A Primer on Clustering of Forest Management Units for Reliable Design-Based Direct Estimates and Model-Based Small Area Estimation

A Primer on Clustering of Forest Management Units for Reliable Design-Based Direct Estimates and Model-Based Small Area Estimation

This study employs clustering analysis to group forest management units using auxiliary, satellite imagery-derived height metrics and past wall-to-wall tree census data from a natural, uneven-aged forest. Initially, we conducted an exhaustive exploration to determine the optimal number of clusters &...

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Main Authors: Aristeidis Georgakis, Demetrios Gatziolis, Georgios Stamatellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
cluster analysis
optimal number of clusters k
WorldView-derived vegetation canopy height
census inventory
clustering indices
PAM
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/10/1994

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