Research Branch Staff Publications - by Date - 2004

• O'Connell, L.M., Russell, J.H., Ritland K. 2004. Fine-scale estimation of outcrossing in western redcedar with microsatellite assay of bulked DNA. Heredity 93:443-449.
• Hak, O., Russell, J.H. 2004. Environmental effects on yellow-cedar pollen quality. For. Gen. Council BC. Ext. Note #5.
• Davis, G., P. Marshall, P. Ott, A. Orr-Ewing and A. Nemec. 2004. A modified timber cruise for the inventory of dead wood in Coastal forests: a field trial. Res. Sec., Coast For. Reg., B.C. Min. For., Nanaimo, B.C. Tec. Rep. TR-031/2004.
• O'Neill, G.A., Dawson, I., Sotelo-Montes, C., Guarino, L., and Weber, J.C. 2004. Genetic Conservation of Tropical Trees. In The Overstory Book: Cultivating Connections with Trees Edited by C.R. Elevitch. Permanent Agriculture Resources, Holualoa, USA. pp. 391-395.
• O'Neill, G.A. and Aitken, S.A. 2004. Area-based breeding zones to minimize maladaptation. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 695-704.
• O'Neill, G.A., Hamann, A., Wang, T., and Aitken, S.A. 2004. Brave new breeding zones. In Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association: climate change and forest genetics, Kelowna, BC. Edited by G.A. O'Neill and J.D. Simpson. Canadian Tree Improvement Association. pp. 64.
• O'Neill, G.A. and Simpson, J.D. (Editor). 2004. Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association: climate change and forest genetics. Canadian Tree Improvement Association, Kelowna, BC.
• Spittlehouse, D.L. and R.D. Winkler. 2004. Snowmelt in a forest and clearcut. Proceedings 72nd Western Snow Conference, Vancouver, BC, pp. 33-43.
• Hassani, B.T, V. LeMay, A-A. Zumrawi, and D. Robinson. 2004. Implementing a PrognosisBC regeneration submodel for the complex stands of southeastern and central BC. Report for Forestry Innovative Investment, Project  No. R04-095.
• Boulanger, J., B.N. McLellan, J.G. Woods, M.F. Proctor, and C. Strobec. 2004. Sampling design and bias in DNA-based mark-recapture population and density estimates of grizzly bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:457-469.
• Proctor, M. F., B.N. McLellan, C. Strobeck, and R.M.R. Barclay. 2004. Gender-specific dispersal distances of grizzly bears estimated by genetic analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1108-1118.
• Namkoong, G., Lewontin, R.C. and A.D. Yanchuk. 2004. Plant genetic resource management: The next investments in quantitative and qualitative genetics. Gen. Res. Crop Evol. 51: 853-862.
• Spittlehouse, D.L. 2004. The climate and long-term water balance of Fluxnet Canada’s coastal Douglas-fir forest. Proceedings 26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 23-26 August 2004, Vancouver, BC, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, P1.42, 6 pp.
• Morgenstern, K., T.A. Black, E.R. Humphreys, T.J. Griffis, G.B. Drewitt, T. Cai, Z. Nesic, D.L. Spittlehouse and N. J. Livingston. 2004. Sensitivity and uncertainty of the carbon balance of a Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir forest during an El Niño/La Niña cycle. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 123:201-219.
• Winkler, R., D. Spittlehouse, T. Giles, B. Heise, G. Hope, and M. Schnorbus. 2004. Upper Penticton Creek: How forest harvesting affects water quantity and quality. Streamline 8:18-20.
• Newman, R., H. Page and J. Parminter. 2004. Understory succession following ecosystem restoration of ingrown dry forests. Poster presentation at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. August 24-26, 2004. 4 p.
• Brockley, R.P. and D.G. Simpson. 2004. Effects of intensive fertilization on the foliar nutrition and growth of young lodgepole pine and spruce forests in the interior of British Columbia (EP 886.13): establishment and progress report. B.C. Ministry of Forests, Victoria. Technical Report 018.
