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Reports
Robinson, D.C.E., S.J. Beukema and L.A. Greig. 2008. Vegetation models and climate change: workshop results. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Western Wildlands Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Prineville, OR. 50 pp.
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 Beukema, S.J., D.C.E. Robinson and L.A. Greig. 2007. Forests, insects & pathogens and climate change: workshop report. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Western Wildlands Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Prineville, OR. 39 pp.
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ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2007. Development of a climate-driven Forest Vegetation Simulator: the Priest River Experimental Forest workshop results. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID and the Forest Management Service Center, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO. 14 pp.
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ESSA Technologies Ltd.2007. Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool User Guide, Version 6.0. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 196 pp.
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Martin, B., D. Hanna, N. Korb and L. Frid. 2007. Decision Analysis of Alternative Invasive Weed Management Strategies for Three Montana Landscapes. Prepared by The Nature Conservancy of Montana, Helena, MT and ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 34 pp.
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Murray, C.M. 2007. General Decision Process for Managing Invasive Plant Species in Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems (GOEs). Prepared for the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team and The Nature Conservancy of Canada. 8 pp.
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Wilmshurst, J.F., R. Walton and L. Frid. 2007. TELSA model development 2005-2007: A report to Grasslands National Park of Canada May 25, 2007. Parks Canada Agency, Western & Northern Service Center, Winnipeg, MB. 49 pp.
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Frid, L. 2006. Decision analysis to evaluate control strategies for crested wheatgrass in Grasslands National Park of Canada. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for Parks Canada, Winnipeg, MB. 21 pp.
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Marmorek, D.R., D.C.E. Robinson, C. Murray and L. Greig. 2006. Enabling Adaptive Forest Management – Final Report. Prepared for the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 94 pp.
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ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2005. TELSA - Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses: User’s Guide Version 3.3. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 236 pp.
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ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2005. TELSA: Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses,
Model Description, Version 3.3. Vancouver, BC. 50 pp.
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 Beukema, S.J. and D.C.E. Robinson. 2004. Modelling Mountain Pine Beetle in the Chilcotin using the Westwide Pine Beetle Model. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC. 21 pp.
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Murray, C. and R.K. Jones. 2002. Adaptive
Management Strategy for the Decision Support Tool to Address Invasive
Species in Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems. Prepared by
ESSA Technologies Ltd. and R. Keith Jones & Associates, Victoria,
B.C. for the GOERT Invasive Species Steering Committee, Victoria.
8 pp.
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Robinson,
D.C.E., G.D. Sutherland and W.A. Kurz. 2000. Simulating
the effects of dwarf mistletoe in coastal western hemlock stands.
Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for BC Ministry
of Forests, Victoria, BC. 44 pp.
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Greenough,
J.A., D.C.E. Robinson, S.J. Beukema, and W.A. Kurz. 1999. Prognosis
Environmental Indicators Model Description. Prepared by ESSA Technologies
Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 66 pp.
Greenough,
J.A., D.C.E. Robinson, S.J. Beukema and W.A. Kurz. 1999. Prognosis
Environmental Indicators Model: WADF Case Study Methodology. Prepared
by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 24 pp.
Greenough,
J.A., D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz and S.J. Beukema. 1999. Prognosis
Environmental Indicators Model: WADF Case Study. Prepared by ESSA
Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 90 pp.
Greenough,
J.A., D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, S.J. Beukema, N. Densmore, R.
Winter, and B. Snowdon. 1999. Use
of the Prognosis EI Model in Balancing Timber and Environmental
Values at the Watershed-level. Prepared by ESSA Technologies
Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. for the British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
30 pp.
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Kurz, W.A.
1999. Assessing
options for measurement of verifiable changes in carbon stocks from
reforestation, afforestation, and deforestation and other potential
forestry activities. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver,
B.C. for National Sinks Issues Table, Environment Canada, Hull,
PQ. 42 pp.
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Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema and D.C.E. Robinson. 1999. Simulating
root disease impacts in selected ecosystems in the Kamloops and
Nelson Forest regions. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver,
BC for Forest Health Unit, Forest Site Management Section, Forest
Practices Branch, BC Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC. 56 pp.
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Robinson,
D.C.E. 1999. An
Assessment of the Value of Landsat Imagery for the Most Similar
Neighbour Procedure: West Arm Demonstration Forest Case Study.
Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. for the British
Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria, B.C. 13 pp.
