Research Seminar Series

For further information on the Research Seminar Series contact:

Ken Soneff
Ken.Soneff@gov.bc.ca
250 828-4164

Updated September 2011

Upcoming Sessions

15-Nov-11 - Matt Sakals

Material recharge in shallow landslide initiation zones. (Poster, Presentation)

Previous Seminars (completed)

• Rita Winkler Snow response to changing forest cover after mountain pine beetle (Poster / Presentation)
• Marty Kranabetter Specificity of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities with local populations of Douglas-fir and implications for assisted migration (Poster / Presentation)
• Peter Tschaplinski Results of Riparian Management Effectiveness Evaluations in BC (Poster / Presentation)
• Marten Geertsema Pipeline routing in landslide prone terrain (Poster / Presentation)
• Robin Pike Water Quality and Forest Management in British Columbia. (Poster / Presentation)
• Peter Jordan Water, Earth, and Fire: runoff, erosion, and landslides after wildfire in southern British Columbia. (Poster / Presentation)
• Teresa Newsome Performance of BIG trees and little trees in a Shelterwood Silviculture System in the ICHmw and MSdk 10 years after harvesting. February 15, 2011 - (Poster / Presentation)
• Huapeng Chen Mountain pine beetle dispersal: spatial-temporal patterns and role in the expansion and spread of the present outbreak - January 18, 2011 - (Poster / Presentation)
• Craig Delong How Field-based Research and a Systems Perspective can Increase Industry Competitiveness and Innovation while Minimizing Risk to the Crown. - December 14, 2010 - (Poster) (Presentation)
• Dave Spittlehouse - Influence of the Mountain Pine Beetle on the water balance of a lodgepole pine stand - Nov 16, 2010 - (Poster, Presentation)
• Shannon Berch - Ecological sustainability of forest biomass harvesting - June 16, 2010. - (Poster Ad 44 kb - PowerPoint 7417 kb - Audio part-1 4230 kb, Audio part-2 3641 kb)
• Peter Tschaplinski - Overview of the Carnation Creek Watershed Project - June 09, 2010. - (Poster Ad 17 kb - PDF 19507 kb - PDF Low Resolution 4642 kb - PowerPoint 23637 kb - Audio 7074 kb)
• Ward Strong - New discoveries to old problems: update on the BC Cone and Seed Pest Research Program - June 02, 2010. - (Poster Ad 17 kb - PDF 7267 kb - Audio 5875 kb)
• Dave Spittlehouse - Spatial Climate Data for Climate Change Studies - May 05, 2010. (PDF 2976 kb - Audio 6466 kb)
• Adrian Walton - An update on MPB projections - April 21, 2010. - (Powerpoint 34084 kb - PDF of PowerPoint 16320 kb - Audio 5930 kb)
• Jim Goudie - Tass III: the next generation: evolving the TIPSY features (e.g. biomass, carbon, well spaced trees). - April 07, 2010. (PowerPoint 7932 kb - Audio 5930 kb)
• Caren Dymond - Preliminary impacts of Climate Change on Carbon. - March 17, 2010. (PDF 584 kb - Audio 5930 kb)
• Chuck Bulmer - Provincial predictive soils mapping - February 24, 2010. (PDF 4680 kb - Audio 6121 kb)
• Barry Jaquish - Climate change and seed transfer rules for Western Larch - January 20, 2010 (Powerpoint 7235 kb - PDF of PowerPoint 4636 kb - Audio part 1 6346 kb, part 2 1188 kb)
• Evelyn Hamilton - Scenarios and science: An overview of recent biophysical research program contributions to forest management. - January 08, 2010 (PowerPoint 13651 kb - PDF of PowerPoint 8580 kb - Audio 5443 kb)
• Wendy Bergerud - Fort St. John pilot and silviculture survey work - December 4, 2009.  Looking ahead: Will Free-growing stands produce the volumes we expect? (PowerPoint 979 kb, PDF of PowerPoint 2852 kb - Audio part 1 3868 kb, part 2 3948 kb)
• Huapeng Chen - Integrating year of death into the BC MPB model.  A talk on Mountain pine beetle mapping focusing on comparison of currently available datasets to map red attack at stand scale on provincial level: aerial overview, satellite Landsat Year of Death (YOD), and orthophoto interpretation data. - October 9, 2009. (PowerPoint 3496 kb)
• Brian Wallace and Reg Newman - Climate change/carbon and grazing - September 11, 2009. (PDF 3620 kb)
• Peter Ott - Nonparametric Regression Methods - June 12, 2009 (Powerpoint 22678 kb - Excel 364 kb)
• John King - White Pine Blister Rust resistance: Perspectives from Asia (endemic) and North Americas (exotic) - May 22, 2009 - Presentation (PowerPoint 51184 kb)
• Bruce McLellan - Implications of Mountain Pine beetle salvage logging on grizzly bear population dynamics and behaviour - May 08, 2009 - Abstract (Word 28 kb)