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Basal Area Estimation

Basal Area Estimation is a quantitative method in forest inventory and forest mensuration that determines the cross-sectional area of tree stems at breast height per unit area to assess stand density and structural composition.

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Fundamentals of tree-ring research

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 1.3K citations

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Biomass Estimation Methods for Tropical Forests with Applications to Forest Inventory Data

Sandra Brown, Andrew Gillespie, Ariel E. Lugo · Forest Science · 1989 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Mapping tree density at a global scale

Thomas W. Crowther, Henry B. Glick, Kristofer Covey et al. · Nature · 2015 · 985 citations · Full text

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A Spherical Densiometer For Estimating Forest Overstory Density

Paul E. Lemmon · Forest Science · 1956 · 927 citations · Full text

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Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns inAmazonian forest biomass

Timothy R. Baker, Oliver L. Phillips, Yadvinder Malhi et al. · Global Change Biology · 2004 · 807 citations

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  1. MM
    Matti Maltamo

    University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    37 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. HE
    Harold E. Burkhart

    Virginia Tech, United States

    24 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. AR
    Aaron R. Weiskittel

    University of Maine, United States

    24 publications · 907 citations

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  4. JH
    Juha Hyyppä

    Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. EN
    Erik Næsset

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    16 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

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  1. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    41 h-index

    123 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    35 h-index

    114 publications

    6.9K citations

  3. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    32 h-index

    120 publications

    6.4K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    27 h-index

    91 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    25 h-index

    66 publications

    6.3K citations

  6. Canadian Forest Service

    Ottawa, Canada

    25 h-index

    68 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    25 h-index

    69 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    23 h-index

    72 publications

    5.2K citations

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  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    254 publications · 13.9K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    211 publications · 10.7K citations

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  3. Remote Sensing of Environment

    70 publications · 9.4K citations

    48

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  4. Forest Science

    111 publications · 8.8K citations

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  5. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    45 publications · 3.4K citations

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