INGROWTH IMPUTATION IN EVEN-AGED PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS
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Missing data, truncation, forest growth and yield, data processing, tree measurements, R languageResumen
In forest sample plots, it is common to measure only trees that are larger than some minimum size. This fact needs to be considered when using such truncated samples. I describe here a procedure for imputing the presence and sizes of the missing trees. Computer code is included.Referencias
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