Table 3.

Description of decay stages.

Decay Stage	Description
Trees not snapped
1	Recently killed, all twigs/ branches present, wood hard, bark (normally) intact
2	Twigs and small branches missing (major branches remain), wood hard
3	No branches, bole mostly intact, wood starting to soften.
Tree snapped along bole: twigs and branches absent
1-2S	Recently killed, wood hard, bark (normally) intact
3S	Wood starting to soften
4S	Wood soft throughout the snag

Refer to Fig. 11 for visual representation of decay stages.