[PDF - 418kb]
Robinson,
D.C.E., W.A. Kurz, and C. Pinkham. 1999. Estimating
the carbon losses from
deforestation in Canada. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd.,
Vancouver, B.C. for National
Climate Change Secretariat, Ottawa, Ontario. 81 pp.
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Robinson, D.C.E. and W.A. Kurz. 1998. Analysis of the Prognosis Regeneration Establishment Model Behaviour with BC Regeneration Data. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the BC Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC. 42 pp.
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Beukema,
S.J., and W.A. Kurz. 1994. The Westwide Pine Beetle model user's
guide. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. for USDA
Forest Service, FPM/MAG, Fort Collins, CO. 47 pp.
Beukema,
S.J., and D.C. Robinson. 1994. Reference guide for Westwide
Pine Beetle model keywords. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd.,
Vancouver, B.C. for USDA Forest Service, FPM/MAG, Fort Collins,
CO. 39 pp.
Beukema,
S.J., D.C. Robinson, J.A. Greenough, P.J. McNamee, and W.A. Kurz. 1994. Westwide pine beetle model: detailed description: Final report
prepared for U.S. Forest Service, Forest Pest Management - Methods
Application Group, Fort Collins, CO. 92 pp. and appendices.
Presentations
Frid, L., L. Provencher, E. York, G. Green and K. Bryan. 2008. Adapting LANDFIRE vegetation models for restoration planning. Poster presented at the Association for Fire Ecology Regional Conference, Tuscon, AZ, January 28-31, 2008.
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Hawkes, B.C., S.W. Taylor, C. Stockdale, T.L. Shore, S.J. Beukema and D.C.E. Robinson. 2005. Predicting mountain pine beetle impacts on lodgepole pine stands and woody debris characteristics in a mixed severity fire regime using PrognosisBC and the Fire and Fuels Extension. pp. 123-135. In: Lagene, L., J. Zelnik, S. Cadwallader and B. Hughes (eds.). Mixed Severity Fire Regimes: Ecology and Management. November 17-19, 2004, Spokane, Washington. Washington State University Coop Extension Service/The Association for Fire Ecology, Pullman, Washington, Vol. AFE MISC03.
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Robinson, D.C.E., G.W. Geils and J.A. Muir.
2002. A spatial
statistical model for the spread of dwarf mistletoe within and between
stands. PowerPoint Presentation by ESSA Technologies Ltd. at
the Second Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference; February
12-14, 2002, Fort Collins, CO.
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Publications
Provencher, L., T. Forbis, L. Frid and G. Medlyn. 2007. Comparing alternative management strategies of fire, grazing, and weed control using spatial modeling. Ecological Modelling 209: 249-263.
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Reinhardt, E.D. and N.L. Crookston (technical editors). 2007. The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator - 2007 Addendum. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-116. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 208 pp.
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Forbis, T.A., L. Provencher, L. Frid, and G. Medlyn. 2006. Great Basin land management planning using ecological modeling. Environmental Management 38(1):62-83.
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Robinson, D.C.E and B.W. Geils. 2006. Modelling dwarf mistletoe at three scales: life history, ballistics and contagion.
Ecological Modelling 199:23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.06.07.
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Merzenich, J. and L. Frid. 2005. Projecting Landscape Conditions in Southern Utah Using VDDT. In: M. Bevers and T.M. Barrett (comps.). 2005. Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium; October 7-9, Stevenson, WA. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-656. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. pp. 157-163.
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Shlisky, A.J., R.P. Guyette and K.C. Ryan. 2005. Modeling reference conditions to restore altered fire regimes in oak-hickory-pine forests: validating coarse models with local fire history data. EastFire Conference Proceedings. George Mason University , Fairfax , VA. May 12-13, 2005.
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Muir, J.A., D.C.E. Robinson and B.W. Geils. 2004. Characterizing the effects of dwarf mistletoe and other diseases for sustainable forest management. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 3(2):88-94.
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Beukema, S.J., W.A. Kurz, W. Klenner, J. Merzenich and M. Arbaugh. 2003. Applying TELSA to assess alternative management scenarios. In: G.J. Arthaud and T.M. Barrett (eds.). Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 145-154.
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Merzenich, J., W.A. Kurz, S. Beukema, M. Arbaugh, and S. Schilling. 2003. Determining forest fuel treatments for the Bitterroot front using VDDT. In: G.J. Arthaud and T.M. Barrett (eds.). Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 47-59.
