Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories - Daniel Mandallaz

Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories

Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2007
Chapman & Hall/CRC (Verlag)
978-1-58488-976-2 (ISBN)
137,15 inkl. MwSt
Presents the concepts and tools required in finite populations, and develops the Monte Carlo approach in infinite populations to analyze or design complex forest inventories. This book discusses design-based, model-assisted, and model-dependent inference as well as the design of optimal sampling schemes based on the anticipated variance.
Sound forest management planning requires cost-efficient approaches to optimally utilize given resources. Emphasizing the mathematical and statistical features of forest sampling to assess classical dendrometrical quantities, Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories presents the statistical concepts and tools needed to conduct a modern forest inventory.

The book first examines design-based survey sampling and inference for finite populations, covering inclusion probabilities and the Horvitz–Thompson estimator, followed by more advanced topics, including three-stage element sampling and the model-assisted estimation procedure. The author then develops the infinite population model/Monte Carlo approach for both simple and complex sampling schemes. He also uses a case study to reveal a variety of estimation procedures, relies on anticipated variance to tackle optimal design for forest inventories, and validates the resulting optimal schemes with data from the Swiss National Forest Inventory. The last chapters outline facts pertaining to the estimation of growth and introduce transect sampling based on the stereological approach.

Containing many recent developments available for the first time in book form, this concise and up-to-date work provides the necessary theoretical and practical foundation to analyze and design forest inventories.

Mandallaz, Daniel

Preface. Introduction and Terminology. Sampling Finite Populations: The Essentials.Sampling Finite Populations: Advanced Topics.Forest Inventory: One-Phase Sampling Schemes. Forest Inventory: Two-Phase Sampling Schemes.Forest Inventory: Advanced Topics.Geostatistics. Case Study.Optimal Sampling Schemes for Forest Inventory.The Swiss National Forest Inventory. Estimating Change and Growth. Transect-Sampling. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.2.2008
Reihe/Serie Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Environmental Statistics
Zusatzinfo 19 Tables, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-58488-976-4 / 1584889764
ISBN-13 978-1-58488-976-2 / 9781584889762
Zustand Neuware
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