Incorporating spatial and operational constraints in the sampling designs for forest inventories

Besides the evaluation of the volume of standing trees, goals of forest inventories include collecting geophysical information and monitoring fragile ecosystems. In the province of Quebec, Canada, their implementation faces challenging methodological problems. The survey area covers a large territor...

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Published in:	Environmetrics (London, Ont.) Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 557 - 570
Main Authors:	Vallée, Audrey-Anne, Ferland-Raymond, Bastien, Rivest, Louis-Paul, Tillé, Yves
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-12-2015
Subjects:	balanced sampling Balancing Construction Design engineering Forests Inventories Sampling spatially balanced sampling Spreading Stockpiling stratified sampling unequal probability sampling Canada, Quebec
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