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Reinhardt, E.D. and N.L. Crookston (technical editors). 2003. The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator. Gen.Tech Rep. RMRS-GTR-116. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 209 pp.
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Greenough, J.A., S.J. Beukema, D.C.E. Robinson,
W.A. Kurz, N. Densmore, R. Winter and B. Snowdon. 2002. Prognosis
EI: A detailed watershed-level environmental indicators model.
pp.122-125. In: N.L Crookston, and R.N. Havis (comps.). Second
Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference; February 12-14, 2002,
Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
208 pp.
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Robinson,
D.C.E., B.W. Geils and J.A. Muir. 2002. Spatial
statistical model for the spread and intensification of dwarf mistletoe
within and between stands. pp.178-185. In: N.L Crookston,
and R.N. Havis (comps.). Second Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS)
Conference; February 12-14, 2002, Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings
RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station. 208 pp.
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Beukema,
S.J. and C.B. Pinkham. 2001. Vegetation
pathway diagrams for the Morice and Lakes Innovative Forest Practices
Agreement. Report IFPA No 451.01. 76 pp.
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Hann, W.J.
and D.L. Bunnell. 2001. Fire
and land management planning and implementation across multiple
scales. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10:389-403.
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Arbaugh,
M.J., S. Schilling, J. Merzenich and J.W. van Wagtendon. 2000. A
test of the strategic fuels management model VDDT using historical
data from Yosemite National Park. In: L.F. Neuenschwander
and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop,
Vol II. Univ Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 85-89.
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Beukema,
S.J. 2000. TELSA:
A strategic planning tool for ecosystem management. 2000 ESRI
International User Conference.
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Klenner,
W., W. Kurz and S.J. Beukema. 2000. Habitat
patterns in forested landscapes: management practices and the uncertainty
associated with natural disturbances. Computers and Electronics
in Agriculture 27: 243-262.
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Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema, W. Klenner, J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, A.D.
Sharpe and T.M. Webb. 2000. TELSA:
the Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses. Computers
and Electronics in Agriculture 27: 227-242.
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Weise, D.R.,
R. Kimberlin, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. Jones, J. Merzenich, J.W.
van Wagtendonk and M. Wiitala. 2000. A
risk-based comparison of potential fuel treatment trade-off models. In: L.F. Neuenschwander and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc.
Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol II. Univ. Idaho and Int.
Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 96-102.
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Apps, M.J.,
W.A. Kurz, S.J. Beukema and J.S. Bhatti. 1999. Carbon budget
of the Canadian forest product sector. In: Environmental
Science & Policy 2 (1999) pp. 25-41.
Kurz, W.A.
and M.J. Apps. 1999. A 70-year retrospective analysis of carbon
fluxes in the Canadian Forest Sector. In: Ecological Applications
9(2) (1999) pp. 526-547.
Kurz, W.,
S. Beukema, J. Merzenich, M. Arbaugh, and S. Schilling. 1999.
Long-range modeling of stochastic disturbances and management treatments
using VDDT and TELSA. Paper presented at Society of American Foresters
National Convention, September 14, 1999, Portland, OR.
Merzenich,
J., W.A. Kurz, S.J. Beukema, M. Arbaugh and S. Schilling. 1999.
Long-range modelling of stochastic disturbances and management treatments
using VDDT and TELSA. Proceedings: Society of American Foresters
National Convention: Landscape Analysis Session. Portland, Oregon.
Sep 14, 1999.
Beukema,
S.J. and W.A. Kurz. 1998. Chapter 2: How to use the Western
Root Disease Model, Version 3.0. pp. 11-86. In: Frankel,
S.J. (ed.). User's Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version
3.0. General Tech. Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research
Station, Forest Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany,
CA. 164 pp.
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Beukema,
S.J., W.A. Kurz and S. Greenough. 1998. Chapter 4: Detailed
model description. pp. 99-128. In: Frankel, S.J. (ed.). User's
Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version 3.0. General Tech.
Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service,
United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany, CA. 164 pp.
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Beukema,
S.J., W.A. Kurz and J. McLaughlin. 1998. Chapter 6: Root disease
and the Western Root Disease Model in British Columbia. pp. 139-145. In: Frankel,
S.J. (ed.). User's Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version
3.0. General Tech. Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research
Station, Forest Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany,
CA. 164 pp.
