Keyword: resource management

• Forest stand development.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0056.htm
  Proceedings, Quantitative Ecology: Its application to Forest Resource Management and Education, Ruth E. Farrington Fund Workshop, Univ New Hampshire. pp. 2-6. ...

• Field studies of seed biology.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0184.htm
  ulture literature are generally not applicable, and traditional ecological studies (e.g., of seed banks) tend to be primarily descriptive with little emphasis on experimental approaches. The primary objective of this manual is to detail methods that have been gleaned from the literature and from personal experience of the authors. It is a manual of methods with some general guidelines and interpretation. Relevant background papers are cited where appropriate, but it is not a literature review. The manual is intended for use by researchers in public and private forest resource management agencies, universities, and colleges. Although specifically directed to tree seed research in forested ecosystems, many of the methods described can be used to study seeds of graminoid, herb, and shrub species in both forest and non-forest plant communities. The extensive background information included in the text also provides valuable reference material for many who have an interest in tree seeds, but who are not dir ...

• An ecological framework for resource management in British Columbia.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0318.htm
  An ecological framework for resource management in British Columbia. ...

• Beef production on seeded clearcuts in southern-interior British Columbia.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0647.htm
  B.C. Min. For. FRDA Research memo. Project 3.55. Integrated Resource Management No. 188. ...

• The effects of aerial seeding on forage stand development on Montane Spruce clearcuts.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0650.htm
  B.C. Min. For, FRDA Res. memo. Project 3.55. Integrated Resource Management No. 184. ...

• The effects of forage seeding and cattle grazing on early establishment of lodgepole pine.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0651.htm
  B.C. Min. For., FRDA Re. memo.Project 3.55. Integrated Resource Management No. 185. ...

• The impacts of grazing pressure, stocking rates, and forage seeding on damage of lodgepole pine seedlings.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0652.htm
  B.C. Min. For., FRDA Research memo. Integrated Resource Management No. 187. ...

• Biogeoclimatic classification - the system and its application.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0689.htm
  In D.E. Ferguson, P. Morgan and F.D. Johnson (editors). Proceedings - "Land Classifications Based on Vegetation: Applications for Resource Management". U.S.D.A. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-257, Moscow, Idaho. pp. 215-222 ...

• Development and implementation of biodiversity/sustainable management guidelines for forestry.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0752.htm
  An overview Paper prepared for Resource Management Technical Working Group Meeting, 13-14 Sept. 1994. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. ASEAN Inst. For. Manage., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 19p. ...

• Analysis of livestock use of riparian areas: literature review and research needs assessment for British Columbia.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1148.htm
  Riparian areas are diverse, productive, and important to the overall ecological framework of British Columbia. There is heightened awareness of the potential effects of resource management activities in riparian areas. This concern is encapsulated in riparian regulations and guidelines of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act. Information regarding livestock use of riparian areas was compiled and reviewed as a .first step in developing research to address the information needs of riparian area management in British Columbia. Literature on the effects and interactions of livestock grazing in riparian areas throughout North America was reviewed. Six general conclusions were drawn from the synthesis and review of the literature: Most of the available information on livestock–riparian interactions is primarily applicable to arid ecosystems (equivalent to, or drier than, the Bunchgrass biogeoclimatic zone), Most of the available information on livestock–riparian interactions is applicab ...

• Plant genetic resource management: The next investments in quantitative and qualitative genetics.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1352.htm
  Plant genetic resource management: The next investments in quantitative and qualitative genetics. ...

• Spatial climate data and assessment of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1392.htm
  Applying climate data in resource management requires matching the spatial scale of the climate and resource databases. In this project we developed a methodology to generate scale-free climate data through the combination of interpolation techniques and elevation adjustments. The method was applied to monthly temperature and precipitation normals for 1961-90 for British Columbia, Yukon Territories, the Alaska Panhandle, and parts of Alberta and United States produced with the Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM). Equations were developed to calculate biologically and hydrologically relevant climate variables (including degree-days, number of frost-free days, frost-free period and snowfall) from monthly temperature and precipitation data. Estimates of climate variables were validated using an independent data set from weather stations that were not included in the development of the model. Weather station records generally agreed well with estimated climate variables and show ...

• ClimateBC: Your access to interpolated climate data for BC.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1393.htm
  ClimateBC is a computer program that offers high-resolution, spatial climate data for current and future climate change scenarios. The program was developed because applying climate data in resource management often requires matching spatial scales of climate and resource databases. ClimateBC provides data for BC and the Alaska Panhandle, to 113 degress W in Alberta, and to 2 degrees of latitude into Yukon Territories and the United States adjacent to BC. You can obtain data using a stand-alone MS Windows application that is available to the public. Users of ClimateBC input the latitude, longitude, and elevation of their point of interest. The program outputs monthly maximum and minimum air temperature, precipitation, seasonal summaries, and derived variables such as degree-days and frost-free period for 1961–1990 climate normals. A primary reason for developing ClimateBC is to help analyze the effect of climate change on forest resources and develop adaptive actions. Consequently, the user can obtain the ...

• Development of scale-free climate data for western Canada for use in resource management.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1399.htm
  Development of scale-free climate data for western Canada for use in resource management. ...

• Seed source selection and deployment to address adaptation to future climates for interior spruce in western Canada.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1403.htm
  Climate change is already signficantly affecting the health and productivity of Canada’s forests. Planted forests that are adapted to today’s climate will be maladapted when they are harvested in 60-80 years. However, if seedlots for reforestation are selected so as to maximize their adaptation over the duration of their rotation, productivity of Canada’s forests could be enhanced by capitalizing on increased future temperatures. To ensure that the most economically important tree crop planted in Canada - interior spruce (white and engelmann spruce and their hybrids) - is adapted to future climates, forest scientists from western North America have initiated a long-term project that will act as a cornerstone to the genetic resource management of interior spruce in western North America, and as a model for other species and regions. Wild and domesticated interior spruce seedlots from 128 locations encompassing the climatic and latitudinal range of interior spruce in western North America have been caref ...