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From： Brigitte Burger <burger(a)iufro.org>
Date： 8/31/2020 17:22
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Subject： [IUFRO Div 1] Forests - Special Issue on Silviculture and Management of Boreal
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From: Philip G Comeau <pcomeau(a)ualberta.ca>
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 10:45:34 -0700
Subject: Forests - Special Issue on Silviculture and Management of Boreal Forests
Dear Colleagues,
The boreal forest circles the northern portions of the earth and represents approximately
30% of the global forest area. This region has a short growing season with 6 to 8 months
of below-freezing temperatures and a low diversity of tree species. However, it is an
important source of lumber and wood fibre and provides a range of ecological and social
services. Boreal forests play important roles in climate regulation and are an important
reservoir of carbon. Global climate change is having major impacts and, in addition to
forestry, the mining and energy sectors are active in this region.
About two-thirds of the world’s boreal forests are managed. Management intensity varies
from extensive management in Canada and Russia to intensive management in Fennoscandia.
Harvesting has increased the number of successional or second-growth forests in many
areas, with associated changes in structural characteristics and biodiversity. Challenges
to management of boreal forests include: slow growth rates, an abundance of poor soil
conditions including imperfectly or poorly drained sites as well as rapidly drained sites
and cold soils, wetting up of sites following harvest, remoteness, and high costs. A range
of silvicultural practices, including draining, mechanical site preparation, prescribed
burning, planting, thinning, and cleaning, are applied. Both even-aged and uneven-aged
systems are applied, with stand and site characteristics and other factors influencing the
choice of system.
The aim of this Special Issue is to document recent advances in silviculture and
management of boreal forests with particular emphasis on managing boreal forests for a
broad range of services and adaptation to climate change. We invite original research and
review papers covering a range of topics relating to the silviculture and management of
boreal forests that demonstrate and compare short-term and long-term outcomes of practices
in relation to their impacts on tree growth, yield, biodiversity, economics, resilience,
and other values.
The deadline for manuscript submission is April 4, 2021.
Additional information, author instructions and the link for paper submission are
available at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Silviculture_Management…
Phil Comeau
Professor Emeritus (Silviculture and Stand Dynamics)
University of Alberta'
Email: phil.comeau(a)ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-668-1879
1970-2020: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the BSc Forestry program at the U of A
The University of Alberta is located in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) on Treaty 6
lands, the ancestral lands of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the Métis peoples.