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Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema, and M.J. Apps. 1998. Carbon budget implications
of the transition from natural to managed disturbance regimes in
forest ecosystems. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global
Change 2: 405-421.
Price, D.T.,
M.J Apps, and W.A. Kurz. 1998. Past and future carbon dynamics
of Canada's forestry sector. In: G.H. Kohlmaier, M. Weber
and R.A. Houghton (eds.) Carbon Dioxide Mitigation in Forestry and
Wood Industry. Springer-Verlag. pp. 63-88.
Beukema,
S.J., J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, E.D. Reinhardt,
N.L. Crookston, and A.R. Stage. 1997. An
introduction to the fire and fuel effects extension to FVS.
pp. 191-195. In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J. Adams (eds.).
Proceedings: Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference. 1997 February
3-7, Fort Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373. Ogden, UT: U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain Research
Station. 222 pp.
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Beukema,
S.J., J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, E.L. Smith, and
B.B. Eav. 1997. The
westwide pine beetle model: a spatially-explicit contagion model.
pp. 126-130. In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J. Adams (eds.).
Proceedings: Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference. 1997 February
3-7, Fort Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373. Ogden, UT: U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain Research
Station. 222 pp.
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Greenough,
J.A., M.J. Apps, and W.A. Kurz. 1997. Influence of methodology
and assumptions on reported national carbon flux inventories: An
Illustration from the Canadian Forest Sector. Mitigation and Adaptation
Strategies for Global Change 2:267-283.
Klenner,
W., W.A. Kurz and T.M. Webb. 1997. Projecting the Spatial and
Temporal Distribution of Forest Ecosystem Characteristics, Proceedings
GIS 97, GIS World Inc., Ft. Collins, CO. pp. 418 - 421.
Price, D.T.,
D.H. Halliwell, M.J. Apps, W.A. Kurz, and S.R. Curry. 1997. Comprehensive assessment of
carbon stocks and fluxes in a Boreal-Cordilleran forest management
unit. Can. J. For. Res. 27: 2005-2016.
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Robinson,
D.C.E., W.A. Kurz, J.C. Pollack, and I. Listar. 1997. Exploring
partial harvesting options in the Nelson Forest Region, British
Columbia. pp. 206-212. In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J.
Adams (eds.). Proceedings: Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference.
1997 February 3-7, Fort Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373.
Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain
Research Station. 222 pp.
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Kurz, W.A.
and Apps, M.J. 1996. Retrospective assessment of carbon flows
in Canadian boreal forests. In: M.J. Apps and D.T. Price
(eds). Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon
Cycle, NATO ASI Series 1: Global Environmental Change. Springer-Verlag,
Heidelberg, Vol. 40. pp. 173-182.
Kurz, W.A.,
M.J. Apps, P.G. Comeau, and J.A. Trofymow. 1996. The Carbon
Budget of British Columbia's Forests, 1920-1989: Preliminary Analysis
and Recommendations for Refinements. Canada-British Columbia Partnership
Agreement on Forest Resource Development: FRDA II. Joint publication
of Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre and B.C. Ministry
of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria, BC. FRDA Rept. 261. 62 pp.
Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema, and M.J. Aspps. 1996. Estimation of Root Biomass
and Dynamics for the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest
Sector. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26: 1973-1979.
Price, D.T.,
Mair, R.M., Kurz, W.A. and Apps, M.J. 1996. Effects of forest
management, harvesting and wood processing on ecosystem carbon dynamics:
a boreal case study. In: M.J. Apps and D.T. Price (eds).
Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle,
NATO ASI Series 1: Global Environmental Change. Springer-Verlag,
Heidelberg, Vol. 40. pp. 279-292.
Robinson,
D.C.E., W.A. Kurz and J.C. Pollack. 1996. Exploring Partial
Harvesting Options in the Nelson Forest Region using PROGNOSIS.
AAC Mitigation Project, B.C. Ministry of Forests, Nelson, Technical
Report MIT-002. 50 pp.
Hawksworth,
F.G., J.C. Williams-Cipriani, B.B. Eav, B.G. Geils, R.R. Johnson,
M.A. Marsden, J.S. Beatty, G.D. Shubert and D.C.E. Robinson. 1995. Dwarf
Mistletoe Impact Modeling System: User's Guide and Reference Manual.
USDA Forest Service, Forest Pest Management, Methods Applications
Group. Fort Collins, Colorado. Report MAG-95-2. 120 pp.
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