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Old Growth-related publications
- Beardsley, D, and R. Warbington. 1996. Old growth in northwestern California National Forests. Res.Pap. PNW-RP-491. 47 p. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Research Paper PNW-RP-491. 47 p.
- Beardsley, Debby; Bolsinger, Charles: Warbington, Ralph. 1999. Old-growth forests in the Sierra Nevada: by type in 1945 and 1993 and ownership in 1993. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-516. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific North-
west Research Station. 46 p. - Bolsinger, Charles L. and Karen L. Waddell. 1993. Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington. Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.
- Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team [FEMAT]. 1993. Forest ecosystem management: an ecological, economic, and social assessment. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of the Interior [and others]. [Irregular pagination].
- Franklin, J.F., K. Cromack, Jr., W. Dennison, A. McKee, C. Maser, J. Sedell, F. Swanson, and G. Juday. 1981. Ecological characteristics of old-growth Douglas-fir forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-118. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 48 p.
- Franklin, J.F. and T.A. Spies. 1991. Ecological definitions of old-growth Douglas-fir forests. p. 61-69 In Wildlife and vegetation of unmanaged Douglas-fir forests. L.F. Ruggiero, K.B. Aubry, A.B. Carey, and M. Huff (technical coordinators). USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-285. Portland, OR. 533 p.
- Old-growth Definition Task Group. 1986. Interim definitions for old-growth Douglas-fir and mixed-conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest and California. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Res. Note PNW-447. 7 p.
- Spies, T.A. and J.F. Franklin. 1996. The diversity and maintenance of old-growth forests. In Szaro, R.C. and D.W. Johnston (eds.). Biodiversity in managed landscapes: theory and practice. Oxford University Press. New York. 778 p.
- USDA Forest Service. 1992. Old Growth Definitions/Characteristics for Eleven Forest Cover Types. Internal memo dated June 19, 1992, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, San Francisco, CA.
- USDA Forest Service. 1993. Region 6 interim old growth definition[s] [for the] Douglas-fir series, grand fir/white fir series, interior Douglas-fir series, lodgepole pine series, Pacific silver fir series, ponderosa pine series, Port Orford cedar series, tanoak (redwood) series, western hemlock series. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR.
- Warbington, Ralph; Beardsley, Debby. 2002. 2002 Estimates of Old Growth Forests on the 18 National Forests of the Pacific Southwest Region. USDA Forest Service.
Vegetation Surveys
- Current Vegetation Survey (CVS)
Access to CVS data, tools and documentation. - Max, T.A., H.T. Schreuder, J.W. Hazard, D.D. Oswald, J. Teply, J. Alegria. 1996. The Pacific Northwest Region vegetation and inventory monitoring system. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Research Paper PNW-RP-493. 22 p.
- Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)
FIA program managed by the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the USFS. - FIA National Program, USFS Washington Office
- FIA USFS Region 5 (California)
- Waddell, K.; B. Hiserote. 2003. The PNW-FIA Integrated Database User Guide. A database of forest inventory information for California, Oregon, and Washington, Version 1.1. Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon. Draft dated March 24, 2003.
- Inventory and Monitoring Institute
Remote Sensing/Vegetation Mapping
CALVEG
- USDA, U.S. Forest Service - Regional Ecology Group. 1981. CALVEG: A Classification of California Vegetation. San Francisco, CA. 168 pp.
General
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1999. Implementation of remote sensing for ecosystem management. EM-7140-28. Salt Lake City, UT: Engineering Staff, Remote Sensing Applications Center. 48 p.
- Maus, P., Lachowski, H., Golden, M., Johnson, J., Landrum, V., Powell, J., Varner, V., Wirth, T., Gonzales, J., and Bain, S. 1995. Guidelines for the use of digital imagery for vegetation mapping. EM-7140-25. Washington, D.C.: USDA Forest Service. 125 p. + apps.
Spatial Data Standards
- Vegetation Strike Team. 1996. Data standards and implementation recommendations. Internal document. Interagency Resource Information Coordinating Committee. USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Portland, OR.
FRAGSTATS
- McGarigal, K and Marks, B.J. 1995. FRAGSTATS: spatial pattern analysis program for quantifying landscape structure. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-351.
Change Detection
- Western Oregon Vegetation Mapping Project, LARSE
- California Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Coast Pilot Study
- Siuslaw National Forest and Pacific Northwest Research Station. 1999. Oregon Coast Range Province Effectiveness Monitoring Pilot Study. June 18, 1999. 69 p. + appendices and maps.
