FRDA Report

FRDA Report
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1996
Genre: Forests and forestry
ISBN:

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1562
Release: 1991
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

Integrated Forest Vegetation Management

Integrated Forest Vegetation Management
Author: P. G. Comeau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Contains papers and summaries of posters presented at a workshop held to provide field practitioners and researchers with current information about treatment options available for forest vegetation management, and to discuss the application of integrated pest management concepts to forest vegetation management. Topics of papers include silvicultural systems, prescribed burning, mechanical site preparation, forest vegetation management trends, chemical and manual treatments, cover crops, mulching, the use of sheep, weed management, biodiversity, and worker safety.

Silviculture Prescription Data Collection Field Handbook

Silviculture Prescription Data Collection Field Handbook
Author: Michael Patrick Curran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This guide is a technical support document intended to help forestry practitioners collect the information they need to prepare a silvicultural treatment regime and silviculture prescription in accordance with British Columbia Forest Practices Code legislation. It deals primarily with the collection & stratification of site-specific field data. After information on office preparation, stratification, plot establishment, and mapping procedures, the guide presents data collection procedures for silviculture prescription field forms. Copies of forms are included in the appendix. The data cover such matters as site characteristics, understorey & overstorey, soils, riparian & watershed values, soil & fire hazards, silvicultural systems & objectives, harvesting, forest health, stand tending, and forest resource values.

Autecology of Common Plants in British Columbia

Autecology of Common Plants in British Columbia
Author: Sybille Haeussler
Publisher: Forestry Canada, 1990 [i.e. 1991]
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1990
Genre: Forest ecology
ISBN:

This publication summarizes the autecological characteristics of 35 vegetation species and provides information on how they respond to various silvicultural treatments now in use on forest lands. Information used in this report was gathered in an extensive search of ecological, silvicultural, and botanical literature, most of which originates in western Canada or western US. Information is given on description, distribution and abundance, habitat, growth and development, reproduction, pests, effects on crop trees, response to disturbance or management, and wildlife and range of each species, listed alphabetically by scientific name.