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Predicting Tree Mortality in a Changing Climate
ABSTRACT Climate change has already begun to impact British Columbian forests, and the direct and indirect impacts are predicted to increase in severity and magnitude.... -
Multiple Resource Limitation and Ontogeny Combined: A Growth Rate Comparison ...
ABSTRACT The combined effects of light, soil fertility, and ontogenetic changes on plant growth rates are poorly understood, yet these three factors play fundamental roles in... -
Mountain Pine Beetle/Lichen Project Quesnel TSA
INTRODUCTION The Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population winters in low elevation forested habitat east of the Itcha Mountains, and in high elevation... -
Evaluation of Stand Dynamics After a 25-30 Year Old MPB Attack in the Flathea...
ABSTRACT A retrospective study was undertaken in an old Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) attacked forest to gain insight in stand dynamics post-beetle attack. Extent of mortality,... -
Predicted Impacts of Hard Pine Stem Rusts on Lodgepole Pine Dominated Stands ...
ABSTRACT In 1997, 30 one-ha stem mapped plots were located in randomly selected juvenile lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. Ex Loud.) leading stands aged 15-20 years. The... -
Implications of Alternate Silvicultural Strategies in Mountain Pine Beetle Da...
ABSTRACT In this project, we incorporated a robust snag dynamics submodel into SORTIE-ND, a version of the spatially explicit, individual tree model SORTIE (Pacala et al. 1996;... -
Change of Allometry Between Coarse Root and Shoot of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus co...
ABSTRACT This transect study in 41-178 year-old stands of Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta DOUGL. ex. LOUD.) in the southern boreal forest of British Columbia, Canada, analyses... -
Competition and Tree Crowns: A Neighborhood Analysis of Three Boreal Tree Spe...
ABSTRACT Competition for canopy space is a fundamental structuring feature of forest ecosystems and remains an enduring focus of research attention. We used a spatial... -
Development of a Spatially Explicit Crown Model
ABSTRACT Recent changes in forest management goals have led to a diversification of silvicultural practices to maintain complex, mixed-species stands. Managing such stands... -
Analysis of Climate Data from Smithers, BC: Can We Expect an Increase in Cond...
INTRODUCTION (summarized) This report analyzes climate data from Smithers, BC, with a focus on the potential impact of anticipated temperature and rainfall increases in...