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  1 - Number and projected area estimates of coarse woody debris by line intersect sampling (case study: chafroud forests)
  farshad keivan behjo zeynab poorgholi
  To determine a suitable method, based on precision and cost of inventory for estimates of residuals in Caspian Forests, a transect method based on probability theory, were selected for comparison. Parameters evaluated were number and projected area per hectare. Consider More

  To determine a suitable method, based on precision and cost of inventory for estimates of residuals in Caspian Forests, a transect method based on probability theory, were selected for comparison. Parameters evaluated were number and projected area per hectare. Considering all the sampling factors, a grid of 100*100m were determined for randomized systematic sampling. Length of transect was determined as 100m in transect method. To compare the results of these method with the real population statistical parameters, a 100% survey of coarse woody debris was take over 107 hectares including three compartments. The results of t-test show that the population mean was similar to means of transect method based on probability theory for all parameters, the means being within the range of confidence intervals. However in this method and in all cases, the inventory errors were greater than those at the acceptable level (10%). This can be cocluded that transect method based on probability theory is a suitable method for estimating of coarse woody debris in Caspian forests. Manuscript profile