THE AUTHORS 



BRIAN M. STEELE, a master's degree candidate in 

 statistics at Oregon State University, shared major 

 responsibility for the conduct of this study, particu- 

 larly field sampling, data processing, and analysis. He 

 earned a B.S. degree in biology from Cornell 

 University. He has worked for the Intermountain 

 Research Station as a forest technician and as a 

 cooperator. 



STEPHEN V. COOPER, research forester with the 

 University of Montana during the study, is currently a 

 volunteer with the Forest Service. He was a principal 

 author of "Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho," 

 from which the present study is derived. He shared 

 responsibility for field sampling and analysis. He 

 received B.S. (Union College, Schenectady, NY) and 

 M.S. (State University of New York, Albany) degrees in 

 biology, and a Ph.D. in botany (Washington State 

 University). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Major support for this study was provided by the 

 Ecology Program of the Northern Region of the Forest 

 Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through a 

 cooperative agreement with the Intermountain 

 Research Station. 



We thank Mike Sweet (University of Montana), and 

 Ken Neiman and Patricia Patterson (Clearwater 

 National Forest) for providing supplementary data and 

 field assistance. 



August 1986 

 Internnountain Research Station 

 324 25th Street 

 Ogden, UT 84401 



