Forest Inventory

Introduction to forest inventories sampling theory main sampling statistics types and demarcation of sampling units required precision and sampling error limit sampling intensity as a function of mean variance and error limit sampling intensity as a function of costs and available resources sampling methods fixed area and variable area sampling systems without and with restrictions simple and stratified random sampling systematic sampling cluster sampling multi-stage sampling forest monitoring sampling processes in continuous forest inventories example of a continuous forest inventory with partial repetition planning forest inventories preparing a forest inventory report.