B.C. Ministry of Forests Forest Science Program
			Abstract for IWR19

		Forest Crowns, Snow Interception and Management of Black-tailed Deer Winter Habitat
		Authors or Ministry contacts: R.S. McNay
		Branch: Research
		Subject: Hydrology
		Series: Integrated Wildlife Intensive Forestry Research
		Other details: Published June 1985.

Abstract

The phenomenon of snow interception by forest stands is examined in this report. Interception relationships extracted from literature are evaluated for their applicability to the silvicultural and climatic conditions of south coastal British Columbia. 
Hypotheses tested address: 1 ) the prediction of snow interception, 2) comparisons of heterogeneity in snow interception between second-growth and old-growth forests, and 3 ) how interception and interception efficiency vary depending on forest crown completeness and storm size.

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