THE AUTHORS 



RENEE O'BRIEN is a range conservationist in the 

 Forest Survey Research Work Unit at the Intermoun- 

 tain Forest and Range Experiment Station. She holds 

 a B.S. degree in botany from Weber State College, 

 Ogden. Utah, and a B.S. degree in range science from 

 Utah State University, Logan. She began her profes- 

 sional career with the Forest Service in 1981 with the 

 Intermountain Station. 



DWANE D. VAN HOOSER is project leader, Forest 

 Survey, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment 

 Station. He holds a B.S. degree in forestry and an M.S. 

 degree in forestry and business management from 

 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He began his 

 Forest Service career in 1964 with the Southern Forest 

 Experiment Station, New Orleans. Before coming to 

 Ogden, he held a staff position at the Forest Service 

 national headquarters in Washington, D.C. 



RESEARCH SUMMARY 



The Understory Vegetation Inventory Procedure used 

 on Forest Survey plots provides some basic informa- 

 tion about the plant community that, when combined 

 with other information, can be used for wildlife habitat 

 and forage evaluation, grazing use potential, potential 

 climax and serai stage of vegetation, and estimation 

 of land productivity in terms of biomass. 



