THE AUTHORS 



DAVID A. HAMILTON, JR. , is a research forester working in timber 

 measurements and management planning research at the Forestry 

 Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, Idaho. Since receiving his Ph.D. 

 in forestry from Iowa State University in 1970, he has worked on 

 the sampling and modeling of forest mortality. 



BRUCE M. EDWARDS, at the time of the writing of this publication, 

 was forestry research analyst for Potlatch Corporation working on 

 a cooperative study with the USDA Forest Service at the Forestry 

 Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, Idaho. He is now working with the 

 Potlatch Corporation research staff at Lewiston, Idaho. 



