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Deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a multispectral sensor for detecting between differing levels of barley (H vulgare L.) fungal diseases in Northern Ontario
(2017)
To date, no studies exist exploring the multispectral detection of fungal diseases in barley (H Vulgare L.) with UAV imagery. The purpose of this work was to determine if the spectral response (VI) of barley fungicide ...
Technical and technological alternatives for aerial moose (Alces alces) survey
(2017)
Moose (Alces alces) aerial surveys provide the information needed for effective management only when they are accurate and precise. I aimed to identify gaps in and improve understanding of aerial moose surveys in North ...
Incorporating operational road planning constraints into an integrated tactical level harvest-scheduling and road-planning model
(2015)
At the operational scale of forest planning, the location of roads, in a complex terrain, is a decision of major economic importance. The objective is to locate a network of roads connecting pre-selected cut-blocks, at ...
Tree species diversity and stability in disturbance-driven boreal forest
(2016)
Disturbance is a potent driver of forests. Components of disturbance such as frequency (i.e., time
since last stand-replacing disturbance) and intensity (e.g., stand-replacing vs. non-stand-replacing
disturbance) plays ...
Stand density management implications on the woody quality of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) in the Sault Ste. Marie MNR District of Ontario
(2014)
Creating quality tolerant hardwood stands through intensive silviculture and mapping their properties is considered a means for optimizing the value chain in Northeastern Ontario. A comprehensive literature review was ...
Impact of biochar and industrial ash amendments on soil properties, growth and nutrition of black and white spruce seedlings in a sandy loam soil
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to establish and examine a controlled field experiment near Thunder Bay, Ontario using industrially produced ash and biochar as a soil amendment. This study monitors the change in physical, ...
Summer distribution, abundance, movements and diet of reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) in habitats created by clearcutting in the boreal forest
(2016)
Ontario elk restoration program involved 443 elk (Cervus canadensis) from Elk Island National Park, Alberta, re-introduced into four areas of Ontario during 1998-2001. In Northwestern Ontario, the Lake of the Woods (LOW) ...
Is wood characteristics mapping an opportunity to optimize the value chain in Northwestern Ontario? a case study considering eastern larch (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) grown in the Thunder Bay District
(2010)
Wood characteristic mapping was considered as a means for optimizing the value chain of northwestern Ontario tree species. A literature review was completed which investigated the relationship of wood morphology to wood ...
Changes in winter habitat use by mammals following commercial thinning of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in west central Alberta
(2010)
In 1996, Millar Western Forest Products initiated an adaptive management experiment to assess the potential benefits of commercial thinning and to monitor its effects on winter habitat use by multiple mammalian species, ...
Increasing diameter growth content of red pine (Pinus Resinosa) through intensive management
(2017)
Intensive forest management can only be justified if it increases wood quality or yield sufficiently to compensate for the additional investment. Treatments such as thinning and/or pruning are typically only applied to ...