The objective of this study was to evaluate a sampling methodology that proposes the use of overlapping circular plots in forest inventories in comparison with the conventional simple random sampling. The overlapping circular plots method was compared with rectangular and circular plots with fixed and variable radius (Bitterlich). Results showed that the ciclular plot superposing method may be applied with estimators of conventional simple random sampling, and the Bitterlich method may represent an alternative to the circular plot with fixed radius.
Random simple sampling; Point sampling; Bitterlich's method
