The practice of forest resources management requires accurate and current information as inputs to decision and policy making.
Active research in this area includes developing and validating methods and techniques to collect and analyze inventory and productivity data at all scales, using a variety of measurement techniques including forest inventory and application of remotely sensed imagery. Analysis of relationships across scales and over time is particularly accented from the individual tree and species level, to regional, continental and global scales.
Since these methods are useful for all aspects of forest management, and for other fields of study, courses provided by this group of faculty members are well subscribed.
Faculty also act as an applied forest biometrics and remote sensing consulting group for graduate students and faculty across the UBC campus.
Associated Research Links
Regeneration Modeling Workshop 2002
Prognosis BC at UBC
Biometrics Website
Treelist Workshop
Forest Modeling Conference 2001 – Discussion Summary
Forestry and Forest Products
Spatial Prediction and Sustainable Management of Forest Soils and Forest Productivity
Intergrated Remote Sensing Studio
Faculty
Valerie LeMay
Biometrics/mensuration
Peter Marshall
Growth and yield, sampling designs
Nicholas Coops
Remote sensing, image analysis
David Tait
Simulation, bayesian statistics, image analysis
Emeriti Faculty
Tony Kozak
Peter Murtha
Adjunct Faculty
Kim Iles, Iles and Associates, Nanimo
Don Leckie, CFS, Victoria
Mike Wulder, Pacific Forestry Centre (CFS), Victoria
Research Staff
Christopher Bater, M.Sc.
LIDAR estimation of forest structure
Past and Current Projects
- A protocol for detecting and mapping mountain pine beetle damage from a time-series of Landsat TM or ETM data Project supported by Ministry of Forests and Range Spatial and temporal patterns of MPB infestation and susceptibility in newly infested stands within the South Peace Region of Northeastern BC. Project supported by Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative (CFS) Predicting tree diversity across the contiguous U.S.A. from growing season patterns in photosynthesis derived with satellite-driven models. Project supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Structural diversity measurements and relationships with remotely sensed data. Project funded by NSERC. Regeneration in MPB-affected stands. Project supported by Canada Forestry Service
- Implementing a Prognosis regeneration submodel for complex stands of Southeastern and Central British Columbia: Validation Project supported by Ministry of Forests, Research Branch.
To view a current list of graduate students and publications in each area of research, please click on the link of a faculty member listed above.
