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Field Manual for Describing Terrestrial Ecosystems

Methods for field description of standing and down dead trees are included in the "Field Manual for Describing Terrestrial Ecosystems" (B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests, 1998) that is available from Crown Publications Inc., 521 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E7 (TEL: (250) 386-4636; FAX: (250) 386-0221).

Individuals chapters of this manual are available as Adobe Acrobat files (*.pdf) at http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Lmh/Lmh25.htm. The specific files of interest are:

Chapter 6 - Tree Attributes for Wildlife
Chapter 7 - Coarse Woody Debris

The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Author: Varied
Submitted by: Andy MacKinnon
Peer Review: unknown


Last Modified: 2001 NOV 13. Ministry contact: John Parminter.
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