Forest inventory - growth and yield in Canada: past, present and future

Abstract

Presents selected highlights from the Canadian forestry literature. Development began in the early 1900s; and has proceeded slowly, often resulting in a lack of continuity in reporting. Forest inventory has been at the forefront of technological development as is evidenced by the application of aerial photographs, satellite imagery, geographic information systems and modern statistical theory. Emphasis has been on the study of competition, stand structure and development, and computer simulation using data from permanent sample plots. These highlights are presented for the periods to 1929, the depression and war years to 1945, the postwar period to 1972, the present and the future. -from Authors