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Silviculture

Research in this area focuses on

• developing methods to secure regeneration, improve stands, and sustain yield;
• studying seedling establishment, site classification, and succession; and
• investigating and evaluating alternative harvesting methods and silvicultural alternatives to clearcutting.

Studies and Research Projects

• Application of Biological Control to Vegetation Management in Forestry
   
• Common Tree Diseases of British Columbia
   
• Diseases and Insects in British Columbia Forest Seedling Nursuries
   
• Forest Ecosystem Research Network of Sites (FERNS)
   
• Levels-of-Growing-Stock Study (LOGS)
   
• Lodgepole Pine Foliar Nutrient Diagnosis and Fertilizer Advisory System
   
• Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems (MASS)  (updated)
   
• Meeting Landscape-level Objectives with Mature and Aging Lodgepole
  Pine : "Beetle-Proofing" Research in the East Kootenays
   
• Shawnigan Lake Research Forest (SLRF)  (new site!)

National Research Portal: Silviculture and Regeneration