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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Vegetation Resources Inventory

Technical Reports

Technical Reports and Documents
   author date digital format

The Impact of Photo Scale on Photo-Interpreted VRI attributes

Margaret  Penner April 2008 [download]

A Statistical Review of the B.C. Forest Inventory Audit Sampling Scheme and Estimation Methods - April 1999, by Vera Sit and Peter Ott, Biometricians, B.C. Forest Service, Research Branch

Vera Sit and Peter Ott April 1999 [download]

A Comparison of two Sampling Designs for use in the B.C. Forest Inventory: Stratified Probability Proportional to Size with Replacement (PPSWR) and Multiple Pass Ordered Systematic (MPOS) Sampling - July 1999, by Peter Ott, Biometrician, B.C. Forest Service, Research Branch

Peter Ott July 1999 [download]
Design-Based, Mode-Based and Model Assisted Inference: A Tutorial by Bill Warren Bill Warren July 2004 [download]

Establishing Polygon Accuracy by Sampling for "Within-Polygon Variability (WPV)" in the Vegetation Inventory of British Columbia - January 1998, by Kim Iles, Biometrician, Kim Iles & Associates

Kim Iles January 1998 [download]

Multiple Pass Ordered Systematic Report (Fraser TSA), by Peter Ott, Biometrician, B.C. Forest Service, Research Branch

Peter Ott July 2004 [download]

Statistical Adjustment for Continuous Timber Attributes - Revised November 2001, by Dr. Margaret Penner, Forest Biometrician

Dr. Margaret Penner November 2001 [download]

The Statistical Estimation and Adjustment Process Using a PPSWR Samping Design in the Vegetation Resource Inventory - February 10, 2001, by Carl James Schwarz, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University

Carl James Schwarz February 2001 [download]

The Statistical Estimation and Adjustment Process Using a PPSWR Samping Design in the Vegetation Resource Inventory - Summary - February 10, 2001, by Carl James Schwarz, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University

Carl James Schwarz February 2001 [download]
         

 

Author
Date
Digital Format
Change Monitoring
   
Conceptual Methods for Change Inventory and Monitoring of Vegetation Resources (version 2.0)
J.S. Thrower & Associates
December 1999 download
A Strategic Plan for Change Inventory and Monitoring Pilot Project
J.S. Thrower & Associates
March 2000 download
Statistical Estimation Methods for Provincial Change Inventory (version 2.0)
J.S. Thrower & Associates
March 2000 download
Vegetation resources Inventory Change Measurement: Preliminary Field Procedures (version 1.0)
MoF
Resources Inventory Branch
March 2000 download
Graphical and Statistical Analysis for Monitoring Estimates of Change at the Management-Unit Level (version 2.0)
J.S. Thrower & Associates

March 2000

download
   
   
Growth and Yield Monitoring
   
Interim Report: Monitoring Growth & Yield of Treated Stands
J.S. Thrower & Associates
March 1999 download
Interim Report: Monitoring Early Stand Development A Discussion Paper for the Expert Review Panel
J. Barker, J. Flewelling, K. Iles, P. Marshall, D. Munro, S. Northway, R. Willis
March 1999 download
Stand Growth Estimation Literature Review
J.S. Thrower & Associates
March 1999 download
A Review of Operational Growth & Yield Monitoring in British Columbia
Eleanor McWilliams, James Thrower
September 1994 download
         
Growth and Yield Monitoring Task Force      
Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force Discussion Paper
Eleanor McWilliams
January 1997 download
Growth and Yield Monitoring Task Force Terms of Reference Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force September 1996 download
Growth and Yield Monitoring Task Force Individual Tree Working Group Terms of Reference (Draft) Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force March 1997 download
Growth and Yield Monitoring Tasks Force Terms of Reference Silviculture Working Group (Draft) Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force March 1997 download
Inventory Working Group, Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force Report to the Growth & Yield Steering Committee Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force December 1996 download
Report to the Growth and Yield Monitoring Task Force by the Inventory Working Group Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force

December 1996

download
Development of Monitoring Protocols for the Provincial Inventory Growth & Yield Monitoring Task Force   download
A Preliminary Discussion of A CFI Approach to Integrated Data Collection in British Columbia J.S. Thrower & Associates October 2001 download
   
   
Silviculture
   
Evaluation of the Silviculturally Treated Program J.S. Thrower & Associates November 1999 download
Collecting Information on Treatment Response J.S. Thrower & Associates March 2001 download
         
Volume and Decay Prediction      
Adjusting Tree Volume, Decay and Waste Estimates in British Columbia J.S. Thrower & Associates March 1999 download
         
Old Growth Site Index Project (OGSI)      
Old Growth Site Index Project (OGSI) FAQ     download