Silvicultural Guide to Managing for Black Spruce, Jack Pine, and Aspen on Boreal Forest Ecosites in Ontario

Download or read book Silvicultural Guide to Managing for Black Spruce, Jack Pine, and Aspen on Boreal Forest Ecosites in Ontario written by Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides silvicultural and ecological information for the management of black spruce, jack pine, and aspen within the context of sustainable forest management in Ontario. Section I introduces and explains the ecological and management interpretations of Section II, the terms and graphical conventions used, how the interpretations were derived, the limitations to their application, and data sources. This section also includes a comparative cross-reference of selected central ecosites and northeast forest ecosystem classification site types. Section II delivers a suite of ecological and silvicultural information within the framework of general standard forest ecosystem classification site types for north-east Ontario.