Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Biomass harvesting intensity influences above and below ground wood decomposition processes in a northern Ontario jack pine forest

Dead wood decomposition affects provision of habitat, carbon storage and soil nutrients and can serve as a functional indicator of ecosystem integrity. We aimed to assess the effect of increased biomass harvesting practices on wood decomposition processes, hypothesizing that incr...

Forest landscape planning with textural constraints: How to control the spatial pattern under competing management objectives

Managing healthy forest ecosystems under competing objectives (such as achieving harvesting vs. biodiversity conservation goals) requires consideration of whether the texture of the landscape approximates the historical or desired textural pattern – for instance, as driven by nat...

Right on time: evaluating accuracy and timing of burn-severity assessments to support post-fire management

Abstract Effective wildfire impact assessment and post-fire management rely on burn-severity maps that accurately characterize fire effects on vegetation and soils. These maps inform time-sensitive activities such as post-fire flood and debris-flow modeling, risk mitigation for h...

Assessing the effectiveness of electromagnetic surveying techniques to determine the extent of buried waste in small trench-and-fill landfills

To properly manage the challenges of small legacy landfill operations in remote areas such as Northern Ontario, it is important to accurately delineate areas of buried waste. A proper delineation of buried waste is required for site life calculations, future development planning...

Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Modeling of Height to Live Crown Base in Natural and Plantation Jack Pine Stands

Height to live crown base (HCB) is a key indicator of crown architecture, influencing growth allocation, timber quality, and stand dynamics in boreal forests. Accurate prediction of HCB is essential for growth and yield modeling and silvicultural planning. Using measurements from...