Abstract

A fully mapped plot design is compared to three alternative designs using data collected for the recent inventory of Maine's forest resources. Like the fully mapped design, one alternative eliminates the bias of previous procedures, and should be less costly and more consistent. There was little difference in volume and area estimates or in sampling errors among the four procedures.

Citation

Arner, Stanford L. 1998. Comparison of a fully mapped plot design to three alternative designs for volume and area estimates using Maine inventory data. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-243. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 7 p.