Boston Bar silvicultural systems trial

Last updated on August 22, 2023

Trial name: Boston Bar silvicultural systems trial (EP1151)
Trial objectives	Installation name	Ecosystems represented	Tree species	Silvicultural systems tested	Post establishment treatments
Climate Soil Tree regeneration Vegetation Windthrow Harvesting costs	Boston Bar	IDFww	Douglas-fir	Clearcut Seed tree Shelterwood 2 replications	None
Comments: Windthrow events in 1991 and 1994; Douglas-fir bark beetle infestation; escaped campfire 1995 reduced residual stand densities in upper block since harvest.

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Publication topics	Publications
General overview	D’Anjou. 1998. Partial cutting in the coast-interior transition: seedfall, regeneration and stand structure changes (PDF, 3.6MB). In: Managing the dry Douglas-fir forests of the southern interior: Workshop Proc., Apr. 29–30, 1997, Kamloops, B.C. A. Vyse, A., C. Hollstedt and D. Huggard (editors). B.C. Min. For. Res. Br., Victoria, B.C., pp. 21-28.
Seedfall Regeneration Stand Structure	D’Anjou. 1998. Partial cutting in the coast-interior transition: seedfall, regeneration and stand structure changes (PDF, 3.6MB). In: Managing the dry Douglas-fir forests of the southern interior: Workshop Proc., Apr. 29–30, 1997, Kamloops, B.C. A. Vyse, A., C. Hollstedt and D. Huggard (editors). B.C. Min. For. Res. Br., Victoria, B.C., pp. 21-28. D’Anjou, B. 2006. Regeneration among a range of dispersed retention densities in the Coast-Interior transition (PDF, 649KB). Project 40IV094. For. Investment Account, For. Sci. Program, Victoria, B.C. Final Rep. Antos, J., G. Nigh, R. Parish, and B. D’Anjou. 2006. Early height growth of Douglas-fir on a dispersed retention sites in the coast-interior transition of British Columbia, Canada (PDF, 649KB). Project 40IV094. For. Investment Account, For. Sci. Program, Victoria, B.C. Project Rep. D’Anjou, B. 2006. Dispersed retention in the coast-interior transition: stand structure 15 years after harvest (PDF, 1.2MB). Project 40IV094. For. Investment Account, For. Sci. Program, Victoria, B.C. Project Rep.

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