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| View Larger Image | Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories (Applied Environmental Statistics) | Hardcoverby Daniel Mandallaz (Author)
| List Price: | $83.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Chapman & Hall/CRC | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 26, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 1,926,147st |
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| Statistical Methods for Spatial Data Analysis (Texts in Statistical Science Series)
by Oliver Schabenberger (Author), Carol A. Gotway (Author)
Understanding spatial statistics requires tools from applied and mathematical statistics, linear model theory, regression, time series, and stochastic processes. It also requires a mindset that focuses on the unique characteristics of spatial data and the development of specialized analytical tools designed explicitly for spatial data analysis. Statistical Methods for Spatial Data Analysis answers the demand for a text that incorporates all of these factors by presenting a balanced exposition...
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| Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Stochastic Simulation for Bayesian Inference, Second Edition (Texts in Statistical Science Series)
by Dani Gamerman (Author), Hedibert F. Lopes (Author)
While there have been few theoretical contributions on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods in the past decade, current understanding and application of MCMC to the solution of inference problems has increased by leaps and bounds. Incorporating changes in theory and highlighting new applications, Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Stochastic Simulation for Bayesian Inference, Second Edition presents a concise, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the methods of this valuable simulation...
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| Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment
by Timothy G. Gregoire (Author), Harry T. Valentine (Author)
Written by renowned experts in the field, Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment covers the sampling techniques used in ecology, forestry, environmental science, and natural resources. The book presents methods to estimate aggregate characteristics on a per unit area basis as well as on an elemental basis. In addition to common sampling designs such as simple random sampling and list sampling, the authors explore more specialized designs for sampling vegetation, including...
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Product Description
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. |
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| Forest Mensuration (Managing Forest Ecosystems)
by Anthonie van Laar (Author), Alparslan Akça (Author)
Van Laar and Akça’s popular text book, Forest Mensuration, was first published in 1997. Like that first edition, this modern update is based on extensive research, teaching and practical experience in both Europe, and the tropics and subtropics. However, it has also been extensively revised, and now includes chapters on remote sensing and the application of aerial photographs and satellite imagery. As with its predecessor, this book assumes no advanced knowledge of statistical...
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| Carbon Inventory Methods: Handbook for Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Carbon Mitigation and Roundwood Production Projects (Advances in Global Change Research)
by N.H. Ravindranath (Author), Madelene Ostwald (Author)
Carbon inventory requiring estimation of carbon dioxide emissions and removals in land-use categories for national greenhouse gas inventory and changes in stocks of carbon in projects aimed at climate change mitigation has become increasingly important in global efforts to address climate change. Hence, there is a need for a handbook that provides guidelines and methods required for carbon inventory. Carbon Inventory Methods Handbook provides detailed step-by-step information on...
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| Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession (Springer Series on Environmental Management)
by Lawrence R. Walker (Editor), Joe Walker (Editor), Richard J. Hobbs (Editor)
While studies of restoration and ecological succession have been published independently, there is much overlap between these approaches that has not been adequately explored. "Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession" integrates practical information from restoration projects around the world with the latest developments in successional theory. This innovative book recognizes the critical roles of disturbance ecology, landscape ecology, ecological assembly, invasion biology, ecosystem...
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| Forest Inventory: Methodology and Applications (Managing Forest Ecosystems)
by Annika Kangas (Editor), Matti Maltamo (Editor)
This book has been developed as a forest inventory textbook for students and can also serve as a handbook for practical foresters. The book is divided into four sections. The first section deals mostly with sampling issues. First, we present the basic sampling designs at a fairly non-technical mathematical level. In addition, we present some more advanced sampling issues often needed in forest inventory. Those include for instance problems with systematic sampling, and methods for sampling...
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| Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists
by Gerry P. Quinn (Author), Michael J. Keough (Author)
This essential textbook is designed for students or researchers in biology who need to design experiments, sampling programs, or analyze resulting data. The text begins with a revision of estimation and hypothesis testing methods, before advancing to the analysis of linear and generalized linear models. The chapters include such topics as linear and logistic regression, simple and complex ANOVA models, log-linear models, and multivariate techniques. The main analyses are illustrated with many...
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