Background The increasing availability of remotely sensed data has recently challenged the
traditional way of performing forest inventories, and induced an interest in model-based …

Recent developments in remote sensing (RS) technology have made several sources of
auxiliary data available to support forest inventories. Thus, a pertinent question is how …

Monitoring of plant populations has become more and more important, especially in the
current context of environmental change. In this paper, we propose methods to estimate …

A new spatially balanced sampling design for environmental surveys is introduced, called
Halton iterative partitioning (HIP). The design draws sample locations that are well spread …

Stands are the primary unit for tactical and operational forest planning. Forest managers can
use remote-sensing-based forest inventories to precisely estimate attributes of interest at the …

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) acquisitions provide piecemeal coverage across the western
US, as collections are organized by local managers of individual project areas. In this study …

The German National Forest Inventory consists of a systematic grid of permanent sample
plots and provides a reliable evidence-based assessment of the state and the development …

A new sampling strategy for design‐based environmental monitoring is proposed. It has the
potential to produce superior estimators for totals of environmental variables and their …

Key message Using spatially balanced sampling utilizing auxiliary information in the design
phase can enhance the design efficiency of national forest inventory. These gains …

Wildfire activity in the western United States is expanding and many western forests are
struggling to regenerate postfire. Accurate estimates of forest regeneration following wildfire …