Research Projects

There are 119 projects in this database (* denotes active projects).
Project TitlePrimary ResearcherProject #Funding Agency
Regeneration Vulnerability Assessment for Dominant Tree Species throughout the Central Interior of British Columbia Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC 2008-21 Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative
Secondary Structure Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2008-20 Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Payment (01070/20/RE09Q0P022)
Taxonomic Resolution of Soil Meso and Macro Fauna Marty Kranabetter, Soil Scientist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria 2008-19 Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement (95060/RE08Q0P074)
Testing SORTIE-ND Parameter Files Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2008-18* Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement (950/60/RE08Q0P077)
Year 2 - Conservation & Restoration of Northern BC Grasslands Sybille Haeussler, PhD, UNBC, Smithers 2008-17 Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (CAT09/6/198)
Year 2 - Effects of a Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic on Tweedsmuir-Entiako Caribou Habitat Use Deborah Cichowski, Caribou Ecological Consulting, Smithers 2008-16 Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (CAT09/6/174)
Year 3 - Effects of a MPB Epidemic on Northern Caribou Habitat Use, Migration and Population Status Deborah Cichowski, Caribou Ecological Consulting, Smithers 2008-15 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-1159)
Year 2 - Growth and Release of Understory Trees in Partially-Cut Pine Stands EP 591 Marie-Lou Lefrançois, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers 2008-14 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2211)
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 2008-12 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2200)
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 2008-11 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2187)
Year 2 - Development of a Spatially-Explicit Crown Allometry Model: Crown Shyness Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2008-10 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2260)
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 2008-09 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2022)
Year 3 - Developing Indicators of Soil Productivity, Function and Biodiversity through Soil Biotic Communities Marty Kranabetter, Soil Scientist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria 2008-08 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-3010)
Year 2 - Effects of Habitat Composition on the Fitness of a Mature Forest Indicator; Do Thresholds Exist? Todd Mahon, Wildfor Consultants Ltd., Edmonton 2008-07 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y09-2251)
Valley Vision 2 Stephen Osborn, Nexus Forest Solutions, Smithers 2008-06 Private Funding - Brian Edmison and UNBC