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Information Forestry is a newsletter of research and development activities at the Pacific Forestry Centre. This newsletter contains information about research in various aspects of forestry, such as silviculture, remote sensing, biological control, and insect and disease management.

April 2006

• Western hemlock no athlete when building up nutrients

December 2005

• West Coast research on insect that eats young conifers prompts similar studies in Nova Scotia
   
• Protein expresses to assist root-rotted Douglas-fir
   
• Species selection affected by Armillaria disease
   
• New grid makes forest measurements more meaningful
   
• Environment key to western white pine resistance
   
• Satellite imagery used to determine time since harvest
   

August 2005

• Spaced stands aid in beetle-attack prevention
   
• Report identifies effects of salvage logging for mountain pine beetle on critical wildlife species
   
• Soil disturbance hinders seedling growth in montane sites
   
• Ecologically-based biological control manages salal
   
• Remote sensing the key to root rot detection
   
• Measuring efficiency in bark beetle traps
   
• Scientist debunks litter-decomposition myths

April 2005

• Research network monitors forest carbon changes
   
• International standard will reduce risk to world’s forests
   
• Study compares alternative silviculture systems
   
• Database collects information on tree planting in Canada
   
• Research disproves danger of recycled fine logyard wastes
   
• Researchers investigate gene family with potential
   
• Long-term research predicts short-term insect damage
   
• Getting to the root of biotronic Douglas-fir
   
• Cecidophyopsis’ effect on Pacific yew
   
• Forestry centre shares web-system expertise
   
• Insects provide window on forest soil ecology

December 2004

• South Moresby account focuses on community goals
   
• High-elevation growth study yields results at 20 years
   
• Yukon study provides foundation for long-term research on the territory’s white spruce ecosystems
   
• Custom-designed model clarifies complex forest systems
   
• Trees outpace weevil attackers
   
• Chemical index predicts local budworm outbreaks

August 2004

• International cooperation helps contain disease
   
• Mushroom research follows in wake of province’s wildfires
   
• Scripts refine mapping of beetle susceptibility and risk
   
• Vancouver Island community benefits from fast-growing, carbon-storing plantation program
   
• Chinese-beetle database catalogs potential forest pests
   
• Prince George pilot tests forest-carbon analyses and model

April 2004

• Sunscreen for spruce
   
• Signs of age in Vancouver Island Douglas-fir forests — chronosequence research identifies biological indicators
   
• Research group tackles global forest-pest problem
   
• Scientists increase moth-monitoring effectiveness
   
• New database defines forest-disturbance patterns
   
• Cross-Canada cyberstructure manages super-sized data

December 2003 edition

• Fire and Beetles: how forest disturbances affect stand dynamics
   
• Forest managers test carbon tracker
   
• Task force stands on guard against plant killer
   
• The Canadian Forest Service Bookstore: publications at the touch of a button

August 2003 edition

• Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: Risk Reduction Research and Development Program
   
• Rehabilitating Federal and Private Lands under the Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative
   
• Host/pathogen Interaction Research in the White Pine Blister Rust Pathosystem
   
• Climate Change and Mountain Pine Beetle Range Expansion in British Columbia
   
• Forests are More than Trees: Protection and Recovery of Species at Risk
   
• Science, Policy and the Gypsy Moth
   
• The Forest Ecosystem Research Network of Sites

April 2003 edition

• Root Rot Tracker – A Tool to Study Root Disease Spread
   
• Integrating Remotely Sensed Estimates of Mountain Pine Beetle Red-attack with Forest Inventory Data
   
• A Research Partnership in Forestry Innovation
   
• Forestry Partnerships Link Canadian Forest Service with the Community
   
• Canadian Biocontrol Anthology Highlights Canadian Forest Service Science

December 2002 edition

• XII World Forestry Congress Coming to Québec City, Canada
   
• Afforestation Pilots Across Canada Test Carbon Sequestration Potential
   
• NOT WANTED: Exotic Species Coming Soon To A Forest Near You?
   
• Updated Version of “Managing Your Woodland” Handbook Available Online
   
• Softwood Lumber Industry Funding Package Targets BC’s Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
   
• Researchers Find Mechanism of Resistance to Armillaria Root Disease In Douglas-fir And Western Larch
   

August 2002 edition

• The BC Community Forestry Forum
   
• New Web Site of Defoliating Insects of Conifers in BC
   
• Levels-Of-Growing-Stock Cooperative Study in Douglas-fir
   
• Harvesting and Climate Effects on Organic Matter
   
• Fungi Provide Potential for Combating Dwarf Mistletoe
   
• The Economic Contribution of Secondary Manufacturing in BC’s Forest Industry
   
• From Fungal Fruiting Bodies to Fungus Finder
   
• Canadian Forest Service Scientist Receives Prestigious Award

 
Special issue on Climate Change and Forest Carbon Accounting in Canada.

• Climate Change and the Canadian Forest Service
    
• Climate Change and Natural Resources Canada
    
• Tracking Deforestation and its Carbon Consequences
    
• The National Forest Information System: A Tool in Support of Carbon Accounting
    
• Earth Observation for Sustainable Development: Using Space-Based Technology for Monitoring Canada´s Forests
    
• Building a National Forest Sector Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System
    
• Canada´s New National Forest Inventory
    
• Global Warming Research from the Ground Up
   

December 2001 edtion

• A Collaborative Study of the Spruce Budworm
   
• Studying Proteins in Conifers
   
• Developing a Western Hemlock Looper Hazard Rating System
   
• Journey to the Top – Experiences of Canadian Women in the Forest Sector
   

August 2001 edition

• To Surpass a Mass of Grass: Biocontrol Gives Trees a Chance
   
• Of Mites and Men (and Women)
   

April 2001 edition

• Studying White Pine Regeneration
   
• Studying Possible Effects of Climate Change on Forest Fire
   
• Updating Forest Inventories with Remote Sensing
   
• Exotic Beetles - A Threat to North American Forests
   
• To Rot a Lot or Not: Humus in Northern Forests
   

Editions of Information Forestry are free to download from the Canadian Forest Service bookstore.