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Atténuation des effets des infestations d’insectes et aménagement durable des forêts
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Insect outbreaks are natural and recurring disturbances that have a greater impact on wood-fibre supply than wildfires. Proactive rather than reactive management strategies provide the best...
Augmentation anticipée des risques de feu dans l’interface humain-forêt
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With climate change, current research predicts an increase in forest fires in the wildland-human interface or WHI; several inhabited areas will be more at risk in the years to come. Despite this...
Automated characterization of forest canopy vertical layering for predicting forest inventory attributes by layer using airborne LiDAR data
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Forest canopy vertical layering influences stand development and yield and is critical information for forest management planning and wood supply analysis. It is also relevant for other applications...
Balancing Large-scale Wildlife Protection and Forest Management Goals with a Game-theoretic Approach
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When adopted, wildlife protection policies in Canadian forests typically cover large areas and affect multiple economic agents working in these landscapes. Such measures are likely to increase the...
Balsam Fir-Yellow Birch Forest Succession in the Lower St. Lawrence Region
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In Quebec, the bioclimatic zone of balsam fir-yellow birch covers an area of 94,768 km 2. Some of the forest cover types in the area, such as balsam fir-yellow birch, are among the most productive in...
Barren-ground Caribou
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A website giving information on the barren-ground herds in the NWT. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources click here.
Barren-ground Caribou Co-management in the Northwest Territories
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A 21-page booklet explaining the different responsibilities and authroities for managing all of the barren-ground caribou herds in the NWT. It includes information on responsibilities for herds that...
Barren-ground Caribou in the NWT: Bathurst herd
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This is a two-page fact sheet on the herd from the Government of the Northwest Territories. Undated but recent. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find...
Barren-ground Caribou in the NWT: Bluenose-East Herd
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2-page fact sheet on the Bluenose-East caribou herd. Related Herds: Bluenose-East This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources click...
Baseline Condition of Jack Pine Biomonitoring Plots in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area, 1976-1977
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No measureable air pollutant effect was observed on either vascular or lichen communities at any site even though significantly high tissue pollutant concentrations were documented within 10km of GCOS
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan
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This document describes a Bathurst Caribou Range Plan (BCRP or Range Plan) for the Bathurst barren-ground caribou herd. The Range Plan is based on knowledge sources and perspectives grounded in both...
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan - Interim Discussion Document
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A long 2016 document that was used as background for the development of the Bathurst Herd Range Plan. It includes a report from an Indigenous knowledge workshop on the herd. It also contains maps of...
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan Summary
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This 8-page document from 2019 is a simple summary of the Bathurst caribou range plan. Related Herds: Bathurst This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find...
Beech Scale
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Beech scale is an introduced insect that damages beech trees; this damage can lead to beech bark disease. The insect was introduced to North America in the late 1800’s and has spread throughout...
Biomass and Root Stem Production of a Colony-forming Willow (Salix interior) on Highly Disturbed, Low Fertility Sites
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This study describes biomass production, colony formation, and clonal spread via root stems of a wide-ranging North American willow species, Salix interior (INT), one of the few willows that can...
Biomass Estimates for Major Boreal Forest Species in West-Central Canada
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Forest biomass is the second-largest renewable energy resource in Canada, representing a major pool in the global carbon budget, but better estimates of forest biomass are needed. In the 1980s...
Biophysical Determinants of Shifting Tundra Vegetation Productivity in the Beaufort Delta Region of Canada
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Temperature increases across the circumpolar north have driven rapid increases in vegetation productivity, often described as ‘greening’. These changes have been widespread, but spatial variation in...
Biting Flies and Activity of Caribou in the Boreal Forest
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Habitat loss has been implicated in the decline of forest-dwelling caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou), but it is unknown how biting insects, potentially important components of boreal forest habitat...