Ecosystem management in the boreal forest / edited by Sylvie Gauthier [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ecological issues related to forest management -- Forest ecosystem management: origins and foundations -- How can natural disturbances be a guide for forest ecosystem management? -- Fire frequency and forest management based on natural disturbances -- Climate, weather, and forest fires -- Management solutions to face climate change: the example of forest fires -- Spatial structure of forest stands and remnants under fire and timber harvesting regimes -- Spruce budworm outbreak regimes in eastern North America -- Forest tent caterpillar outbreak dynamics from Manitoba to New Brunswick -- Applying knowledge of natural disturbance regimes to develop forestry practices inspired by nature in the southern region of the Gaspe Peninsula -- Towards an ecosystem approach to managing the boreal forest in the North Shore region: disturbance regime and natural forest dynamics -- Ecosystem management of Quebec's northern Clay Belt Spruce Forest: managing the forest and especially the soils -- Forest dynamics of the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest, Manitoba, and the implications for forest management -- Silviculture in a context of forest ecosystem management in boreal and southern boreal forests -- An adaptive framework for monitoring ecosystem management in the boreal Black Spruce Forest -- Silvicultural and ecological evaluation of partial harvest in the boreal forest on the Clay Belt, Quebec -- Modelling complex stands and the effects of silvicultural treatments -- Scenario planning and operational practices within a sustainable forest management plan: an approach developed by LP Canada, Manitoba -- Forest ecosystem management in the boreal mixedwood forest of western Quebec: an example from the Lake Duparquet Forest -- Project Tembec: towards the implementation of a forest management strategy based on the natural disturbance dynamics of the northern Abitibi region -- Old-forest conservation strategies in wet-trench forests of the upper Fraser River watershed, British Columbia -- Perspectives.

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