Research Branch Staff Publications - John Parminter

• 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.
• 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.
• Densmore, N., J. Parminter and V. Stevens. 2005. Coarse woody debris: inventory, decay modelling, and management implications in three biogeoclimatic zones. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5(2):14-29.
• Beck, J., J. Parminter, M. Alexander, E. MacDermid, T. Van Nest, A. Beaver and S. Grimaldi. 2005. Fire ecology and management. In: Forestry handbook for British Columbia, 5th edition. Forestry Undergraduate Society, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, B.C. pp. 485-521.
• 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.
• Parminter, J. 2002. Coarse Woody Debris decomposition - principles, rates and models. Presented to: Northern Interior Vegetation Management Association (NIVMA) and Northern Silviculture Committee (NSC) Winter Workshop: Optimizing wildlife trees and coarse woody debris retention at the stand and landscape level. January 22-24, 2002. Prince George, B.C. (Abstract published in meeting proceedings).
• Parminter, J. 2002. Tom Wright: pioneer British Columbian forester and tree farmer. Forest History Today, Spring 2002:21-28.
• Stone, J., J. Parminter and J. Braz. 2002. Standing dead tree dynamics extracted from growth and yield permanent sample plots in British Columbia. In: Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests. November 2-4, 1999. Reno, Nevada. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181. Albany, California. pp. 467-478. xii + 949 p.
• Stone, J., J. Parminter, A. Arsenault, T. Manning, N. Densmore, G. Davis and A. MacKinnon. 2002. Dead tree management in British Columbia. In: Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests. November 2-4, 1999. Reno, Nevada. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181. Albany, California. pp. 849-862. xii + 949 p.
• Parminter, J. 2000. From timber to biodiversity: the evolution of British Columbia's forest inventory program. Forest History Today, Fall 2000: 12-19.
• Parminter, J. 2000. Tom Wright: recollections of a pioneer forester and tree farmer. Forest History Association of British Columbia in cooperation with Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B.C. xiii + 106 p.
• Parminter, J. and P. Daigle. 1999. Fire in the dry interior forests of British Columbia. In Conference proceedings: Helping the land heal conference - ecological restoration in British Columbia. November 5 - 8, 1998, Victoria, B.C. (compiler and editor) Brian Egan. BC Environmental Network Education Foundation, Vancouver, B.C. pp. 220 - 223.
• Yearsley, K. and J. Parminter 1998. Seral Stages across Forested Landscapes: Relationships to Biodiversity B.C. Min. For., Res. Prog. Extension Note 18. 8 p.
• Parminter, J. 1998. Natural disturbance ecology. In Conservation biology principles for forested landscapes. J. Voller and S. Harrison (editors). UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C. pp. 3-41.
• Stone, J.N., A. MacKinnon, J.V. Parminter, and K.P. Lertzman. 1998. Coarse woody debris decomposition documented over 65 years on southern Vancouver Island. Can. J. For. Res. 28(5): 788-793.
• Eng, M., A. MacKinnon, and J. Parminter. 1997. Natural and anthropogenic landscape-level disturbances in British Columbia, 1913-1995. In Final Program, 1997 Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, Victoria, B.C. Society for Conservation Biology. p.106.
• Parminter, J. (co-author and co-editor). 1997. Ground sampling procedures. B.C. Min. For., Resour. Inv. Br., Resources Inventory Committee, Victoria, B.C. Superior Reprographics, Vancouver, B.C. Unpaged.
• Parminter, J. and P. Daigle. 1997. Landscape Ecology and Natural Disturbances: Relationships to Biodiversity. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria. Extension Note 10. 9 p.
• J. Parminter (co-author and co-editor). 1996. Procedures for environmental monitoring in range and wildlife habitat management, version 5.0. B.C. Min. Lands and Parks and B.C. Min. For., Habitat Monitoring Committee, Victoria, B.C. Unpaged.
• Parminter, J.V. 1995. Human influence on landscape pattern in the Pacific Region: impacts of burning by First Nations and early European settlers. In Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science 76th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division, AAAS, 18 June 1995, Vancouver, B.C. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California. Program with Abstracts - Volume 14, Part 1, p. 53.
• Parminter, J. (co-author and co-editor). 1995. Biodiversity guidebook - Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. B.C. Min. For. and B.C. Environ., Victoria, B.C. ix + 99 p.
• Despain, D., J. Greenlee, J. Parminter, and T. Sholly. 1995. A bibliography and directory of the Yellowstone fires of 1988. International Association of Wildland Fire, Fairfield, Wash., USA. 169 p.
• Parminter, J. 1993. Fire history of Bowron Lake Park. Research Branch, Ministry of Forests, Victoria, B.C. 19 p. + map
• Parminter, J. 1992. Effects of fire on forest ecology: fire and biodiversity. Fire Management Technical Session, Annual Meeting - Canadian Institute of Forestry. September 24, 1992. Vancouver, B.C. 6 p.
• Parminter, J. 1991. A review of fire ecology, fire history and prescribed burning in southern British Columbia. Burning Alternatives Panel - Sixth Annual Fire Management Symposium, Southern Interior Fire Management Committee. May 29 - 30, 1991. Kelowna, B.C. 17 p.
• Parminter, J. 1991. Fire history and effects on vegetation in three biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia. In Fire and the environment: ecological and cultural perspectives. Proceedings of an international symposium, 20-24 Mar. 1990, Knoxville, Tennessee. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. Asheville, N.C. pp. 263-272.
