Regions: South Slave Region
Tags: biology, climate change, forest fire, tree growth, jack pine, seedling survival, tree regeneration, post-fire ecosystem, physiology
| Principal Investigator: | Gal, Ruth Ann (2) |
| Licence Number: | 12204 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Ross Wein, Peter Tollestrup, Allan Mesenberg |
Objective(s): To develop a theoretically based, process oriented model which is capable of predicting regeneration after fire in the Northern Boreal Forest; to develop an early post-fire Jack pine seedling growth model; to calibrate and validate the model with early post-fire data; to use the model to explain climate change and fire behaviour hypotheses for the Northern Boreal Forest;
Project Description: The researcher and her team will glean physiological rates and relationships for tree growth from the literature and substitute the data into a functional model, which will be calibrated against intensive sampling within WBNP over dry, mesic and wet landscapes.
