Forty-eight papers discuss forest resource reporting, analysis, biodiversity, modelling, remote sensing and mapping, operations, and software development for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the US Forest Service. In addition, 7 presentations discuss inventory techniques in other...
Author(s)
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Deusen, P. C. Van; McWilliams, W. H.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2009, No.WO-79, pp viii + 408 pp.
Thirty-eight papers are included, in sections on policy, analysis, remote sensing and spatial analyses, sampling and estimation, modelling, inventory data applications, all within the USA, and 6 papers on non-US inventories.
Author(s)
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Deusen, P. C. Van; McWilliams, W. H.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2007, No.WO-77, pp vii + 319 pp.
This proceedings contains 28 papers on documenting research in support of annual forest inventories conducted under the auspices of the national Forest Inventory and Analysis programme of the USDA Forest Service. The papers are divided into the following topics: (1) sampling and estimation; (2)...
Author(s)
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Deusen, P. C. van; Moser, J. W.
Publisher
North Central Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, St Paul, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - North Central Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 2002, No.NC-230, pp iv + 208 pp.
Twenty-four papers are arranged into general topic areas: remote sensing and GIS; statistical estimation and modelling; information management; analysis and reporting; and special studies. Many studies discuss the implementation of an annual inventory system by the US Forest Inventory and Analysis...
Author(s)
Reams, G. A.; McRoberts, R. E.; Deusen, P. C. van
Publisher
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Asheville, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 2001, No.SRS-47, pp iii + 143 pp.
This proceedings contains 17 papers presented at the title conference. The papers are divided into 3 sections: (1) policy; (2) assessments; and (3) statistics.
Author(s)
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Deusen, P. c. van; McWilliams, W. H.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2005, No.WP-70, pp vi + 126 pp.
Documents contributions to forest inventory in the area of sampling, remote sensing, modeling, information management, and analysis for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the USDA Forest Service.
Author(s)
McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; van Deusen, P. C.; McWilliams, W. H.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2006, No.WO-70, pp vi + 125 pp.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis plot information is used in many capacities including timber inventories, forest health assessments, and environmental risk analyses. With few exceptions, actual plot locations cannot be revealed to the general public. The...
Author(s)
Coulston, J. W.; Reams, G. A.; McRoberts, R. E.; Smith, W. D.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2006, No.WO-70, pp 81-86
Two alternative derivations of estimators for mean and variance from mapped plots are compared by considering the models that support the estimators and by simulation. It turns out that both models lead to the same estimator for the mean but lead to very different variance estimators. The variance...
Author(s)
Deusen, P. C. van
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2006, No.WO-70, pp 93-97
The Southern On Line Estimator (SOLE) is a flexible modular software program for analyzing U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data. SOLE produces statistical tables, figures, maps, and portable document format reports based on user selected area and...
Author(s)
Spinney, M. P.; Deusen, P. C. van; Roesch, F. A.
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, USA
Citation
General Technical Report - USDA Forest Service, 2006, No.WO-70, pp 75-79
The area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of environmental condition. This study presents and analyses results from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 (FRA 2015) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FRA 2015 was based on responses to...
Author(s)
Keenan, R. J.; Reams, G. A.; Achard, F.; Freitas, J. V. de; Grainger, A.; Lindquist, E.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Forest Ecology and Management, 2015, 352, pp 9-20