Boreal Forests and Global Change: Peer-reviewed manuscripts selected from the International Boreal Forest Research Association Conference, held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 25–30, 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
West-East Cooperation in Europe for Sustainable Boreal Forests....Pages 3-11
Problems of Forest Management in Russia....Pages 13-23
Conserving the Boreal Forest by Shifting the Emphasis of Management Action from Vegetation to the Atmosphere....Pages 25-34
Forest Operations and Environmental Protection....Pages 35-41
Application of a Bioeconomic Strategic Planning Model to an Industrial Forest in Saskatchewan....Pages 43-55
Emergence of a Biodiversity Concept in Swedish Forest Policy....Pages 57-66
Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Canada....Pages 67-70
Forestry and the Boreal Forest: Maintaining Inherent Landscape Patterns....Pages 71-76
Forest Health Monitoring in Canada: How Healthy is the Boreal Forest?....Pages 77-85
Bioproductivity of Spruce Stands in Northern European Russia....Pages 87-96
Long-Term Experiments in Selectively Cut Norway Spruce ( Picea Abies ) Forest....Pages 97-105
Reforestation Trials in the Khabarovsk Territory, Russia....Pages 107-113
Artificial Regeneration of Spruce on Cold, Wet Soil: 10 Years Along....Pages 115-124
Structure and Biomass of Larch Stands Regenerating Naturally after Clearcut Logging....Pages 125-131
Desiccation of White Spruce Seedlings Planted in the Southern Boreal Forest of British Columbia....Pages 133-146
Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) Seedling Emergence is Affected by Organic Horizon Removal, Ashes, Soil, Water and Shade....Pages 147-154
Modelling Forest Regeneration Processes in Clear-Cut and Burned Areas in the Angara Region....Pages 155-160
Using Fuel Characteristics to Estimate Plant Ignitability for Fire Hazard Reduction....Pages 161-170
Simulation of Mixedwood Management of Aspen and White Spruce in Northeastern British Columbia....Pages 171-178
Application of Science to Environmental Impact Assessment in Boreal Forest Management: The Saskatchewan Example....Pages 179-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Nitrogen Mineralization in Boreal Forest Stands of Isle Royale, Northern Michigan....Pages 191-202
The Boreal Forest Transect Case Study: Global Change Effects on Ecosystem Processes and Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Canada....Pages 203-214
Litter Quality and Its Potential Effect on Decay Rates of Materials from Canadian Forests....Pages 215-226
Dynamics of the Dead Wood Carbon Pool in Northwestern Russian Boreal Forests....Pages 227-238
Carbon Pools and Fluxes of 25-Year Old Coniferous and Deciduous Stands in Middle Siberia....Pages 239-246
Carbon Stock and Deposition in Phytomass of the Russian Forests....Pages 247-256
A Survey of the Forest Site Characteristics in a Transect through the Central Canadian Boreal Forest....Pages 257-270
Carbon in Vegetation of Russian Forests: Methods to Estimate Storage and Geographical Distribution....Pages 271-282
Simulating Carbon Dynamics of the Boreal Forest in Pukaskwa National Park....Pages 283-298
Simulating Carbon Storage in Forests of Eastern Russia....Pages 299-308
Simulation of Forest and Wood Product Carbon Budget under a Changing Climate in Finland....Pages 309-320
An Analysis of Future Carbon Budgets of Canadian Boreal Forests....Pages 321-331
A System for Evaluation of Growth and Mortality in Russian Forests....Pages 333-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Boreal Forest Catchments: Research Sites for Global Change at High Latitudes....Pages 351-361
The Nashwaak Experimental Watershed Project: Analysing Effects of Clearcutting on Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture, Snowpack, Snowmelt and Stream Flow....Pages 363-374
Temporal and Spatial Variations of Terrestrial Biomes and Carbon Storage Since 13 000 yr BP in Europe: Reconstruction from Pollen Data and Statistical Models....Pages 375-390
The Aspen Parkland in Western Canada: A Dry-Climate Analogue for the Future Boreal Forest?....Pages 391-400
Potential Effects of Climatic Change on Some Western Canadian Forests, Based on Phenological Enhancements to a Patch Model of Forest Succession....Pages 401-414
Boreal Forest Futures: Modelling the Controls on Tree Species Range Limits and Transient Responses to Climate Change....Pages 415-428
Disturbance Impacts on Forest Temporal Dynamics....Pages 429-436
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on Fire Frequency in the Southeastern Canadian Boreal Forest....Pages 437-444
Effects of Climate Change on Insect Defoliator Population Processes in Canada’s Boreal Forest: Some Plausible Scenarios....Pages 445-454
Global Carbon Dynamics of Higher Latitude Forests During an Anticipated Climate Change: Ecophysiological Versus Biome-Migration View....Pages 455-464
Pattern and Change of a Boreal Forest Landscape in Northeastern China....Pages 465-476
Description of the Canadian Regional Climate Model....Pages 477-482
Aspen Bark Photosynthesis and Its Significance to Remote Sensing and Carbon Budget Estimates in the Boreal Ecosystem....Pages 483-497
Using Aerial Photography and Satellite Imagery to Monitor Forest Cover in Western Siberia....Pages 499-507
Monitoring Primary Production from Earth Observing Satellites....Pages 509-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
First Nation’s Perspective on the Boreal Forest....Pages 525-527
Back Matter....Pages 529-548