Chen, Han Y. H.

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Trends in post-disturbance recovery rates of Canada’s forests following wildfire and harvest The recovery of forests following stand-replacing disturbance is of widespread interest; however, there is both a lack of definitional clarity for the term “recovery” and a dearth of empirical data on the rates of forest recovery associated with different disturbance types. We conducted a quantitative review of literature to determine recovery times following wildfire and timber harvest and to evaluate variation in recovery rates across Canada’s diverse forest ecosystems. Recovery was assessed according to the rate of change associated with certain forest structural attributes that have traditionally been used as indicators of forest growth and productivity. The recovery of forest canopy cover, tree height, and... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Adaptation Planning 1-Best Management Practices, Landscape Scale Conservation: Forestry
Carbon dynamics of North American boreal forest after stand replacing wildfire and clearcut logging Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Relationship Understanding 2b-Effects of Fire on Ecosystems
Microbial community structure of soils under four productivity classes of aspen forests in northern British Columbia Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: M1-Ecosystems
The Influence of Recent Climate Change on Tree Height Growth Differs with Species and Spatial Environment Tree growth has been reported to increase in response to recent global climate change in controlled and semi-controlled experiments, but few studies have reported response of tree growth to increased temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in natural environments. This study addresses how recent global climate change has affected height growth of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx) and black spruce (Picea mariana Mill B.S.) in their natural environments. We sampled 145 stands dominated by aspen and 82 dominated by spruce over the entire range of their distributions in British Columbia, Canada. These stands were established naturally after fire between the 19th and 20th centuries. Height... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: P2-Changes in Plant and Animal Species Due to Climate Change
Microbial community structure of soils under four productivity classes of aspen forests in northern British Columbia Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Monitoring 1-Changes in Plant and Animal Distribution: Ecosystems

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