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Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems, British Columbia, Canada

Entry ID: Canada_CFS_MontanAlterSilvicult

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Summary

Abstract: Montane forests have a winter snowpack and are found between 700 and 1100
metres in elevation on central Vancouver Island. They contain a large part of
the coastal timber harvest (Beese 1995a). Irregular stocking density and growth
stagnation in some large montane clearcuts suggest that regeneration may not be
meeting current growth expectations.
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Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 49.55

S: 48.75

E: -125.25

W: -126.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre

Dataset Title: Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems, British Columbia, Canada

Dataset Release Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Dataset Publisher: Gov Canada, NRCAN,Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > SASKATCHEWAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > MANITOBA

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

SNOW DENSITY CUTTER

SNOW MEASURING ROD

SNOW TUBE

Project

BOREAS > The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

SNOW

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 263

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA