The Journal of the International Biometric Society defines biometrics:

"The terms "Biometrics" and "Biometry" have been used since early in the 20th century to refer to the field of development of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in the biological sciences. Statistical methods for the analysis of data from agricultural field experiments to compare the yields of different varieties of wheat, for the analysis of data from human clinical trials evaluating the relative effectiveness of competing therapies for disease, or for the analysis of data from environmental studies on the effects of air or water pollution on the appearance of human disease in a region or country are all examples of problems that would fall under the umbrella of "Biometrics" as the term has been historically used." (source: http://www.tibs.org/interior.aspx?id=290; viewed July 2, 2007)

Because the kinds of issues in management and research on forest-dominated landscapes have differed from those in agriculture, the term "Forest Biometrics" has been used to further distinguish the unique problems and techniques in this area. Issues in Forest Biometrics include traditional research and experimental design and analysis, applied tools for industrial management, sampling and environmental monitoring, quantitative analysis of remotely sensed data, modelling at many scales and exploratory data analysis in wildlife, range, recreation, fisheries, terrestrial ecology and climate / ecosystem relationships. Forest Biometrics isn't an umbrella that subsumes all of these fields; rather, biometrics is the application of statistics and mathematics to management and research in many fields that share a common basis: forested landscapes.

Now, if you search the internet for references to "biometrics", you might not find what you're after. The term "Biometrics" has also been used to refer to technologies and devices that allow identification of people using biological features, like retinal or iris scanning, face recognition or fingerprints. This is a new use of the term, popularized in the media and not a branch of biometrics as traditionally defined. If you've come here looking for the new "biometrics", you've come to the wrong place!

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