On non-circularity of tree stem cross-sections: effect of diameter selection on cross-section area estimation, Bitterlich sampling and stem volume estimation in Scots pine
In the common methods of forest mensuration, including stem volume models and Bitterlich sampling, stem cross-sections are assumed to be circular. In nature this assumption is never exactly fulfilled. Errors due to non-circularity have been presumed to be small and unimportant but stu...
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| Language: | English |
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Silva Fennica |
| Online Access: | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/924 |