Forest Stand Dynamics
Forestry research has formed the basis for the BVRC’s work and it remains a focus today. Growth predictions, regeneration, timber supply projections and succession following the mountain pine beetle outbreak have all been areas of interest for BVRC researchers. More information and reports related to this topic and SORTIE-ND can be found on the Forest Stand Neighbourhood Dynamics Research and Modeling website.
* denotes an active project. ⌘ denotes a multi-year/continuing project
| Project # | Project Title | Project Lead | Funding Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-18 | Growth and Productivity of Western Redcedar in the Kitimat Valley | Adriana Alemeida Rodriguez, PhD | Ministry of Forest Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2014-06 | Analysis of PSP Data | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forest Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2014-05 | Date Creek Data Analysis #4 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2013-30 | Date Creek Data Analysis #3 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2013-29 | Supporting Timber Supply #2 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forest Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2013-18 | Supporting Timber Supply #1 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forest Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2013-17 | Date Creek Data Analysis #2 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2013-02 | NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowship | Amalesh Dhar, NSERC Industrial R&D Postdoctoral Fellow | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| 2012-23 | Date Creek Data Analysis #1 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2012-22 | Mixed Species Data Analysis | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2012-20 | Timber Supply Projections | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations |
| 2012-04 | Data Analysis & Mixed Species Literature Review | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations |
| 2012-03 | Conifer and Vegetation Responses to Pre-planting Applications of Glyphosate and Hexazinone on a Boreal Backlog Site | Richard Kabzems, Research Silviculturist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations | TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. |
| 2009-11 | Year 3 - Evaluation of the Complex Stand Simulation Model SORTIE-ND for Sub-Boreal Forests of Northern BC | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2009-10 | Year 3 - Growth and Release of Understory Trees in Partially-Cut Pine Stands EP 591 | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2009-08 | Year 3 - Assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change from the tree- to stand- to landscape-level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-22 | LIDAR | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | University of British Columbia |
| 2008-18 | Testing SORTIE-ND Parameter Files | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement |
| 2008-14 | Year 2 - Growth and Release of Understory Trees in Partially-Cut Pine Stands EP 591 | Marie-Lou Lefrancois, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-12 | Year 2 - Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change from the Tree- to Stand- to Landscape Level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-11 | Year 2 - Evaluation of the Complex Stand Simulation Model SORTIE-ND for Sub-Boreal Forests of Northern BC | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-10 | Year 2 - Development of a Spatially-Explicit Crown Allometry Model: Crown Shyness | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-09 | Year 2 - The Effect of Site Type and Stand Structure on the Relationship Between Growth and Light Availability for Understory Trees (Juvenile Trees) | Erica Close, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-21 | To Expand the Functionality of SORTIE-ND for use in Forest Management | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement |
| 2007-20 | Year 1 - Development of a Spatially-explicit Crown Allometry Model: Crown Shyness | Rasmus Astrup, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-18 | Year 1 - The Effect of Site Type and Stand Structure on the Relationship Between Growth and Light Availability for Understory Trees (Juvenile Trees) | Rasmus Astrup, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-16 | Evaluation of Regeneration Delay, Release of Advance Regeneration, Future Growth Rates, and Stand Dynamics After MPB Attack | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-14 | Year 1 - Growth and Release of Understory Trees in Partially-Cut Pine Stands EP 591 | Rasmus Astrup, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-12 | Year 1 - Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change from the Tree- to Stand- to Landscape Level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-11 | Year 1 - Evaluation of the Complex Stand Simulation Model SORTIE-ND for Sub-Boreal Forests of Northern BC | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-07 | Conference - Timber Growth and Value Program Synthesis | Rick Budhwa, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-06 | Year 2 - Effect of Site Type on Competitive Interactions Among Trees in Complex-Structured Mixed Species Sub-boreal Forests | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2006-23 | Structural Recruitment: Factors Affecting Survival and Growth of Residual Immature Trees after Clearcut Overstory Harvesting | Ruth Lloyd, Mackenzie | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2006-21 | SORTIE for Use in Forest Management | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement |
| 2006-20 | SORTIE as a Timber Analysis Tool | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement |
| 2006-18 | Quantify Selected Second Growth Northern Interior Forest Ecosystem Attributes | Philip LePage, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement |
| 2006-09 | Conference - Complex Stand Management: Extension of Recent Research to Forest Managers | Rick Budhwa, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2006-06 | Year 1 - Effect of Site Type on Competitive Interactions Among Trees in Complex-Structured Mixed Species Sub-boreal Forests | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2006-02 | Year 2 - Regeneration and Stand Structure Following Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in the Sub-boreal Spruce Zone (Seedling Recruitment) | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2005-11 | Strategic Harvest Strategies in Mitigating Mountain Pine Beetle Impact in Vanderhoof Forest District | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement |
| 2005-08 | Year 1 - Regeneration and Stand Structure Following Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in the Sub-boreal Spruce Zone | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2005-07 | Improving Juvenile Tree Growth Prediction for Complex Mountain Pine Beetle Damaged Stands | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2005-04 | Date Creek Silviculture Remeasurement | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement |
| 2005-02 | Floodplain, Stand dynamics and Ecosystem mapping of the Lower Skeena River | Adrian de Groot, Drosera Ecological Consulting, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range |
| 2004-09 | SORTIE/BC Programming and Training | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range |
| 2004-08 | Forest Ecosystem Recovery Following Disturbance | Allen Banner, Research Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests |
| 2004-04 | Growth and Yield Implications of Alternative Silvicultural Strategies in Mountain Pine Beetle Damaged Stands | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2003-04 | Modelling Stand Dynamics in Southern Boreal Mixedwood Forests - SORTIE/BC | Yves Bergeron, PhD, Universite du Quebec | NSERC-UQAT-UQAM-Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Forest Management |
| 2003-02 | Growth Prediction of Canopy Trees in Complex Structured Mixed-Species Stands | Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Innovation Investment |
