Year 1 - Evaluation of the Complex Stand Simulation Model SORTIE-ND for Sub-Boreal Forests of Northern BC
Project Reference Number: 2007-11
Project Status: Complete
Led by: Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers
Research Assistance: Bulkley Valley Research Centre Personnel; Don Sachs, Nelson; Marissa LeBlanc, Vancouver; Forestec Forestry Consulting, Kamloops
Funded by: Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y08-1187)
Forest managers in northern British Columbia require models that accurately predict timber yield of complex, managed and unmanaged stands (e.g., mountain pine beetle (MPB) damaged stands and mixedwood strategies in boreal forests). This proposal addresses the need for evaluation of SORTIE-ND, a spatially-explicit forest dynamics model, in sub-boreal forests and assessment of the model as a timber analysis management tool especially for stands impacted by the MPB.