Synecological Map of the University of British Columbia Research Forest

A synecological map on a 5,150 ha area of the U.B.C. Research Forest, Haney, B.C., was prepared at the scale 1:10,000. Forest ecosystems (biogeocoenoses) were classified through synthesis of similar plots, following the analysis of vegetation by the phytosociological techniques of the Zürich-Montpellier School and of corresponding habitats as adapted by Krajina and his students. The mapping was done by a combination of ground survey and aerial photographic interpretation. The thrust of the cartographic design for the map focused on criteria appropriate to map series. Aspects of format, information content and of color design, are illustrated and discussed.