Project Code: | CANFOR-01-030 |
Program: | FRIP |
Area: | Inventory and Planning |
Sponsor: | Canadian Forest Products |
Project Status: | Complete |
Object & Deliverables
This Project’s primary purpose was to determine the impact of site, treatment, stock type, and competition on the survival, establishment time lag & post-establishment growth of white spruce plantations in Alberta’s boreal forest.
Objectives included the measurement and classification of several 15 – 40 year old white spruce plantations, the assessment of limiting factors to growth, the creation of a database for managed stand growth forecasting, and the creation of a network of demonstration sites.
Final Report
The study was completed over the period of June 2000 to September 2002, and the results are contained in a sixty-seven page report entitled “White Spruce Establishment and Growth in 15-40 year old Plantations and 20-60 year old Fire Origin Natural Stands in the Low Boreal Mixedwood and Lower Boreal – Cordilleran Ecoregions of Alberta” (dated September 2002).
Keywords
Fire Origin Natural Stands (20 – 60 years old)
White Spruce Establishment and Growth
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Plantations (15 – 40 years old)
Northern Alberta Boreal Forest
CANFOR-01-030