Global to Local: Ecological Land Classification: Thunderbay, Ontario, Canada, August 14–17, 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction — Global to Local: Ecological Land Classification....Pages 1-10
Land Classification and Ecosystem Classification....Pages 11-20
Multi-Scale Ecosystem Analysis....Pages 21-24
A National Framework for Monitoring and Reporting on Environmental Sustainability in Canada....Pages 25-38
The ITE Land Classification: Providing an Environmental Stratification of Great Britain....Pages 39-46
Spatial Scale-Dependent Policy Planning for Land Management in Southern Europe....Pages 47-57
A Spatial Hierarchical Framework for the Co-Management of Ecosystems in Canada and the United States for the Upper Great Lakes Region....Pages 59-73
Development of a Multilevel Ecological Classification System for the State of Minnesota....Pages 75-84
A Strategic Framework to Eco-Regionalize Ontario....Pages 85-96
Ecosystem Mapping Methods for British Columbia....Pages 97-117
An Ecological Framework for Resource Management in British Columbia....Pages 119-125
Land District, Ecophysiographic Units and Areas: The Landscape Mapping of the Ministère Des Ressources Naturelles Du Québec....Pages 127-148
Developing an Ecological Land Classification for the Fundy Model Forest, Southeastern New Brunswick, Canada....Pages 149-172
Ecological Mapping: A Framework for Delimiting Forest Management Units....Pages 173-186
Application of the USDA Forest Service National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units at the Sub-Regional Level: The New England-New York Example....Pages 187-198
Development of Ecological Land Classification and Mapping in Support of Forest Management in Northern Newfoundland, Canada....Pages 199-213
Classification of Local- and Landscape-Scale Ecological Types in the Southern Appalachian Mountains....Pages 215-229
Development of a Practical Forest Ecosystem Classification from Existing Biophysical Studies: An Approach Used in Northwestern Quebec....Pages 231-247
A Forest Ecosystem Guide for the Amos Lowlands Ecological Region, Northwestern Quebec: A Forest Management Approach....Pages 249-263
Ecosystem Types of Boreal Forest in the North Klondike River Valley, Yukon Territory, Canada, and Their Productivity Potentials....Pages 265-281
Impacts of Logging and Wildfire on an Upland Black Spruce Community in Northwestern Ontario....Pages 283-297
A Community Classification System for Forest Evaluation: Development, Validation, and Extrapolation....Pages 299-321
Landscape Ecosystem Classification in the Cherokee National Forest, East Tennessee, U.S.A.....Pages 323-338
Landtype-Forest Community Relationships: A Case Study on the Mid-Cumberland Plateau....Pages 339-352
A Cooperative, Integrated Project to Classify Forest Sites in Newfoundland....Pages 353-364
The Development of an Ecological Classification Data Management and Analysis System for British Columbia....Pages 365-372
The Countryside Information System: A Strategic-Level Decision Support System....Pages 373-384
Linking Satellite and Field Survey Data, Through the Use of GIS, as Implemented in Great Britain in the Countryside Survey 1990 Project....Pages 385-398
Primary Databases for Forest Ecosystem Management - Examples from Ontario and Possibilities for Canada: NatGRID....Pages 399-415
Forest Dynamics Modelling under Natural Fire Cycles: A Tool to Define Natural Mosaic Diversity for Forest Management....Pages 417-434
Structural Characteristics of Post-Wildfire and Clearcut Landscapes....Pages 435-450
Classification of Moisture and Aeration Regimes in Sub-Boreal Forest Soils....Pages 451-469
Tree Species in Relation to Soil Moisture Regime in Northwestern Ontario, Canada....Pages 471-484
Effects of Decaying Wood on Eluviation, Podzolization, Acidification, and Nutrition in Soils with Different Moisture Regimes....Pages 485-492
Forest Site-Quality Estimation Using Forest Ecosystem Classification in Northwestern Ontario....Pages 493-508
Site Characteristics, Growth and Nutrition of Natural Red Pine Stands in Newfoundland....Pages 509-530
A Soil-Site Evaluation Index of Productivity in Intensively Managed Pinus Radiata (D. Don) Plantations in South Australia....Pages 531-541
A Habitat-Based Microscale Forest Classification System for Zoning Wood Production Areas to Conserve a Rare Species Threatened by Logging Operations in South-Eastern Australia....Pages 543-557
Use of Forest Ecosystem Classification Systems in Fire Management....Pages 559-570
Forest Ecological Classification and Mapping: Their Application for Ecosystem Management in Newfoundland....Pages 571-577
Ecological Land Classification as a Basic Theme for the Management of Wildlands in Tennessee: A Start....Pages 579-588
Genecological Variation Corresponding to Forest Ecosystem Classification Vegetation and Soil Types for Jack Pine and Black Spruce from Northwestern Ontario....Pages 589-599
Diameter Distribution of Some Subalpine Fir Stands in Central British Columbia....Pages 601-610