Project Details
Use of Natural Disturbances and Natural Processes as a Template for the Sustainable Management of Boreal Forests
Project gauthiersuseo9
Initiated Date : June 4th, 2003
Status: Complete
Keywords: disturbance regimes :: forest dynamics :: natural disturbance-based management :: silvicultural systems :: sustainability
Research Area
A - Natural Disturbance Management
The specific objectives of our project are to:
1. Assess the applicability of the eastern boreal natural disturbance-based management (NDBM) system general framework to other fire-driven regions;
2. Develop a better understanding of gap and patch dynamics;
3. Gain a better understanding of the interaction among disturbance types;
4. Develop a framework for an NDBM system for forests driven by secondary disturbances, such as insect outbreaks and natural tree mortality;
5. Develop, implement, and assess the ability of new silvicultural treatments to maintain targeted key indicators of sustainability (such as lichens), at stand and landscape levels;
6. Assess various practices or management scenarios, in terms of their effects on bird communities and sustainability; and
7. Build flexibility in NDBM, with regards to the effect of climate change on fire regimes.
Manitoba
Ontario