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A partial review of electricity distribution reliability based vegetation management in North America
(2019)
In recent years, utility vegetation management planners have incorporated a new framework into planning regimes: reliability based vegetation management. This report examines the vegetation management standards of forty ...
Effects of environmental factors on seed germination
(2019)
Detailed understanding of the environmental conditions required for the germination
and growth of tree seeds is an important prerequisite for the formulation of comprehensive
and sustainable forest development strategies, ...
Forest road location modelling with Dijkstra’s shortest path and ArcGIS
(2019)
Road network modelling has great potential to reduce forest road construction
and planning costs. Forest roads are the essential means to access forest resources and
are one of the most expensive factors in forest ...
Canadian forestry professionals’ perceptions of forest management and climate change
(2019)
Gauging the perception of current and future professionals in the Canadian forestry sector is crucial to understanding how forests are managed in the thought of climate change. The aim of the study was to quantify how the ...
Investigating the potential for hazard tree identification using thermal imagery from the DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual
(2019)
The Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual was recently released by DJI in December of 2018. It is a
small compact device with enormous potential for field work in a variety of industries, one of
which has been investigated in this ...
Urban food forestry (UFF), its role in Canadian urban forestry management plans, and integration into Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2019)
Urban food forests are perennial polycultures of fruit or nut-producing tree species that mimic a natural ecosystem. The concept of urban food forestry within small grassroots campaigns and initiatives is not a new one, ...
How does aquatic invertebrate community structure and abundance relate to brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) habitat quality?
(2019)
Sixty-seven streams located south-west of Lake Nipigon, Ontario, were sampled for brook trout and macroinvertebrate orders. Sixteen orders were used to determine if their community structure significantly changed in different ...
Effects of forest fire on watershed ecosystem
(2019)
Global warming has increased the frequency of forest fires and droughts, which have had a number of
effects on the hydrologic ecosystems of watersheds`. Therefore, the influence of forest fires on forest watersheds
and ...
Comparative analysis of soil properties influenced by wildfire and sustainable forest licence harvesting practices
(2019)
This thesis outlines the main differences and similarities between current forest
harvesting practices and wildfire disturbances in the boreal forest. Boreal harvesting is carried
out in a way that looks very similar to ...
Cross laminated timber (CLT) future potential in Ontario compared with BC and Quebec
(2019)
Cross Laminated Timber is a relatively new timber product in Canada
with a bright future The product is an advancement that is allowing the industry
to create products for larger structures and more specifically taller ...