Thinning Lodgepole Pine in Southeastern British Columbia

Thinning Lodgepole Pine in Southeastern British Columbia
Author: Wayne David Johnstone
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2002
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

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This report discusses the effects, 46 years after treatment in 1952-53, of the thinning of a 53-year-old lodgepole pine stand growing in south-east British Columbia. At the study plots in the montane spruce biogeoclimatic zone, five thinning treatments plus unthinned controls were established. Results are presented with regard to effects of thinning treatments on tree diameter, tree height & volume, survival, stand basal area, and stand volume. In 1980-83, the stand was infested by mountain pine beetle, and the results also demonstrate the effect of thinning on pine response to beetle attack.

Effect of Commercial Thinning on Within-stand Microclimate and Fine Fuel Moisture Conditions in a Mature Lodgepole Pine Stand in Southeastern British Columbia

Effect of Commercial Thinning on Within-stand Microclimate and Fine Fuel Moisture Conditions in a Mature Lodgepole Pine Stand in Southeastern British Columbia
Author: Roger J. Whitehead
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
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"The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast microclimatic and fine fuel moisture conditions in a natural stand of mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) with an adjacent stand which was thinned to a uniform 4-m spacing between stems with respect to: within-stand microclimate elements that are likely to affect the moisture content of fine, dead surface fuels; measured moisture content of fine, dead surface fuels; and, differences between the actual moisture content of lodgepole pine needle litter versus equivalent values predicted by the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System (Van Wagner 1987)."--Document.

Commercial Thinning of Lodgepole Pine

Commercial Thinning of Lodgepole Pine
Author: Michael Stone
Publisher: Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement on Forest Resource Development: FRDA II
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1996
Genre: Forest management
ISBN:

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A Lodgepole Pine Commercial Thinning Trial in Kananaskis, Alberta

A Lodgepole Pine Commercial Thinning Trial in Kananaskis, Alberta
Author: Stan Navratil
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2002
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

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In 1941, the Canadian Forestry Service established a commercial thinning trial in a stand dominated by 77-year-old lodgepole pine near Kananaskis, Alberta. Sample plots established in 1949 were re-measured in 1999, and this report presents the results of these measurements along with some earlier results. The results compare tree diameter growth & net periodic total volume increment between thinned plots and control (unthinned) plots. Management implications of the results are discussed.