Biomass production and fire regimes

• Background
• Objectives
• Research activities
• Abstract
• Approach
• Results
• Conclusions
• Publications

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Research activities

The research activities for this project can be classified in the following four categories:

1. To develop improved knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of fire regimes and forest ecosystems and hence biomass production, and of the relationship between fire disturbance patterns and forest age distribution.
   • Fire frequency and fire cycle: definitions and computation
   • Analysis of historical fire regimes
2. To refine and develop applications for the SEM-LAND model.
   • Incorporation of climate effect on forest growth rate
   • Incorporation of fire effects
   • Incorporation of fire suppression
3. To adapt the SEM–LAND model to Saskatchewan conditions.
4. Collaborative research to bridge the gaps between ecological theories and forest resource management.
   • Improved understanding of the relationship between fire disturbance patterns and forest age distribution.

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