Stand Level Effects Of The Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak In The Central British Columbia Interior

Author : Chris Hawkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Forest dynamics
ISBN : MINN:31951D02376438D

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Stand-level Effects of the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in the Central British Columbia Interior by Chris Hawkins Pdf

This study is part of a series of research papers that explore the biological, social, and economic aspects of British Columbia's mountain pine beetle epidemic. The purpose of this report is to examine document changes in stand characteristics of pine dominated stands following mountain pine beetle (MPB) attack and to assess the potential of stand development after MPB attack without management intervention.--Includes text from Government of Canada publications site and from document.

Author : Pacific Forestry Centre,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 0662426231

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The Mountain Pine Beetle by Pacific Forestry Centre,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada) Pdf

"This book presents a synthesis of published information on mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins [Coleoptera: Scolytidae]) biology and management with an emphasis on lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) forests of western Canada. Intended as a reference for researchers as well as forest managers, the book covers three main subject areas: mountain pine beetle biology, management, and socioeconomic concerns. The chapters on biology cover taxonomy, life history and habits, distribution, insect-host tree interactions, development and survival, epidemiology, and outbreak history. The management section covers management strategy, survey and detection, proactive and preventive management, and decision support tools. The chapters on socioeconomic aspects include an economic examination of management programs and the utilization of post-beetle salvage timber in solid wood, panelboard, pulp and paper products."--Publisher's description.

Author : Ben Heemskerk,C. DeLong,Tanya Milner
Publisher : University of British Columbia Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D028270892

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A Framework for Documenting the Effects of the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in Sub-boreal Forests of Northern British Columbia (E.P. 1369) by Ben Heemskerk,C. DeLong,Tanya Milner Pdf

"This report outlines the objectives, study design, methods of data collection, and other details relevant to the establishment of Experimental Project (EP) 1369: A Framework for Documenting the Effects of the Mountain Pine Beetle in Sub-boreal Forests of Northern British Columbia. In 1995 through 1997, 48 plots were established in mature pine leading stands affected by mountain pine beetle (MPB) (38 plots) and MPB followed by wildfire (10 plots). All plots will remain unharvested, and are designed to examine ecological changes subsequent to these disturbances. The information from these plots will inform science on what ecological changes result from these disturbances in the sub-boreal forest landscape, and will provide critical information (such as growth rate of live understorey) to land managers."--Document.

Author : Brian H. Aukema,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Aerial surveys in forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951D03026082X

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Landscape-level Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle in British Columbia by Brian H. Aukema,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada) Pdf

Author : Brian Peter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Mountain pine beetle
ISBN : 1100103422

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Risk Assessment of the Threat of Mountain Pine Beetle to Canada's Boreal and Eastern Pine Forests by Brian Peter Pdf

"This report assesses the threat of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) to Canada's boreal and eastern pine forests. It is based on available evidence and expert advice provided by researchers and forest managers at two workshops held in Edmonton, Alberta and Victoria, British Columbia during August and September of 2007."--Document.

Author : Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada),Pacific Forestry Centre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951D02375641L

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Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Interim Report 2005 by Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada),Pacific Forestry Centre Pdf

This report highlights past delivery of the land-based programs and progress of mountain pine beetle research during 2003 & 2004 by the Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative, a six-year program established to address the mountain pine beetle epidemic in western Canada and to reduce the risk of future such epidemics. After an introduction on the epidemic and the Initiative, the report summarizes the accomplishments of the Private Forestlands Rehabilitation Program, the Federal Forestlands Rehabilitation Program (First Nations, National Parks, and Other Federal Forestlands components), and the research & development program (including research on ecology, forest economics, socio-economic processes & risk reduction). Finally, the next steps in the land-based and research & development programs are discussed.

