Managing hardwoods in the Kamloops Forest Region (EP 1089)

Trial Name: Managing hardwoods in the Kamloops Forest Region (EP 1089)
Trial Objectives Installation Name Ecological Zone Tree Species Silvicultural Treatments
To document the response of Paper Birch to thinning in the ICH zone (EP 1089.02)
  • Lee Creek
  • Barnes Creek
  • Eagle Bay
  • Burton Creek
 ICH
  • Paper Birch
  • Various conifer species
  • Paper Birch thinning trial;
  • Untreated, 400, 1000 and 3000 sph thinning treatments of natural stand Paper Birch

Publications:

 
Publication Topics Publications
Growth Analysis
  • Wang, J.R., S.W. Simard, and J.P. Kimmins. 1995. Physiological responses of paper birch to thinning in British Columbia. For. Ecol. Manag. 73:177–184.
Establishment and Early Resullts
  • Simard, S.W., T. Blenner-Hassett, and I.R. Cameron. 2004. Pre-commercial thinning effects on growth, yield and mortality in even aged paper birch stands in British Columbia. For. Ecol. Manag. 190:163–178.