Determining the competitor selection methods for spatial explicit competition indices is important for individual tree growth modelling and forest management. There is a lack of systematic comparisons on these methods for natural mixed forest, however. In this paper, subplots with the area of...

Understanding the magnitude and cause of variation in tree growth and forest productivity is central to sustainable forest management. Measurements of annual growth rings allow assessments of individual-tree, tree population, and forest ecosystem vulnerabilities to drought stress or other changing...

Afforestation of unproductive or currently non-forested territories can increase carbon land sinks and thus contribute to mitigate climate change. However, investments on large-scale afforestation could be risky because of the predicted effect of climate change on forest productivity of newly...

Context: Saplings play important ecological and structural roles in forest stands. They also constitute the pool of candidate trees that are responsible for recruitment of merchantable sized trees. However, sapling information is often absent from regular inventory measurements (e.g. where no...

This proceedings contains six papers presented at the Boreal Mixedwoods 2012 Conference, held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, during 17-20 June 2012. The papers cover the following topics: spruce and birch growth in pure and mixed stands in Sweden; white spruce understorey protection; considerations...

The carbon sequestration potential of exotics might be considered as one of the several alternatives for forest adaptation to climate change. The results presented here demonstrate that exotic larches' (Larix spp.) growth rates for both carbon accumulation and traditional forest products exceed...

An agreement between the provincial government of Québec, Canada and the forest industry executing forest management activities on public lands has been established regarding non-utilized woody material (NUWM) left on the cutting area. Problems linked to this agreement are compounded by labor...

This report provides detailed estimates and highlights key findings from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data collected across the Tanana unit in interior Alaska, 2014-2018. The Tanana unit encompasses much of the Tanana River basin and is one of six inventory units distributed throughout the...

Tree improvement programs can improve forest management by increasing timber yields in some areas, thereby facilitating conservation of other forest lands. In this study, we used a meta-analytic approach to quantify yields of alternative white (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and hybrid spruce (Picea...

This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of retaining aspen or other broadleaf trees in managed boreal white and black spruce (BWBS) and sub-boreal spruce (SBS) stands in northern and central British Columbia, Canada. Economic considerations, such as silviculture liabilities and...