PHOSPHORUS BUDGET OF A SMALL CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST PEATLAND AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Couling
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Phosphorus Budget ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Canadian Boreal Forest

Incorporating uncertainty into forest management planning: Timber harvest, wildfire and climate change in the boreal forest

2017 ◽  
Vol 400 ◽  
pp. 542-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin J. Daniel ◽  
Michael T. Ter-Mikaelian ◽  
B. Mike Wotton ◽  
Bronwyn Rayfield ◽  
Marie-Josée Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning

scholarly journals Hierarchical forest management planning and sustainable forest management in the boreal forest

2001 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 998-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Tittler ◽  
Christian Messier ◽  
Philip J. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Hierarchical Systems ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Planning Framework

In keeping with international efforts to encourage sustainable forest management, new legislation, regulations, and certification criteria have been brought into effect across boreal regions of the world in the past decade or less. These initiatives have established hierarchical systems of forest management planning that consider multiple uses of the forest and various aspects of sustainable forest management at different scales. We describe the systems established in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, Russia, Finland, and Sweden. Most jurisdictions employ some form of three-level planning framework, in which strategic, tactical, and operational plans and considerations are presented with successively greater detail and spatial explicitness. However, planning scales and time horizons vary considerably, as does the level of consideration given to biodiversity and social concerns. We examine these systems in the context of sustainable forest management, raising a number of questions to be addressed in future research, adaptive management, and policy reform. In particular, we note (1) a need of new landscape and regional planning tools to evaluate the long-term and large-scale impacts of various land uses and (2) a general lack of responsiveness to global carbon and climate change concerns. Key words: forest management planning, sustainable forest management, boreal forest, forest policy, planning hierarchies, hierarchical planning

scholarly journals Past and projected future changes in moisture conditions in the Canadian boreal forest

2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (05) ◽  
pp. 678-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghe Wang ◽  
Edward H. Hogg ◽  
David T. Price ◽  
Jason Edwards ◽  
Tim Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Drought Severity ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Moisture Index ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Canadian Boreal Forest

Spatial data for the Climate Moisture Index and the Palmer Drought Severity Index were generated from gridded temperature and precipitation data for the Canadian boreal zone over the period 1951–2010. Annual values for the indices for 2011–2100 were generated from projections of future climate derived from four general circulation models forced by three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. Linear regression models between the indices and time were fitted to examine long-term trends. Results indicated that several large regions of the Canadian boreal forest experienced substantial drying during 1951–2010. Future projections indicated a general trend toward drier conditions during the 21st century. Overall, the analysis indicated more frequent and/or more severe droughts across managed western and central portions of the boreal forest in coming decades. These projections of indices are relevant to forest management because soil moisture availability is an important determinant of forest distribution, tree health, and regeneration success. Knowledge of the range of potential future changes in drought occurrence and intensity will aid forest managers and decisionmakers in incorporating climate change considerations into forest management planning and practices.

A test of Ontario's Habitat Suitability Matrix as a forest management planning tool for forest birds

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B Holmes ◽  
Lisa A Venier ◽  
Brian J Naylor ◽  
J. Ryan Zimmerling
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Forest Birds ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Forest Bird

We used point-count data collected as part of Bird Studies Canada's Boreal Forest Bird Program to validate habitat suitability models for 22 forest bird species in Ontario's Habitat Suitability Matrix. We found that many of the species'models performed relatively poorly in discriminating between occupied and unoccupied sites, primarily due to the high error of commission rates (false positive predictions). Since species presence and abundance were assessed by single, five minute point counts, insufficient sampling was at least partly responsible for some of the observed over-prediction. Results suggested that model parameters for at least nine of the species tested (hairy woodpecker [Picoides villosus], blueheaded vireo [Vireo solitarius], red-eyed vireo [Vireo olivaceus], red-breasted nuthatch [Sitta canadensis], Swainson's thrush [Catharus ustulatus], hermit thrush [Catharus guttatus], Tennessee warbler [Vermivora peregrina], Blackburnian warbler [Dendroica fusca] and dark-eyed junco [Junco hyemalis]) should be reviewed to improve the predictive capability of the models and to ensure appropriate consideration of the habitat needs of these species during forest management planning. Key words: boreal forest, forest birds, discrimination capacity, habitat models, habitat suitability matrix, model accuracy, model validation, relative operating characteristic curve, ROC

Developing and Implementing Multiple-Use Forest Management Planning in Turkey

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emin Zeki Baskent ◽  
Salih Terzioğlu ◽  
Şağdan Başkaya
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Multiple Use ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning
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