Lesson 1 - Introduction to Forest Inventory

Question 1

What forest inventory

Answer 1

a description of the kind and quantity of forest resources and the location of these resources, it is critical for making good resource management decisions

Question 2

What problems exist in forest inventory

Answer 2

1. we cannot easily measure the variable of interest - regression analysis is used to solve this problem
2. we cannot measure all the items in the selected population - as an alternative sampling is used
3. we often wish to forecast the future inventory as well as determine the current inventory

Question 3

What is forest inventory design

Answer 3

involves the planning of the steps and procedures to be followed to obtain the desired spatial and attribute information