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Title: Calculation of upper confidence bounds on proportion of area containing not-sampled vegetation types: An application to map unit definition for existing vegetation maps

Author: Patterson, Paul L.; Finco, Mark

Date: 2011

Source: Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural-Resource Sciences. 3(2): 98-101.

Description: This paper explores the information forest inventory data can produce regarding forest types that were not sampled and develops the equations necessary to define the upper confidence bounds on not-sampled forest types. The problem is reduced to a Bernoulli variable. This simplification allows the upper confidence bounds to be calculated based on Cochran (1977). Examples are provided that demonstrate how the resultant equations are relevant to creating mid-level vegetation maps by assisting in the development of statistically defensible map units.

Keywords: map unit, remote sensing, FIA, dominance type, grid sampling, confidence bounds, mid-level map

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Patterson, Paul L.; Finco, Mark  2011.  Calculation of upper confidence bounds on proportion of area containing not-sampled vegetation types: An application to map unit definition for existing vegetation maps.   Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural-Resource Sciences. 3(2): 98-101..