Selected Examples of Advanced FIA Data Analysis

Abstract

This short discussion introduces the contents of the new Special Section on Advanced FIA Data Analysis that has been recently created in the Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences (MCFNS) journal as a result of collaboration between the journal editors and the USDA Forest Service FIA (Forest Inventory Analysis) scientists.  This section contains three papers, which originated from presentations at the 9th Annual FIA Symposium held at Park City, Utah on October 21-23, 2008.  The papers contained here went through two screening criteria, passed a peer-review process, and were assessed by the journal editors as consistent with the MCRNS journal scope and focus and valuable contributions to the journal contents.