CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



REMOVAL ESTIMATES 2 



LOGGING RESIDUES AND PRODUCT VOLUME ... 4 



DIAMETER CLASS REMOVALS 5 



SURVEY METHODS AND RELIABILITY 



OF ESTIMATES 6 



TERMINOLOGY* 10 



*Note: See Terminology for definitions of many 

 of the terms used in this paper. 



TABLES 



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1. — Conversion factors to estimate total net 



removals from inventory, Arizona and 



New Mexico 3 



2. — Net volume of logging residues from saw log 



operations as a percent of net product volume, 

 Arizona and New Mexico 5 



3. — Growing stock trees removed from inventory 



in saw log operations per 1 thousand cubic 



feet of net product volume, Arizona and 



New Mexico 7 



4. — Standard errors of ratios for logging residue 



volumes by net cubic- and board-foot measures, 

 Arizona and New Mexico 9 



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