9 datasets found

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....

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...

INTRODUCTION The Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population winters in low elevation forested habitat east of the Itcha Mountains, and in high elevation...

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,...

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...

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;...

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...

ABSTRACT Recent changes in forest management goals have led to a diversification of silvicultural practices to maintain complex, mixed-species stands. Managing such stands...

INTRODUCTION (summarized) This report analyzes climate data from Smithers, BC, with a focus on the potential impact of anticipated temperature and rainfall increases in...