Native Forest Monitoring Guide

Native Forest Monitoring - Guide for forest owners and managers.

This publication provides information on planning and undertaking forest ecosystem monitoring. It is written with the hands-on manager and fieldworker in mind. It provides explanations, simple monitoring techniques and a wide range of possible indicators and measurement methods.

Copies can be obtained from Groundtruth for NZD $20.00, including postage and packing within NZ. PDF versions of the book and assessment forms are available below.

Native Forest Monitoring - PDF files

• Cover
• Contents and acknowledgements
• Introduction and Chapter 1: Monitoring Outline
• Chapter 2: Monitoring Toolbox
• Chapter 3: Understanding Native Forest Monitoring
• Chapter 4: Forest Ecosystem Indicators and Measurement
• Chapter 4-2
• Chapter 4-3
• References and Appendicies

Field Monitoring Forms

• Monitoring plan
• Surveillance
• Quickplot
• Point intercept
• Photopoint
• Pest plants
• Fruitfall
• Bird transect
• Epicormic
• Cylinder
• Flower fruit