Author : Brad Seely
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D02782147A

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Exploring Opportunities for Mitigating the Ecological Impacts of Current and Future Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks Through Improved Planning by Brad Seely Pdf

This study is part of a series of research papers that explore the biological, social, and economic aspects of British Columbia's mountain pine beetle epidemic. Using an established modelling framework, the authors of this report conducted a scenario analysis exercise designed to explore opportunities to mitigate the ecological and economic impacts of mountain pine beetle (MPB) salvage for two possible outbreak severity levels in Canfor's Tree Farm License (TFL) 48 in northeastern British Columbia. This data was used to address the following questions: 1) What are the potential short and long-term impacts of different levels of MPB attack for indicators of sustainable forest management in northeastern British Columbia?; and 2) Assuming a reduction in landscape-level ecological and economic stocks, what management options are available that will maintain a profitable harvesting profile while sustaining ecological indicators? Additionally, results from the analysis were evaluated in the context of a range of ecological and economic indicators.--Includes text from Government of Canada publications site and from document.

Author : Ben Parfitt
Publisher : Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9780886274177

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Battling the Beetle by Ben Parfitt Pdf

The CCPA would like to thank the following organizations for their financial contributions to this work: The BC Federation of Labour, The BC Government and Service Employees' Union, The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, The Endswell Foundation, The Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada and The United Steelworkers of America District 3. Cover beetle image courtesy of The Canadian Fores [...] While a significant portion of the trees attacked will be profitably logged, an even greater portion will not, leading to a looming gap in available timber that will result in the loss of one quarter of existing income in many Interior communities.1 Given the severity of the outbreak and its implications for the wellbeing of forests and communities, the BC government's action plan speaks comparati [...] The area includes 30-plus communities ranging from 100 Mile House in the southern portion of the Cariboo Forest Region through Prince George and west to Smithers in the Prince Rupert Forest Region.20 The full extent of the beetle What the authors of that report could not have known was that in the attack remains poorly ensuing three years the very definition of "susceptible" has changed along quan [...] Two central questions before British Columbians are whether the province is responding adequately to the challenges posed by the beetles, in particular in the area of reforestation, and whether we are getting a fair return from logging companies in the midst of an unprecedented, government-mandated, logging increase in response to the beetles. [...] It also heavily influenced the thinking of government-appointed bodies such as the Forest Resources Commission, By the Ministry of Forests which made many recommendations to the province in 1991 on the need own estimate, we are on the for permanent and secured investment pools for reforestation efforts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aerial surveys in forestry
ISBN : 1100146164

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Landscape-level Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle in British Columbia by Anonim Pdf

Author : René I. Alfaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Conifers
ISBN : MINN:31951D03026090Y

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Historical Frequency, Intensity and Extent of Mountain Pine Beetle Disturbance in British Columbia by René I. Alfaro Pdf

This project used dendrochronology to reconstruct the history of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonous ponderosae Hopkins) outbreaks over the last two centuries and to describe the relationship of outbreaks to varying climate conditions and fire history. The history of mountain pine beetle outbreaks was reconstructed from increment cores and basal disks collected from 85 stands across British Columbia and Alberta. Using aerial survey data, dendrochronological software was calibrated to detect growth releases that could be attributed to beetle outbreaks. Relationships between beetle outbreaks and climate variability were assessed using instrumental weather data, modelled climate data, and historical reconstructions of climate from tree-ring data. Relationships between the occurrence of beetle outbreaks and fire history were undertaken using several approaches in dendrochronology.--Document.

Author : Pacific Forestry Centre,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924101517682

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Mountain Pine Beetle Symposium by Pacific Forestry Centre,Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (Canada) Pdf

The S2Mountain Pine Beetle Symposium: Challenges and SolutionsS3 was held in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada on October 30-31, 2003. This meeting was organized by Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre and funded through the Government of Canada Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative. Approximately 250 people representing the forest industry, consultants, universities, provincial and federal government agencies, First Nations, and the general public, from both Canada and the United States attended the meeting. Thirty presentations were given describing the current mountain pine beetle situation (in British Columbia, Alberta and the western United States) and its management and economic implications. Researchers presented the latest information on remote sensing, decision support systems, impacts on stand dynamics and wildlife, phytosanitary risks, climate change effects and preventive management as they relate to mountain pine beetle.