• Stoehr, M., J. Webber and J. Woods. 2004. Protocol for rating seed orchard seedlots in British Columbia: quantifying genetic gain and diversity. Forestry 77(4):297-303.
• Amponsah, I.G., V.J. Lieffers, P.G. Comeau, and R.P. Brockley. 2004. Growth response and sapwood hydraulic properties of young lodgepole pine following repeated fertilization. Tree Physiol. 24: 1099-1108.
• L. de Montigny 2004. Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS): Establishment Report for STEMS 1, Snowden Demonstration Forest Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 17.
• Nigh, G.D. 2004. Growth intercept and site series-based estimates of site index for white spruce in the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zone. Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 13.
• Nigh, G.D. and B.A. Love. 2004. Predicting crown class in three western conifer species. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 592-599.
• Stoehr, M.U., J.E. Webber, C.C.A. Hollefreund and R.A. Painter. 2004. Potential pollen contamination effects on progeny from an off-side Douglas-fir seed orchard: 9-year field results. Can. J. For. Res. 34:981-984.
• Thyer, M., J. Beckers, D.L. Spittlehouse, Y. Alila and R.D. Winkler. 2004. Diagnosing a distributed hydrologic model for two high elevation forested catchments based on detailed stand and basin scale data. Water Resource Research 40, W01103, doi:10.1029/2003WR002414.
• Spittlehouse, D.L., R.S. Adams and R.D. Winkler. 2004. Forest, edge, and opening microclimate at Sicamous Creek. BC Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Res. Rep. 24.
• Goudie, J.W., and Di Lucca, C.M. 2004. Modelling the relationship between crown morphology and wood characteristics of coastal western hemlock in British Columbia. In Fourth Workshop on the connection between silviculture and wood quality through modelling approaches and simulation software, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada, Edited by Gerard Nepveu. Equipe de Recherches sur la Qualite' des Bois, INRA, Nancy, France, pp: 308-319.
• Di Lucca, C.M., J.W. Goudie and S.C. Stearns-Smith. 2004. Variable retention yield adjustment factors for TIPSY. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 69.
• Di Lucca, C.M. 2004. Development of variable retention (VRAF) for coastal Douglas-fir, western hemlock, lodgepole pine, and white spruce. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Unpublished paper.
• Hassani, B.T. , V. LeMay, P. L. Marshall, H. Temesgen, and A-A Zumrawi. 2004. Regeneration imputation models for complex stands of Southeastern British Columbia. Forestry Chronicle 80(2):271-278.
• Apps, C.D., B.N. McLellan, J.G. Woods, and M.F. Proctor. 2004. Estimating grizzly bear distribution and abundance relative to habitat and human influence. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 138-152.
• D. J. Wilford, M. E. Sakals, J. L. Innes, R. C. Sidle, W.A. Bergerud. 2004. Recognition of debris flow, debris flood and flood hazard through watershed morphometrics. Landslides 1:61-66.
• Johnstone, W.D., and F.J. van Thienen. 2004. A summary of early results from recent lodgepole pine thinning experiments in the British Columbia Interior. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 016.
• vanAkker, L., R. Alfaro, and R. Brockley. 2004. Effects of fertilization on resin canal defenses and incidence of Pissodes strobi attack in interior spruce. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 855-862.
• Brockley, R.P. and P. Sanborn. 2004. Managing the sulphur nutrition of lodgepole pine. Forest Research Extension Partnership (FORREX), Kamloops. LINK 5(4): 6.
• Amponsah, I.G., V.J. Lieffers, P.G. Comeau and R.P. Brockley. 2004. Repeated fertilization of lodgepole pine produced shorter, stouter trees with large lower branches and poorly formed upper crowns. University of Alberta, Centre for Enhanced Forest Management. EFM Research Note 01/2004.
• Brockley, R.P. 2004. Effects of different sources and rates of sulphur on the growth and foliar nutrition of nitrogen-fertilized lodgepole pine. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 728-743.
• Bealle Statland, C.A. and W.D. Johnstone. 2004. Natural regeneration 10 years after partial cutting in a dry-belt interior Douglas-fir stand. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 68.