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Canadian Forest Service Activities in Support of Growth & Yield Research in North-Central B.C. Phil Burton UNBC, 29 June 2005. The CFS does not have a G&Y program. … but …. We do have:. G&Y expertise; Data/models on stand dynamics associated with insects and diseases;
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Canadian Forest Service Activities in Support of Growth & Yield Research in North-Central B.C. Phil Burton UNBC, 29 June 2005
We do have: • G&Y expertise; • Data/models on stand dynamics associated with insects and diseases; • Long-term silvicultural trials; • National Forest Inventory (NFI); • Strong emphasis on carbon stocks and carbon dynamics.
Expertise: • E.g., Steen Magnussen • 2005. A variance estimator for constrained estimates of change in relative categorical frequencies. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 105: 391-410. • 2002. An inverse gaussian distribution of tree frequencies based on tree size. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 9: 27-42. • 2002. Evaluation of probability proportional to predictions estimators of total stem volume. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 92-102. • 1999. Effect of plot size on estimates of top height in Douglas-fir. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 14(1): 17-27.
Stand Dynamics Associated With Insects and Diseases: • E.g., The Root Rot Tracker Fred Peet
Stand Dynamics Associated With Insects and Diseases: • E.g., Armillaria impacts on stand development and productivity Mike Cruickshank
Stand Dynamics Associated With Insects and Diseases: • E.g., Chilcotin, pre-MPB, post-MPB, and 18-yrs post-MPB Terry Shore, Brad Hawkes & Steve Taylor
Long-Term Silvicultural Trials: • Especially for lodgepole pine, mostly Southern Interior -- Roger Whitehead
Long-Term Silvicultural Trials: • Especially for lodgepole pine, in Alberta -- Jim Stewart & Richard Yang, NoFC
Long-Term Silvicultural Trials: • More recently for mixedwood, especially in Alberta – • EMEND, Hotchkiss River, Alcott Creek Derek Sidders & Dan MacIsaac, NoFC
National Forest Inventory (NFI): • Designed for 10-yr monitoring interval • photo-plot and ground-plot components • 20-km grid for 2 km x 2 km photo-plots • Ground plots at 8% of sites, in support of CCFM C&I, C budget monitoring, etc. Mark Gillis
Forest Carbon Accounting, Modelling & Climate Change: Werner Kurz m3 wood kg dry wt biomass kg C
CFS Summary • Support, but not lead, G&Y research • Facilitate continuity and collaboration within the region • Link to national interests in C&I reporting, risk analysis, carbon accounting & climate change