Stand Tending Impacts on Environmental Indicators
Stand Tending Impacts on Environmental Indicators

Author: Julee A. Greenough

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13:

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Stand tending treatments include the spacing of juvenile trees (pre-commercial thinning), commercial thinning of older trees, fertilizing, and pruning. This report notes the impact of stand tending on environmental values.

Guidelines for Developing Stand Density Management Regimes
Guidelines for Developing Stand Density Management Regimes

Author: British Columbia. Forest Practices Branch

Publisher: British Columbia, Forest Practices Branch

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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Stand density management is the process of controlling tree density within a stand to achieve desired objectives. Stand density management practices include the spacing of planted trees, pre-commercial thinning, and commercial thinning. A sound density management prescription must consider three elements of prediction: biological responses of the stand to treatment, economic implications of the treatment, and forest-level effects of the treatment. This document provides essential information on each of these elements, and provides a structured decision process for making site-specific density management prescriptions. Sections of the document cover the biological concepts of timber production, economic principles of timber production, forest planning considerations, the decision process, and density management planning tools. Includes glossary.

Proceedings
Proceedings

Author: Alberta. Alberta Environmental Protection

Publisher: Alberta, Environmental Protection c1999.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 132

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Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia
Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia

Author: A. Ceska

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0774844744

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This original work makes unprecedented use of some of the most important research to date in plant ecology. It is a guide for assessing site quality, that is, the climate and soil of particular forest and non-forest ecosystems. Foresters have long been interested in using plants as indicators in predicting the growth performance of reforestation sites, but the data have not been readily available. Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia fully discusses how indicator plants are recognized and demonstrates how indicator plants can be used in site diagnosis. The book presents colour illustrations and descriptions of 419 selected vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens of coastal British Columbia. Indicators with similar values are grouped into indicator species groups which are used to evaluate site quality. These data are supplemented by information on geographic distribution, life-form, shade tolerance, and other ecological characteristics of the species. Three methods are given on how to use indicator plants for the purpose of site diagnosis. Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia summarizes original research in a format which both students and practitioners will find easy to use.