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TOPIC: A winning combination
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/7df643f46f1913b0?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Apr 29 2008 6:05 pm
From: dbhguru@comcast.net


ENTS,

To keep our membership informed on ENTS projects, I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Van Pelt will join us as a coauthor of the book we are planning to do on Dendromorphometry. As it stands now there will be at least 5 coauthors: Dr. Lee Frelich, Dr. Don Bragg, Dr. Robert Van Pelt, Will Blozan, and yours truly. Lee is basically in control of how many coauthors we have for a variety of relevant reasons and I think we're pushing the limit now. However, other ENTS contributors will be duly recognized in the acknowledgement section of the book and throughout the text as appropriate. We don't want to leave anyone out who contributes.
As soon as I deliver the data on the tree height measurement comparison study to Lee Frelich, I will get to cracking to produce a rough draft for the other coauthors to work with. Why me for the initial draft? I have the most time to devote to the project - a benefit of being retired. But retired or not, I will need a number of months to produce the draft and will likely confer with many Ents. "Dendromorphometry - The Art and Science of Measuring Trees in the Field" will be work in progress for quite a period of time. BTW, to recognize its source, the term dendromorphometry was originally coined by our great comrade Professor Gary Beluzo who was acknowledging the extraordinary effort several of us were making at the time in measuring trees to an ever increasing degree of accuracy. Gary honored us with certificates.
Once completed, the coauthors are confident that the book will fill a huge gap that hopefully will provide serious tree measurers with a "how to do it" guide. I would also hope that the book will eventually win us many converts to the modern and more accurate way to measure tree heights. Lee will spearhead the effort to get the book published.
As BVP pointed out in a conversation I had with him in North Carolina, to be effective, the book will need plenty of illustrations. The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words will be fully relied upon. Fortunately Bob is an exceptional artist. We've got that base covered beautifully.

Bob