Background
Information Page

 

DecAID Repository Components

Here is the heart of the DecAID Repository.  Listed below are categories of background information available on the DecAID Advisor; more will be posted here and updated as they become available from the DecAID Science Team.

The components of DecAID currently available here are as follows:
 
 

Introduction to DecAID Components
How to Use These Components
PowerPoint show: Introduction to DecAID Advisor
DecAID Brochure (color, 4 pg.; 1.2MB PDF)
Terminology and Glossary

Papers and Citations
How to Cite This Repository
Papers Available

DecAID Advisor Components
Wildlife Habitat Types and Structural Conditions Used in DecAID
Insect & Disease Components
Inventory Components
Wildlife Components

Methods
Data Analysis Methods Used in DecAID
The Statistical Basis for DecAID

Some Cautions
Cautions and Caveats - a Must Read!
A Word on Scale

Links to Other Web Sites & Info on Dead Wood¹
Dead Tree Web Site - B.C. Ministry of Forests
"Animal Inn" Program - USDA Forest Service
CWDM - Coarse Wood Dynamics Model
Down Wood Research in Riparian Zones
Links to Dead Wood Models
A Snag Species Bibliography
Artificial Snags & Logs
WWF sites:
Deadwood - Living Forests (WWF Report, Oct 2004, 1.6MB PDF)
Don't Clear Out Your Dead Wood, WWF Says

¹ Other web sites, companies, or products mentioned are for information only and are not necessarily endorsed by USDA Forest Service and USDI Fish and Wildlife Service.  Additional, general disclaimers and legal statements.