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Contents
AbstrAct / résumé ......................................................................................................................... v
contributors to the inventory .................................................................................................. vi
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... vii
highlights.....................................................................................................................................viii
1. introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1
2. description of cAnAdA’s forest inventory ....................................................................... 1
2.1 generAl .......................................................................................................................... 1
2.2 dAtA sources And inventory types ........................................................................... 2
2.3 Attribute dAtA ............................................................................................................. 5
2.4 Age of dAtA ................................................................................................................... 6
2.5 geogrAphic dAtA ........................................................................................................... 7
2.6 dAtA compilAtion .......................................................................................................... 7
2.7 biomAss estimAtion ..................................................................................................... 10
2.8 dAtA summAries And displAy .................................................................................... 12
3. inventory results ................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 lAnd clAss ................................................................................................................... 14
3.2 ownership ..................................................................................................................... 18
3.3 stAtus ............................................................................................................................ 20
3.4 site index ..................................................................................................................... 21
3.5 stocking ....................................................................................................................... 24
3.6 Age And mAturity ...................................................................................................... 26
3.7 forest type................................................................................................................... 30
3.8 predominAnt generA .................................................................................................. 31
3.9 leAd species ................................................................................................................. 33
3.10 volume ......................................................................................................................... 34
3.11 biomAss ......................................................................................................................... 38
3.12 Access ........................................................................................................................... 41
4. regionAl summAries ............................................................................................................. 43
4.1 forest regions ............................................................................................................ 43
4.2 terrestriAl ecozones of cAnAdA ............................................................................ 45
4.3 boreAl region ............................................................................................................. 47
5 feAtured AnAlysis: protected AreAs ................................................................................ 50
6 summAry ................................................................................................................................. 53
7 references .............................................................................................................................. 54
8 tAbles ..................................................................................................................................... 55
Appendix i. summAry tAbles ...................................................................................................... 71
Appendix ii. cAnfi2001 codes And descriptions ................................................................. 113
Appendix iii. dAtA formAts ...................................................................................................... 126
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