"For the first time, a net balance of lenders reported that the proportion of loan applications being approved had increased," the survey said.
The method increases the survey depth of penetration because it galvanically injects electric current into the ground using a large-moment source and a long transmitter receiver distance (Abd Allah et al. 2013a).
The allometric equations used to estimate tree volume and biomass are not available for all tropical forest types and species [17], and additional measurements by destructive harvesting would increase the survey costs [8].
In 2002, the NYSDEC, ESF, and the USFWS increased the survey effort and conducted a mark-release-recapture study at the Falls.
Their experience helped to increase the survey response rate (99.9%).
Longer data collection hours can also require more field work personnel, which increase the survey cost.
Nevertheless, face-to-face interviews would have increased the survey's validity.
To increase the survey's precision, the country was divided into two strata based on these differences (see figure 1).
The survey is primarily a mailed questionnaire that is sent to selected participants, with a series of reminder postcards and telephone interviews among non-respondents and incomplete survey respondents in efforts to increase the survey response rate.
