About the Authors

Cristopher L. Brack and Geoffrey B. Wood

Cris is the Lecturer in Forest Mensuration and Inventory at the Department of Forestry, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Australian National University, Canberra. Geoff held this same position for 25 years until May 1993 when he retired as Reader in the Department.

In 1995 and 1996, these electronic resources were compiled predominantly from lecture and practical manuals written by Geoff (1988-1992) for teaching undergraduate students in forestry. Cris restructured and linked Geoff's original work and developed new resources that include graphical presentations and animations.

Cris is also responsible for editing, promoting further developments and expanding the resources available. Expansion of resources may include linking to other databases and incorporating work by other practitioners and academics.

Other contributors are noted at the foot of each relevant section.

Background to C.L. Brack

• Efficient Information collection
• Effective Information use
  • Use by forest managers (Decision support)
  • Use by students, professional development
• Artificial Intelligence in forest management

Cris Brack's philosphy of teaching and research context.

Background to G.B. Wood

He and Professor H.V. Wiant Jr. of the University of West Virginia conceived the idea underpinning the centroid method of estimating the volume of a tree bole which, in a series of studies, they developed into an efficient and practical field procedure. Geoff is retired in Canberra.

Comments

Cris.Brack@anu.edu.au