• Parminter, J. 1989. Prescribed fire management information system - project 1.11. Economic and Regional Development Agreement, B.C. Min. For. and For. Can., Victoria, B.C. FRDA Research Memo No. 069. 1 p.
• Parminter, J. 1989. A primer on wildland fire-fighting foams with a summary of experience to date and recommendations for operational use. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Victoria, B.C. vi + 61 p.
• Parminter, J., and T. Vold. 1988. B.C. wilderness policy - fire management implications. In J. Parminter and T. Vold. In Proceedings from 1988 Northwest Fire Council Annual Meeting, 14-15 Nov. 1988, Victoria, B.C. Northwest Fire Council, Victoria, B.C. pp. 33-40.
• Parminter, J. 1987. Fire history and fire ecology of the Height-of-the-Rockies Wilderness Area. Protection Branch, Ministry of Forests and Lands, Victoria, B.C. 19 p.
• Trowbridge, R., B. Hawkes, A. Macadam, and J. Parminter. 1987. Field handbook for prescribed fire assessments in British Columbia: logging slash fuels. B.C. Min. For. Lands and Canada/B.C. Economic and Regional Development Agreement, Victoria, B.C. FRDA Handbook No. 001. v + 63 p.
• Parminter, J. 1986. Guardians in the sky: aircraft and their use in forestry in B.C.: 1918 - 1926. Whistle Punk - B.C. Forest History Magazine 1(4):3-10.
• Parminter, J. 1986. Fire ecology, fire effects, and post-fire vegetation development. Bioline 5(1):17-20.
• Parminter, J.V. 1986. Fire and disturbance history of northwestern grasslands - role in origin, development, and maintenance. In Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division AAAS and the 1986 Meeting of the Arctic Science Conference, 9 June 1986, Vancouver, B.C. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California. Program with Abstracts - Volume 5, Part 1, p. 41.
• Trowbridge, R., B. Hawkes, A. Macadam, and J. Parminter. 1986. Field handbook for prescribed fire assessments in British Columbia: logging slash fuels. B.C. Min. For., Info. Serv. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. Number 11. vi + 63 p.
• Parminter, J. 1986. A field guide to the vegetation, terrain and fire ecology of the biogeoclimatic zones and subzones of the northern portion of the Mackenzie Timber Supply Area. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. ii + 13 p. Appendices.
• Parminter, J. 1984. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones of the northern portion of the Mackenzie Timber Supply Area. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. viii + 108 p.
• Parminter, J. 1984. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones of the northern portion of the Mackenzie Timber Supply Area: summary report. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. iii + 59 p.
• Parminter, J. 1984. A field guide to the vegetation, terrain and fire ecology of the biogeoclimatic zones and subzones of the Cassiar Timber Supply Area, northwestern British Columbia. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. ii + 18 pp. Appendices.
• Parminter, J. 1984. A field guide to the vegetation, terrain and fire ecology of the biogeoclimatic zones and subzones, and ecosystem mosaics of the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area, northeastern B.C. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. ii + 17 pp. Appendices.
• Parminter, J., V.G. Bate, P.L. Fuglem, and D.E. Gilbert. 1983. Forest fire management. In For. Handb. B.C., Fourth Edition. S.B. Watts. (Editor). Forestry Undergraduate Society, Univ. B.C. pp. 351-371.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Fire history and fire ecology in the Prince Rupert Forest Region. In Prescribed Fire - Forest Soils Symposium Proceedings, 2-3 March, 1982, Smithers, B.C. R.L. Trowbridge and A. Macadam (Editors). B.C. Min. For., Info. Serv. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Rep. No.16. pp.1-35.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones and subzones of the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. ix + 128 p.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones and subzones of the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area: summary report. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. iii + 53 pp.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones of the Cassiar Timber Supply Area. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. xi + 179 p.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Fire-ecological relationships for the biogeoclimatic zones of the Cassiar Timber Supply Area: summary report. B.C. Min. For., Prot. Br., Planning, Development and Research Section, Victoria, B.C. iii + 64 p.
• Parminter, J. 1983. Book review of "Cutting up the north: the history of the forest industry in the northern interior.". J. For. Hist. 27(3):154.
• Strang, R.M., and J.V. Parminter. 1980. Conifer encroachment on the Chilcotin grasslands of British Columbia. For. Chron. 56(1):13-18.
• Parminter, J.V. 1979. Climatic causes of irregular mortality. Final report on PC 006 for Dr. J.H.G. Smith on behalf of the Productivity Committee of the Min. For., Fac. For., Univ. B.C., Vancouver, B.C. 36 pp.
• Parminter, J.V. 1979. A bibliography on climatic causes of forest tree injury and mortality. Fac. For., Univ. B.C., Vancouver, B.C. 22 pp.
• Parminter, J.V. 1978. Forest encroachment onto grassland range in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia. Paper presented to the 51st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Scientific Association, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. March 31, 1978. (Abstract published in meeting proceedings).
• Parminter, J.V. 1978. An historical review of forest fire management in British Columbia. An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Forestry in the Department of Forestry, Univ. B.C., Vancouver, B.C. iv + 111 p.
• Parminter, J.V. 1978. Forest encroachment upon grassland range in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia. An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Forestry in the Department of Forestry, Univ. B.C., Vancouver, B.C. ix + 121 p.

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