Research Branch Staff Publications - by Date - 2006

• Wang, T., Russell, J.H. Yanchuk, A.D., Bishir, J., Russell, J.H., Polsson, K.H. 2006. Evaluation of selfing effects on western redcedar growth and yield in operational plantations using the Tree and Stand Simulator (TASS) Variation in volume production through clonal deployment: results from a simulation model to minimize risk for both a currently known and unknown future pest. For. Sci. 52(3):281-289. Silv. Gen. 55(1):25-37.
• Grossnickle, S.G., Russell, J.H. 2006. Yellow-cedar and western redcedar ecophysiological response to fall, winter and early spring temperature conditions Ann. For. Sci. 63:1-8.
• Parminter, John and D. Bedford. 2006. Fire effects on selected bryophytes, lichens and herbs in Garry oak and associated ecosystems. Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria, B.C. iv + 313 p.
• Parminter, John and D. Bedford. 2006. Fire effects on selected shrubs, trees, amphibians, birds, and mammals in Garry oak and associated ecosystems. Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria, B.C. iv + 271 p.
• Berch, S.M., R.P. Brockley, J. Battigelli, S. Hagerman, and B. Holl. 2006. Impacts of repeated fertilization on components of the soil biota under a young lodgepole pine stand in the interior of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 1415-1426.
• C.-Y. Xie, Y.-B. Fu, and A.D. Yanchuk. 2006. Accuracy of ranking individuals for forward selection in advanced generation progeny testing with different field designs: a computer simulation. Silvae Genetica 55(2): 70-77.
• Brockley, R. 2006. Comparing the Effects of Urea and Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizers on the Growth and Foliar Nutrition of Lodgepole Pine: 6-year Results. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Ext. Note. 78.
• Wang, T., Hamann, A., Yanchuk, A., O'Neill, G.A., and Aitken, S.A. 2006. Use of response functions in selecting lodgepole pine populations for future climates. Climate Change Biology 12: 2404-2416.
• Ralph L. Schmidt and John Parminter 2006. An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 036.
• MacKenzie, W. 2006. The Ecology of the Alpine Zones. Forest Research Brochure 83, Min. For., Victoria, B.C. 9 p.
• Nigh, G., L. de Montigny, M. Eng, and R. Archer. 2006. Development of a Research Strategy for Mountain Pine Beetle Issues Associated with Forest Stewardship Division Functions. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 034.
• Hamilton, E.H. 2006. Fire Effects and Post-burn Vegetation Development in the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone: Mackenzie (Windy Point) Site B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 033.
• Yanchuk, A.D. and O'Neill, G.A. 2006. Seed source selection and deployment to address adaptation to future climates for interior spruce in western Canada. Final report to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate Project A644. Victoria, BC. Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range. pp. 1-8.
• Spittlehouse, D. 2006. ClimateBC: Your access to interpolated climate data for BC. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin 99:16-21.
• Spittlehouse, D.L., M. Eng, A. Hamann, D. Meidinger and T.L. Wang. 2006. Spatial climate data and assessment of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems. Final Report for Forest Science Program Project Y062149, Res. Br., BC Min. Forests and Range, Victoria, 34 pp.
• Johnston, M., T. Williamson, D. Price, D. Spittlehouse, A. Wellstead, P. Gray, D. Scott, S. Askew, and S. Webber. 2006. Adapting Forest Management to the Impacts of Climate Change in Canada. Final report, BIOCAP Research Integration Program Synthesis paper, Queens, Univ., ON.
• Meidinger, D. and A. MacKinnon. 2006. Using the tools: biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification, terrestrial ecosystem mapping and predictive ecosystem mapping. Pp. 26-38. In: W. Cocksedge (compiler). Incorporating non-timber forest products into sustainable forest management. An overview for forest managers. Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.
• Hamilton, E. 2006. Vegetation Development and Fire Effects at the Walker Creek Site: Comparison of Forest Floor and Mineral Soil Plots. B.C. Min. For., Technical Report 026.
• Hamilton, E. and L. Peterson. 2006. Succession after Slashburning in an Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir Subzone Variant: West Twin Site. B.C. Min. For., Technical Report 028.
• Brockley, R.P. 2006. Effects of fertilization on the growth and foliar nutrition of immature Douglas-fir in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock zone of British Columbia: six-year results. B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria. Research Report 27.
• Stoehr, M., Mehl, H., Nicholson, G., Pieper, G. and Newton, C. 2006. Evaluating supplemental mass pollination efficacy in a lodgepole pine orchard in British Columbia using chloroplast DNA markers. New Forests 31:83-90.