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Badger Resource Selection in the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia 不列颠哥伦比亚省落基山沟獾资源选择

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2014-07-11 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n3a566

T. Kinley, J. Whittington, Alan D. Dibb, N. Newhouse

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引用次数: 5

Trends in renewable resource management in BC 不列颠哥伦比亚省可再生资源管理趋势

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2014-03-11 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n3a556

D. Eastman, R. Archibald, R. Ellis, Brian Nyberg

引用次数: 5

Bioenergy is a viable solution to BC's Wildland-Urban Interface fuels problem; however, a number of policy changes are needed first 生物能源是不列颠哥伦比亚省荒地-城市界面燃料问题的可行解决方案;然而，首先需要改变一些政策

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2014-01-22 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n3a564

R. Gray

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引用次数: 0

An Evaluation of the Main Factors Affecting Yield Differences Between Single- and Mixed-Species Stands 影响单种林分与混种林分产量差异的主要因素评价

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2014-01-22 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a552

D. Coates, E. Lilles

引用次数: 5

Grassland and Forest Understory Vegetation Monitoring: An Introduction to Field Methods 草地和森林林下植被监测:野外方法导论

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2014-01-22 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n3a173

D. Gayton

引用次数: 5

BC Grassland Resources and Climate Change BC省草地资源与气候变化

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2013-12-11 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a135

D. Gayton

引用次数: 1

Evidence supporting the need for a common soil monitoring protocol 支持需要一项共同土壤监测方案的证据

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2013-12-05 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a106

D. A. Reeves, M. Coleman, D. Page-Dumroese

{"title":"Evidence supporting the need for a common soil monitoring protocol","authors":"D. A. Reeves, M. Coleman, D. Page-Dumroese","doi":"10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a106","url":null,"abstract":"Many public land management agencies monitor forest soils for levels of disturbance related to management activities. Although several soil disturbance monitoring protocols based on visual observation have been developed to assess the amount and types of disturbance caused by forest management, no common method is currently used on National Forest lands in the United States. We present data on relative soil disturbance based on harvest system from National Forests throughout Montana and Idaho. Because each National Forest uses its own method for data collection, we developed a common, well-defined visual class system for analyses based on the existing soil monitoring data that accurately normalized disparate classifications. Using this common system, we detected differences in soil disturbance between the ground-based and overhead harvest systems; however, no site attributes (slope, aspect, soil texture, etc.) affected soil disturbance levels. The individual National Forest was the most important factor explaining differences among harvest units. The effect of National Forest may be explained by different forest types, soils, harvest practices, or administrative procedures, but the most likely explanation is differences among the various qualitative classification approaches to soil disturbance monitoring. Althoughthis analysis used a large data set, our inability to correlate disturbance with site characteristics and the differences between monitoring methods points to the need for common terms and comparable guidelines for soil disturbance monitoring.","PeriodicalId":129797,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecosystems and Management","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124122006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Social Licence in British Columbia: Some Implications for Energy Development 不列颠哥伦比亚省的社会许可:对能源发展的一些启示

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2013-10-21 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n2a550

F. Bunnell

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引用次数: 4

Tomentosus Root Rot Forest Health Stand Establishment Decision Aid 毛竹根腐林卫生林建设决策援助

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2013-05-29 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n1a562

R. Reich, K. Lewis, A. Wiensczyk

引用次数: 1

Understanding Occupational Health and Safety Culture for BC Aboriginal Fire Crews and Emergency Service Personnel: Research Update 了解卑诗省土著消防人员和应急服务人员的职业健康和安全文化:最新研究

Journal of Ecosystems and Management Pub Date : 2013-05-29 DOI: 10.22230/jem.2013v14n1a565

N. Caverley

引用次数: 0