Forest Inventory

Forest inventory is the systematic collection of quantitative and qualitative data on trees and forest resources within a defined area that provides an information base for forest assessment, analysis, and sustainable management.

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Forestry

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Age DeterminationBasal Area EstimationBiomass EstimationBiomass Resource AssessmentCarbon Stock AssessmentDeadwood InventoryDiameter MeasurementForest Attribute MappingPermanent Sample PlotsRegeneration Inventory

Publications

15.3K

An Ordination of the Upland Forest Communities of Southern Wisconsin

J. R. Bray, J. T. Curtis · Ecological Monographs · 1957 · 11.7K citations

Natural Resources, Ecology, Forestry +14

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

Matthew C. Hansen, Peter Potapov, Rebecca Moore et al. · Science · 2013 · 11.6K citations

Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Forestry +15

Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests

Jérôme Chave, Christophe Andalo, Sandra Brown et al. · Oecologia · 2005 · 3.5K citations

Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Ecology +17

Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data

Chandra Giri, Enock Odera Ochieng, Larry L. Tieszen et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2010 · 3.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geography +17

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

Jérôme Chave, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Alberto Búrquez et al. · Global Change Biology · 2014 · 3K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Ecology, Forestry +17

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Erik Næsset
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
134 publications · 13.2K citations
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Juha Hyyppä
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland
155 publications · 15K citations
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Michael A. Wulder
Canadian Forest Service, Canada
136 publications · 11.6K citations
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Nicholas C. Coops
University of British Columbia, Canada
148 publications · 12.6K citations
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Terje Gobakken
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
118 publications · 9.1K citations
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Remote Sensing of Environment
701 publications · 96.4K citations
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Forest Ecology and Management
768 publications · 55.3K citations
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Remote Sensing
915 publications · 46.6K citations
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Canadian Journal of Forest Research
778 publications · 39.1K citations
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International Journal of Remote Sensing
444 publications · 30K citations
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See also Forest Inventory
Core Methods	Terrestrial Laser Scanning Photogrammetry Small Area Estimation Cluster Sampling Survey Sampling Nonprobability Sampling Bayesian Analysis
Sampling Design	Simple Random Sampling Systematic Sampling Stratified Sampling Double Sampling Three-phase Sampling Cluster Sampling
Applications	Urban Forestry Sustainable Forest Management Decision Support Systems Habitat Assessment Certification Harvest Planning
Data Variables	Stand Density Tree Height Estimation Forest Age Structure Forest Biomass Inventory Diameter At Breast Height Growth
Accuracy Assessment	Bias Confidence Intervals Pearson Correlation Coefficient Root Mean Squared Error Analysis Bayesian Hypothesis Testing Limits Of Agreement Survey Sampling Positioning Accuracy