8 datasets found

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,...

PROJECT HISTORY, PURPOSE, METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE (summarized) This executive summary is part of a two year project, which started in April 2006 and runs till March 2008. This...

PROJECT PURPOSE AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS (summarized) The Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) epidemic has shifted from controlling the outbreak to mitigating its impact on...

(From "Synopsis of FIA-FSP Research Projects (2004-2009)") Forest managers require robust, unbiased predictive equations of juvenile tree growth under a range of management...

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;...

This report addresses the management practices and challenges related to sub-boreal forests in British Columbia. It discusses the historical dominance of clearcutting followed...

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 A sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate general model dynamics and model predictions were compared to independent datasets from forests of northwestern BC....