Download or read book Results and Data from an Ecological Study of Garry Oak Quercus Garryana Ecosystems in Southwestern British Columbia written by Wayne Richard Erickson and published by British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Forest Scienc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains information from the author's MSc thesis, which presented ecological data collected during a survey of the Garry oak (Quercus garryana) habitat in southwestern British Columbia (B.C.) from 1992 to 1994. The purpose of collecting this data was to develop a classification system and management strategy for identifying and protecting the Garry oak habitat in B.C.--Includes text from document.
Download or read book Garry Oak Ecosystem Stand History in Southwest British Columbia written by Celeste Marie Barlow and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the ecological history of an ecosystem is essential in the development of management and restoration strategies. For example, the elimination of fire in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems often leads to encroachment by conifer species like Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). We used dendroecological methods to examine history and establishment patterns of three structurally different Garry oak ecosystem stands in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. We then assessed if reintroducing fire is an appropriate management and restoration tool in the different stand types. The combined Garry oak establishment histories from the three sites are broadly consistent with the regional pattern established in other studies. However, recommendations to use fire as a restoration and management tool are site dependent. Local characteristics, such as soil depth and land use change, may be the key to restoration strategies, especially in ecosystems with high fragmentation and challenging growing conditions.
Download or read book Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration written by Society for Ecological Restoration. British Columbia Section. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Garry Oak Quercus Garryana Plant Communities in British Columbia written by Wayne Richard Erickson and published by British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Forest Scienc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This field guide covers the native plant communities with a component of Garry oak (Quercus garryana) in British Columbia. It is a guide to identification of these communities, which can be applied to the woodlands, savannah, meadow, and rock outcrops within and near the zone of influence of oak canopy. The guide does not cover very specific occurrences, such as vernal pools, or the broader set of associated ecosystems that help form the Garry oak landscape."--Document.
Download or read book Garry Oak Ecosystems written by British Columbia. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and published by Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. This book was released on 1993 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series of Ecosystems at Risk in British Columbia brochures that present profiles of various ecosystems considered to be biologically "at risk" in the Province. Describes the ecosystems' components, history, present status, and importance, and explains why they are at risk.
Download or read book Gardens Aflame written by Maleea Acker and published by New Star Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accustomed to the dark, dripping stands of Douglas–fir, spruce and hemlock that blanketed the Hudson's Bay Company outposts on the remote western coast of the "new World" the first Europeans were surely startled to see the wide–open landscapes of the Garry oak meadows they encountered on Southern Vancouver Island ––– landscapes that might have reminded any explorers who had ventured into the African savannahs of what they had seen there. Though slow in comprehending what they had stumbled upon, the Europeans immediately recognized the deep, rich deposits of black soil that extended many feet below the surface, and James Douglas chose the site as the ideal location for the HBC's new fort, and settlement. What the newcomers failed to appreciate is that these meadows were not the work of nature alone, but of the Coast Salish peoples who had been living in these parts for millennia. With the construction of the fort of Victoria began an encroachment on these Garry oak meadows, built up over centuries if not millennia, a process that continues today. In Gardens Aflame, Victoria writer and environmentalist Maleea Acker tells us about this unique and vanishing ecosystem, and the people who have made it their life's work to save the Garry oak and the environment ––– including the human environment ––– it depends on. Acker tells us about the Garry oak species and its unique habits and requirements, including its unusual summer dormancy period, when all the surrounding plants are coursing with life. We learn something about the scientists, arborists, and Garry oak–loving volunteers who have dedicated themselves to this tree; and about Theophrastus, Humboldt, and their other forebearers who are still reshaping our notions of nature and humans' place in it. And in the course of Acker's story, we see her fall under the spell of the strange beauty woven by these magnificent trees, and the ecosystems they tower over ––– until, in the final act, she decides to turn her own front yard into her own version of a Garry oak meadow, defying City Hall and the neighbours, and bringing to a head in 2011 all the issues raised 150 years ago when Europeans first saw the open meadows of Southern Vancouver Island. Gardens Aflame is number 21 in the Transmontanus series.
