THE AUTHOR 



ALBERT R. STAGE is principal mensurationist at the Forestry Sciences 

 Laboratory, Moscow, Idaho. His research has included studies of 

 planning methods for forest management, forest inventory tech- 

 niques, site evaluation, and methods for estimation of stand growth 

 and yield. He is Project Leader of a research team studying the 

 problems of intensive culture of the cedar-hemlock-grand fir eco- 

 system and problems of timber management planning. 



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