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Main Title Designing and Conducting a Forest Inventory - case: 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Tomppo, Erkki.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Heikkinen, Juha.
Henttonen, Helena M.
Ihalainen, Antti.
Katila, Matti.
Mäkelä, Helena.
Tuomainen, Tarja.
Vainikainen, Nina.
Publisher Springer Netherlands,
Year Published 2011
Call Number SD1-668
ISBN 9789400716520
Subjects Life sciences ; Geography ; Biodiversity ; Forests and forestry ; Statistics
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1652-0
Collation XII, 272 p. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Design and Measurements -- 3. Estimation Methods -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- Appendix -- References -- Subject Index. Reliable information on forest resources and the status of forests at the national level is required for various purposes, such as making strategic decisions, formulating regulations and recommendations for forest management, aimed at ensuring the availability of sufficient supply of timber for the forest industries as well as in their strategic planning of investments. It is also essential in planning forest protection and for maintaining biodiversity. Global agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol, increasingly rely on national forest statistics. National Forest Inventories in Finland have evolved gradually over a period of one hundred years, first with a trial inventory in the 1910s, and since the 1920s, with operative inventories. The sampling design and estimation methods have been continuously revised to correspond with inventory techniques and the available infrastructure. The content, as well as the collected data and variables employed, are constantly adapted to the users' needs. Co-operation with the inventories of other countries, particularly with those of the Nordic countries, has supported these developments. This book demonstrates in detail all phases of the 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland (1996-2003): the planning of the sampling design, measurements, estimation methods and results. The inventory knowledge accumulated during almost one hundred years is consolidated in the book. The purpose of the numerous examples of results is to demonstrate the diversity of the estimates and content of a national forest inventory. The authors hope that the book will help in designing and conducting any large area forest inventory.
Place Published Dordrecht
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent Managing Forest Ecosystems, 22
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2011
Series Title Untraced Managing Forest Ecosystems, 22
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20130825033047
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 03987nam a22006015i 45