HyP3 Project: Pattern, process, and productivity in hypermaritime forests of coastal British Columbia (EP 1216)

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Trial Name: HyP3 Project: Pattern, process, and productivity in hypermaritime forests of coastal British Columbia (EP 1216)
Trial objectives	Installation name	Ecosystems represented	Tree species	Silvicultural systems tested	Post establishment treatments
Harvesting feasibility Fertilization and site preparation effects Tree regeneration and growth Timber quality, end-product recovery and utilization rates	HyP3 Project	CWHvh2	Western hemlock Western red cedar Yellow cedar Mountain hemlock Sitka spruce Shore pine	Diameter limit logging – all western red cedar and yellow cedar between 17.5 to 150 cm dbh felled All hemlock and shore pine felled	Site preparation Fertilization Seedling protectors

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Publication topics	Publications
General overview	Banner, A. 1999. Pattern, process and productivity in hypermaritime forests: the HyP³ project (PDF, 307KB). B.C. Min. For., For. Sci. Program, Prince Rupert For. Reg. Exten. Note 38.
Multiple values	Banner, A., P. LePage, J. Moran, and A. de Groot. (compilers). 2005. The HyP³ Project: pattern, process, and productivity in hypermaritime forests of coastal British Columbia: a synthesis of 7-year results (PDF, 3.9MB). B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Spec. Rep. 10.
Growth and yield	Lilles, E., P. LePage, and J.M. Kranabetter. 2018. Managing cedar–hemlock–salal scrub forests on the north coast of British Columbia. B.C. Min. For., Lands, Nat. Resource Ops. Rural Dev. North Area Exten. Note 57. Kranabetter, J.M., P. LePage, and A. Banner. 2013. Management and productivity of cedar–hemlock–salal scrub forests on the north coast of British Columbia. For. Ecol. Manag. 308:161–168.
Site preparation	Shaw, J. and A. Banner. 2001. Excavator mounding to enhance productivity in hypermaritime forests: preliminary results (PDF, 252KB). B.C. Min. For., Res. Section, Smithers, B.C. Exten. Note 44. Shaw, J. and A. Banner. 2001. Effects of soil mixing and mounding on seedling nutrition in hypermaritime cedar–hemlock forests, north-coastal British Columbia: preliminary results (PDF, 232KB). B.C. Min. For., Res. Section, Smithers, B.C. Exten. Note 45.
Vegetation	Asada, T., B.G. Warner, and A. Banner. 2004. Sphagnum invasion after clear-cutting and excavator mounding in a hypermaritime forest of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 34:1730–1746.
Site fertility	Kranabetter, J.M., A. Banner, and J. Shaw. 2003. Growth and nutrition of three conifer species across site gradients of north coastal British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 33:313–324. Kranabetter, J.M., A. Banner, and A. de Groot. 2005. An assessment of phosphorus limitations to soil nitrogen availability across forest ecosystems of north coastal British Columbia. Can. J. For.
Harvesting	LePage, P., A. Banner, A. deGroot, and J. Shaw. 2002. The Oona River Operational Research Trial (PDF, 228KB). B.C. Min. For., Res. Section, Smithers, B.C. Exten. Note 48.
Seedling survival and growth	LePage, P. and A. Banner. 2005. Seedling browse guard trial on the north coast of British Columbia (PDF, 247KB). B.C. Min. For., Res. Section, Smithers, B.C. Exten. Note 56.
Hydrology	Lortie, S.L. 2002. A pre-harvest investigation of groundwater–surface water interactions in a hypermaritime catchment using hydrogeological and geochemical tools. MSc thesis. Univ. Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.

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