Keyword: biodiversity

• Landscape Ecology and Natural Disturbances: Relationships to Biodiversity.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0154.htm
  Landscape Ecology and Natural Disturbances: Relationships to Biodiversity. ...

• Ecology and management of B.C. hardwoods.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0163.htm
  British Columbia has six major hardwood species: trembling aspen, paper birch, balsam poplar, black cottonwood, red alder, and bigleaf maple. Interest in utilization and management of British Columbia's broadleaved tree species (hardwoods) has grown substantially over the past decade. In B.C. broadleaved forests represent approximately 11% of the productive forest land base. Mixedwood forests, comprised of mixtures of conifers and broadleaves, represent approximately 35% of B.C.'s productive forest land base. In northeastern B.C. trembling aspen is being harvested for production of oriented stand board and pulp. In southwestern B.C. red alder is being harvested for sawlumber, with waste chips being used for pulp. As markets develop for B.C. hardwood products interest in the management of hardwoods is expected to grow. In addition, broadleaves serve important ecological roles and contribute to biodiversity and to the productivity and sustainability of our forests. ...

• Evaluation of forest vegetation community dynamics, biodiversity and wildlife forage values 8 years after herbicide and manual brushing treatments on the Bush River Brushing Trial site.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0244.htm
  Evaluation of forest vegetation community dynamics, biodiversity and wildlife forage values 8 years after herbicide and manual brushing treatments on the Bush River Brushing Trial site. ...

• Trying to maintain biodiversity in coastal British Columbia: a case study.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0448.htm
  Trying to maintain biodiversity in coastal British Columbia: a case study. ...

• Monitoring implications of forestry-related activities on biodiversity in British Columbia.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0449.htm
  Monitoring implications of forestry-related activities on biodiversity in British Columbia. ...

• Practical suggestions for ASEAN forest managers to conserve biodiversity.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0748.htm
  Practical suggestions for ASEAN forest managers to conserve biodiversity. ...

• Development and implementation of biodiversity/sustainable management guidelines for forestry.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0752.htm
  Development and implementation of biodiversity/sustainable management guidelines for forestry. ...

• Proceedings of the ASEAN seminar on the management and conservation of biodiversity.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0753.htm
  Proceedings of the ASEAN seminar on the management and conservation of biodiversity. ...

• Understanding and assessing biodiversity: The concepts.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0755.htm
  Understanding and assessing biodiversity: The concepts. ...

• From timber to biodiversity: the evolution of British Columbia's forest inventory program.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1114.htm
  From timber to biodiversity: the evolution of British Columbia's forest inventory program. ...

• Carbon isotope discrimination, tree rings, and rainfall on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1122.htm
  In: Decoding Canada's Environmental Past: Adaptation Lessons Based on Changing Trends and Extremes in Climate and Biodiversity, D.C. MacIver (ed.), Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, pp.11-17. ...

• Landscape management and biodiversity: automating the design of Forest Ecosystem Networks.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1129.htm
  Landscape management and biodiversity: automating the design of Forest Ecosystem Networks. ...

• Effects of fire on forest ecology: fire and biodiversity.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1210.htm
  Effects of fire on forest ecology: fire and biodiversity. ...

• Riparian Areas: Providing Landscape Habitat Diversity
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1214.htm
  perspective and longer timeframes are necessary when planning land-use activities in riparian zones. The Forest Practices Code acknowledges the importance of landscape ecology concepts by enabling district managers to designate planning areas called landscape units, each with specific landscape unit objectives. The Biodiversity Guidebook (B.C. Ministry of Forests and B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks 1995a), a component of the Code, recommends procedures to maintain biodiversity at both the landscape and the stand level. These procedures, which use principles of ecosystem management tempered by social considerations, recognize that the ecological processes of riparian habitats must be sustained to maintain landscape-level biodiversity. This extension note is the fifth in a series designed to raise awareness of landscape ecology concepts and to provide background for the ecologically based forest management approach recommended in the Biodiversity Guidebook. The focus here is on riparia ...

• Seral Stages across Forested Landscapes: Relationships to Biodiversity
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1215.htm
  Seral Stages across Forested Landscapes: Relationships to Biodiversity ...

• Coastal Montane Biodiversity Inventory.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1247.htm
  Coastal Montane Biodiversity Inventory. ...

• Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS): Establishment Report for STEMS 1, Snowden Demonstration Forest
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1336.htm
  Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS) is a large-scale, multi-disciplinary experiment that compares forest productivity, economics, and public perception of seven silvicultural regimes replicated at three sites in the Sayward Forest. The STEMS experiment uses silvicultural systems and treatments to create diversity in forest structure that results in a variety of canopy layers (vertical structure) and spatial patchiness (horizontal structure) to enhance biodiversity and wildlife. The STEMS experiment examines seven different treatment regimes, namely: Extended Rotation (non-treatment control) Extended Rotation with Commercial Thinning Uniform Dispersed Retention Aggregate Retention Group Selection Modified Patch Cuts Clearcut with Reserves These silvicultural regimes create a range of gap sizes and frequencies that emulate natural variation in forest structure. STEMS is a replication of the "Silvicultural Options for Harvestin ...