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ARNEWS

Canada's National Forest Health Monitoring Plot Network
Manual on Plot Establishment and Monitoring (Revised)

S.P. D'Eon
Canadian Forest Service - Petawawa National Forestry Institute
Forest Insect and Disease Survey
Chalk River, Ontario

L.P. Magasi
Canadian Forest Service - Maritimes Region
Forest Insect and Disease Survey
Fredericton, New Brunswick

D. Lachance
Canadian Forest Service - Quebec Region
Forest Insect and Disease Survey
Ste. Foy, Quebec

P. DesRochers
Canadian Forest Service - Quebec Region
Forest Insect and Disease Survey
Ste. Foy, Quebec

Information Report PI-X-117
Petawawa National Forestry Institute
Chalk River, Ontario
1994


Contents
Executive Summary

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Description of ARNEWS
Aboveground Parameters for ARNEWS Plots

     ARNEWS Plot Work Schedule
     Insect and Disease Conditions 

Plot Selection Guidelines

     Location of ARNEWS Plots
     Stand Age and Species Composition of ARNEWS Plots

Part II. ARNEWS Procedures
Introduction

Plot Establishment

     Plot Marking
     Plot Numbering System
     Size of ARNEWS Plots
     Selecting a Stand
     Locating a Plot Within the Desired Stand
     On-plot Tree Numbering
     Ingrowth
     Off-plot Tree Numbering
     Random Off-plot Trees
     Replacement of Numbered Off-plot Trees

ARNEWS Form 1: Basic Plot Information

ARNEWS Form 2: Particulars for Plot Map

ARNEWS Form 3, X3: Tree Data

ARNEWS Form 4, X4: Plot Tree Assessment

ARNEWS Form 5: Regeneration and Sapling Survey

ARNEWS Form 6: Ground Vegetation Survey

ARNEWS Form 7: Softwood Shoot Data

ARNEWS Form 8: Pest Condition Assessment

ARNEWS Assessment 11a: Soil Description, Sampling, and Analysis

ARNEWS Assessment 11b: Foliage Sampling and Analysis

ARNEWS Form 12: Increment Cores and Growth Ring Analysis

Part III. Appendices
Appendix 1.  Host Species Codes Sorted by Latin (Scientific) Name

Appendix 2.  Crown Perimeter Diagrams

Appendix 3.  Code Lookup Sheet

List of Figures
Figure 1.	Plot marking
Figure 2.	On-plot / off-plot numbered trees
Figure 3.	Terrain position
Figure 4.	Particulars for plot map
Figure 5.	Where to measure DBH on abnormal stems
Figure 6.	Examples of crown closure
Figure 7.	Form 3 height measurements. (a) Hardwood, (b) Softwood
Figure 8.	Determining the base of the live crown
Figure 9.	Perimeter of outer crown
Figure 10.	Conifer crown thirds
Figure 11. 	Bare top length measurements

List of Tables
Table 1.	Parameter assessment schedule
Table 2.	ARNEWS plot work schedule
Table 3.	Table to check the distribution of trees measured for height
Table 4.	How to record dead trees

Copyright 1994, Canadian Forest Service. Use is unlimited, provided the material is correctly attributed.
Markup by Ecological Monitoring Coordinating Office.

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ARNEWS

Canada's National Forest Health Monitoring Plot Network Manual on Plot Establishment and Monitoring (Revised)

Contents

Part I. Description of ARNEWS

Part II. ARNEWS Procedures

Part III. Appendices

List of Figures

List of Tables

Copyright 1994, Canadian Forest Service. Use is unlimited, provided the material is correctly attributed. Markup by Ecological Monitoring Coordinating Office.

Canada's National Forest Health Monitoring Plot Network
Manual on Plot Establishment and Monitoring (Revised)

Copyright 1994, Canadian Forest Service. Use is unlimited, provided the material is correctly attributed.
Markup by Ecological Monitoring Coordinating Office.