Selected Wildlife and Habitat Features : Inventory Manual for Use in Forest Management Planning

Selected Wildlife and Habitat Features : Inventory Manual for Use in Forest Management Planning

Author: Ranta, W. Bruce

Publisher: Peterborough : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Published: 1998

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780777861820

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The guidelines presented in this publication have been prepared to assist resource managers in the standardized inventory of habitat, and in some cases, populations of selected species of wildlife that potentially occur within the Crown forests of Ontario. The first section describes generalized methods and techniques, including information on personnel and training, planning of field surveys, wildlife habitat inventory and geographic information system technology, and recording the location of observations. The second and main section presents methodologies to identify and delineate featured species habitats. Chapters in this section provide methodologies regarding: moose aquatic feeding areas, bald eagle and osprey nests, and great blue heron colonies; moose winter habitat; white-tailed deer winter habitat; provincially featured birds, mammals, reptiles, and plants; woodland caribou winter habitat, calving and nursery sites; nests of red-shouldered hawk and great gray owl; southern flying squirrel habitats; West Virginia white butterfly habitats; and other vulnerable birds, mammals, and reptiles that can be locally featured.


Timber Management Guidelines for the Provision of Moose Habitat

Timber Management Guidelines for the Provision of Moose Habitat

Author: Ontario. Wildlife Branch

Publisher: Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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Guidelines to assist resource managers in maintaining or creating through timber management the diversity of age classes and species of vegetation that provide habitat for moose. The document also summarizes moose habitat requirements and the possible impact of various timber management operations. Guidelines are recommended for both general needs for moose habitat and specific needs that can be identified for specific geographic areas.


Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources

Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources

Author: Andres Weintraub

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-19

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 038771815X

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Here is the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book covers these areas with contributions from researchers on, among others, modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, and developing algorithms.


Handbook on Decision Support Systems 2

Handbook on Decision Support Systems 2

Author: Frada Burstein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-22

Total Pages: 827

ISBN-13: 3540487166

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As the most comprehensive reference work dealing with decision support systems (DSS), this book is essential for the library of every DSS practitioner, researcher, and educator. Written by an international array of DSS luminaries, it contains more than 70 chapters that approach decision support systems from a wide variety of perspectives. These range from classic foundations to cutting-edge thought, informative to provocative, theoretical to practical, historical to futuristic, human to technological, and operational to strategic. The chapters are conveniently organized into ten major sections that novices and experts alike will refer to for years to come.


Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1

Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1

Author: Frada Burstein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-22

Total Pages: 886

ISBN-13: 3540487131

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Decision support systems have experienced a marked increase in attention and importance over the past 25 years. The aim of this book is to survey the decision support system (DSS) field – covering both developed territory and emergent frontiers. It will give the reader a clear understanding of fundamental DSS concepts, methods, technologies, trends, and issues. It will serve as a basic reference work for DSS research, practice, and instruction. To achieve these goals, the book has been designed according to a ten-part structure, divided in two volumes with chapters authored by well-known, well-versed scholars and practitioners from the DSS community.


A Silvicultural Guide for the White Pine and Red Pine Working Groups in Ontario

A Silvicultural Guide for the White Pine and Red Pine Working Groups in Ontario

Author: David John Chapeskie

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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This silvicultural guide is one of several, each of which provides a description of the silvicultural characteristics of the working group species and describes silvicultural practices for the working group. The guide reflects relevant literature and research, and the knowledge and experience of forestry staff in the management of the working group in Ontario and elsewhere. The guide covers the range and commercial importance of white pine and red spruce, siting, and wildlife and environmental considerations. Management prescriptions include such silvicultural systems as shelterwood and clear cut systems, harvesting considerations, forest renewal, stand maintenance, conversion and management intensity. Data is also given on the age-class distribution, historical harvest, average roundwood receipts, and biological rotation ages.