Effect of cluster configuration and auxiliary variables on the efficiency of local pivotal method for national forest inventory

Authors :: Jouni Peräsaari
Minna Räty
Juho Pitkänen
Annika Kangas
Kari T. Korhonen
Antti Ihalainen
Juha Heikkinen
Source :: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 34:607-616
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2019.
Abstract: Planning a forest inventory comprises making decisions related to the sampling strategy: cluster configuration, sample size and sample allocation within the survey area. Cluster configurati...

Subjects :: 040101 forestry
Forest inventory
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
National forest inventory
Sampling (statistics)
Forestry
Sample (statistics)
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Disease cluster
01 natural sciences
Auxiliary variables
Efficiency
Sample size determination
Statistics
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Environmental science
0105 earth and related environmental sciences

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