TREE DOCTOR - OVERVIEW

The Tree Doctor consists of 8 sections each with specific functions:
 - Pest Info - Background information and images if you know what the pest is

 - Diagnostics - Used to identify the cause(s) of damage  

 - Images - Use it to do a visual side-by-side comparison of two pests 

 - Hazard & Risk - Used when you want to know what the known hazard (susceptibility) and risk of damage there is to a particular pest in the biogeoclimatic subzone you are working in 

 - Compare - Used when you have a short list possible damaging agents and want to compare the individual signs and symptoms to determine the most likely cause of the damage 

 - Free Growing - Use this section if you are conducting a Free-growing survey and want to know what pests could be causing unacceptable damage.  It also provides information on the potential damaging agents/criteria are known for a particular tree species

 - Management - Consult the operational guidelines published in the BC MOF's Forest Practices Code Forest Health Guidebook series

 - Glossary - Use this section as a reference to find definitions of terminology used specifically for pest management and forest health

Images are stored in a separate folder which may be located on any storage medium - LAN drive, ftp site, local hard drive, zip drive, CD-ROM, etc.  The location of the images is user defined.

To go to a section click on the appropriate navigation button along the left side of the screen.

Section specific overview information and "how to" instructions are available by clicking the help (?) button.
