| Forest fire in the West Kootenays, BC Interior.
D. Gavin |
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| Investigators |
| Dr. Ken Lertzman, School of Resource and Environment Management, Simon Fraser University |
What is the Issue? |
| UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCE ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS |
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Many current problems in research on forest ecosystems involve integrating results and ideas across scales of space and time. This study is attempting to address a series of ideas about disturbance regimes over a range of scales. Projects being conducted are using a variety of approaches to understand how varying disturbance processes drive the structural and compositional dynamics of forest stands and landscapes. Issues being investigated include tree growth in partially harvested areas, fire history and landscape dynamics, and the changing structural characteristics of forest stands with age. Results from the various projects will aid understanding of various types of disturbance on forests and their effects over time and will help to inform on issues surrounding forest conservation and management.
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What is our goal? |
| EXPLORING LANDSCAPE LEVEL FOREST DYNAMICS.
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| Multi-scale analyses of forest dynamics: synthesis and communication |
Where we currently stand. |
| Much of the fieldwork conducted as part of this study has already been completed and results are in the process of being written up. Results from this research will be published during 2001 and 2002.
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