Development of silvicultural programs for mixed stands to increase resilience of commercial forests of Eastern Canada (MixCanada)

制定混合林造林计划，以提高加拿大东部商业林的恢复力（MixCanada）

• 批准号: 523431-2018
• 负责人: Drobyshev, Igor
• 金额: $ 1.55万
• 依托单位: Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=649604
• 关键词: Development; silvicultural; programs; mixed; stands

The project will explore forest management options to adapt commercial Eastern boreal forests to climate changes. Our focus will be in developing management strategies to maintain long-term forest productivity through optimizing the use of available soil resources and nutrient cycling within the stands, specifically - C and N cycling. A pivotal element of this strategy will be analysis and optimizing of species mixing at stand level and developing silvicultural treatments which could increase stand resilience to future environments. We therefore propose a research program that will comprehensively evaluate effects of species mixing and effects of thinning treatments on stand-level productivity. As the final deliverables of our research, we will also provide practical guidelines in selecting species combinations and selecting silvicultural treatments to maintain productivity of commercial forests under the changing climate.

该项目将探索森林管理方案，以使商业东部北方森林适应气候变化。我们的重点是制定管理策略，通过优化现有土壤资源的利用和林内养分循环，特别是碳和氮循环，维持长期森林生产力。该战略的一个关键要素是分析和优化林分水平的物种混合，并开发造林处理方法，以提高林分对未来环境的适应能力。因此，我们提出了一项研究计划，全面评估物种混合的影响和间伐处理对林分生产力的影响。作为我们研究的最终成果，我们还将提供选择物种组合和选择造林处理的实用指南，以在气候变化下保持商品林的生产力。