Download or read book Ground Work written by Don Gayton and published by Kamloops, B.C. : Southern Interior Forest Extension and Research Partnership. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards a Recovery Strategy for Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems in Canada written by Canada. Environment Canada. Pacific and Yukon Region and published by North Vancouver : Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Real Gardens Grow Natives written by Eileen M Stark and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow Natives For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest’s climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can’t afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods
Download or read book Ecological Regions of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a first attempt at holistically classifying and mapping ecological regions across all three countries of the North American continent. A common analytical methodology is used to examine North American ecology at multiple scales, from large continental ecosystems to subdivisions of these that correlate more detailed physical and biological settings with human activities on two levels of successively smaller units. The volume begins with an overview of North America from an ecological perspective, concepts of ecological regionalization. This is followed by descriptions of the 15 broad ecological regions, including information on physical and biological setting and human activities. The final section presents case studies in applications of the ecological characterization methodology to environmental issues. The appendix includes a list of common and scientific names of selected species characteristic of the ecological regions.
Download or read book Restoring B C s Garry Oak Ecosystems written by Donald Sidney Eastman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Resolution Fire and Vegetation History of Garry Oak Ecosystems in British Columbia written by Marian Melissa McCoy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I used fossil pollen and macroscopic charcoal in sediments extracted from three lakes to investigate the effects of climate and human activity on fire regimes and vegetation of Garry oak ecosystems in British Columbia. Sediment records from Roe Lake and Quamichan Lake span the past 250 calendar years, while the Florence Lake record spans 560. Roe and Quamichan charcoal records exhibit similar fire patterns and correspond to other fire records in the Pacific Northwest, indicating climate-driven responses. After ca. 1870, European agriculture, logging, and fire suppression dominate the fire and vegetation history at Roe and Quamichan lakes. Variations in pollen abundance and species composition confirm forest clearance and exotic plant introductions. Florence Lake data also correspond well with regional climate, until ca. 1800. These results show that, up until the mid-1800s, fire and vegetation histories varied in response to climate; thereafter, cultural activities appear to have dominated disturbance regimes.
Download or read book Traditional Knowledge in Food Activism and Governance written by Andrea Pieroni and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current debate on Traditional Knowledge (TK) and food heritage has had momentum in recent years, mainly thanks to the remarkable interest of some local and national institutions, small-scale producers, and emerging chefs. However, in the scientific arena, the process of documenting traditional knowledge and the heritage of local foods is often addressed by itself, and is not well connected to deeper reflections of the actual participatory processes involved in local development or to the manners through which TK informs public discourse regarding local foods and how this may further influence activists, institutions, and governance.
Download or read book From Science to Management and Back written by Chris Hollstedt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents papers from a conference on ecosystem-based forest management for southern interior British Columbia. Topics include results-based planning & management, forest resource research, manual cutting of vegetation, Armillaria root disease, riparian management, soil rehabilitation research, integration of science into policy & practice, timber supply & aesthetics at the landscape levels, locating old-growth forest reserves, predictive ecosystem mapping, geographic information systems, seedling growth, vegetation control, native grass seed development, range reference areas, effects of grazing, alternative silvicultural systems, partial cutting, litter decomposition, soil ecology, and indigenous knowledge.
Download or read book Restoring the Pacific Northwest written by Dean Apostol and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Northwest is a global ecological "hotspot" because of its relatively healthy native ecosystems, a high degree of biodiversity, and the number and scope of restoration initiatives that have been undertaken there. Restoring the Pacific Northwest gathers and presents the best examples of state-of-the-art restoration techniques and projects. It is an encyclopedic overview that will be an invaluable reference not just for restorationists and students working in the Pacific Northwest, but for practitioners across North America and around the world.
Download or read book Ecology and Silviculture of the Most Productive Ecosystems for Growth of Douglas fir in Southwestern British Columbia written by K. Klinka and published by Information Services Branch, Ministry of Forests, Province of British Columbia. This book was released on 1980 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abbreviated version of a detailed study characterizing the most productive ecosystems for the growth of Douglas-fir in the Vancouver Forest Region. Provides information necessary for recognition of these highly productive ecosystems and describes desirable silvicultural regimes.
Download or read book Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Project to Evaluate Ecological Implications of Climate Change in Dry South Coast Forest Ecosystems written by Heather Klassen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research is directed toward refining and quantifying a conceptual model of ecosystem function across spatial scales, establishing hypotheses regarding ecosystem change with projected climate shift, and identifying effective field indicators of climate change and its impacts on structure, species composition, and function in dry south coast forests. This document includes an introduction, study design and field methodology, data development and analysis, preliminary results, and application of data to current and future studies.--Includes text from document.
