Effect of Commercial Thinning on Within-stand Microclimate and Fine Fuel Moisture Conditions in a Mature Lodgepole Pine Stand in Southeastern British Columbia

Effect of Commercial Thinning on Within-stand Microclimate and Fine Fuel Moisture Conditions in a Mature Lodgepole Pine Stand in Southeastern British Columbia PDF

Author: Roger J. Whitehead

Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 24

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"The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast microclimatic and fine fuel moisture conditions in a natural stand of mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) with an adjacent stand which was thinned to a uniform 4-m spacing between stems with respect to: within-stand microclimate elements that are likely to affect the moisture content of fine, dead surface fuels; measured moisture content of fine, dead surface fuels; and, differences between the actual moisture content of lodgepole pine needle litter versus equivalent values predicted by the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System (Van Wagner 1987)."--Document.

Stand-tending and Rehabilitation Treatment Options for 36-year-old, Height-repressed Lodgepole Pine

Stand-tending and Rehabilitation Treatment Options for 36-year-old, Height-repressed Lodgepole Pine PDF

Author: Teresa A. Newsome

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 60

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Forest fires facilitate natural regeneration in lodgepole pine, but the pine stands that regenerate after wildfires are often very dense, which usually limits height growth. Such stands are said to be height repressed. One option for treating such stands to reduce or reverse height repression is to use silviculture treatments. This report presents preliminary (third-year) findings of a trial that is testing stand-tending & rehabilitation treatments in a 36-year-old, height-repressed lodgepole pine stand in southern interior British Columbia. The objective of the trial is to determine what regime might provide the most cost-effective means of increasing timber productivity. Treatments tested include fertilization, thinning, thinning followed by fertilization, and replacement of the existing stand.

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