Author : Valerie M. LeMay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D02588513V

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Modeling Natural Regeneration Following Mountain Pine Beetle Attacks in the Southern and Central Interior of British Columbia by Valerie M. LeMay Pdf

Under the federal Mountain Pine Beetle Program, research is being implemented to study the economic and ecological characteristics of mountain pine beetle-damaged stands in British Columbia and Alberta. Stand development projections following mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) (MPB) attack will depend upon the ability to accurately project natural regeneration following attack. In this study, stand structure measured on affected stands shortly after attack was used to estimate the abundance and composition of natural regeneration a number of years following attack. Specific objectives were: to assess natural regeneration development in stands that have sustained mortality during current and/or previous MPB outbreaks; to develop a natural regeneration database for use in connection with the PrognosisBC growth and yield simulator; to use imputation techniques to extend the existing natural regeneration model to MPB-affected stands in the southern and central interior of the province; and to develop and enhance the software necessary to allow reasonable projections of MPB-affected stands.--Document.

Author : Marwan Hassan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D02827221S

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Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Channel Morphology and Woody Debris in Forested Landscapes by Marwan Hassan Pdf

This study is part of a series of research papers that explore the biological, social, and economic aspects of British Columbia's mountain pine beetle (MPB) epidemic. The objective of this report was to determine watershed-scale impacts of mountain pine beetles by comparing channel conditions and the woody debris budget in watersheds infested by the MPB with those from similar old-growth forests with pre-infestation channel and riparian data. The use of a woody debris budget directly links large-scale lodgepole pine mortality to stream challen and piparian processes and conditions at the landscape level. Eighteen watersheds in the Sub-Boreal Spruce and Sub-Boreal--Pine Spruce biogeoclimatic zones were considered. The results are used to generate regionally and locally relevant best management practices that will guide operational planning in landscapes impacted by the MPB.--Includes text from Government of Canada publications site and from document.

Author : Fred L. Bunnell,L. L. Kremsater,Isabelle Houde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Forest management
ISBN : MINN:31951D03276084L

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Mountain Pine Beetle by Fred L. Bunnell,L. L. Kremsater,Isabelle Houde Pdf

This document provides a synthesis of recently completed studies to assess the ecological consequences of forest management after attack by mountain pine beetle or other large-scale disturbances. Studies are assessed for their contributions to gaps in knowledge previously identified in the Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Working Paper "Evaluating effects of large scale salvage logging for mountain pine beetle on terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates," which was published in 2004. This report focuses on studies developed through the federal Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative, the federal Mountain Pine Beetle Program, and the complementary BC Forest Science Program. Relevant information from other jurisdictions is sometimes included to augment those studies. Topics examined are: the impacts of beetle kill and salvage operations on habitat attributes; the impacts of beetle kill and salvage operations on attendant processes, such as snag fall rates, light interception, and snow accumulation; and the wildlife response to large-scale beetle outbreaks and management strategies. For each of these three topics, we provide a summary of: research to date; pertinent findings to date; and gaps in research.

Author : Mary Lynn Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D02376437F

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Environmental Effects on Host Selection and Dispersal of Mountain Pine Beetle by Mary Lynn Reid Pdf

This study is part of a series of research papers that explore the biological, social, and economic aspects of British Columbia's mountain pine beetle epidemic. It summarizes the results of a study on the landscape variation in lodgepole pine constitutive defences, primarily measured as resin production, but also as phloem monoterpene concentration. The response of pioneer mountain pine beetles to those defences is reviewed, measured by experimentally placing beetles on trees and by attacks of free-flying beetles; effects of beetle quality (size, condition) on the beetles' responses are also examined. Finally, the results on the dispersal of mountain pine beetles through a mature lodgepole pine stand and a burned stand are presented.--Includes text from Government of Canada publications site and from document.