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RMRS-RN-8: Estimating the number of tree species in forest populations
using current vegetation survey and forest inventory and analysis
approximation plots and grid intensities
Schreuder, Hans T.; Lin, Jin-Mann S.; Teply, John. 2000. Estimating the number of tree species in forest populations using current vegetation survey and forest inventory and analysis approximation plots and grid intensities. Res. Note RMRS-RN-8. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 7 p.
We estimate number of tree species in National Forest populations using the nonparametric estimator. Data from the Current Vegetation Survey (CVS) of Region 6 of the USDA Forest Service were used to estimate the number of tree species with a plot close in size to the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot and the actual CVS plot for the 5.5 km FIA grid and the 2.7 km CVS grid.
Keywords: number of tree species, plot design, plot intensity, nonparametric estimation
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Title: RMRS-RN-8:
Estimating the number of tree species in forest populations using
current vegetation survey and forest inventory and analysis approximation
plots and grid intensities
Electronic Publish Date: May 14, 2004
Last Update: August
21, 2008