NINE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN A MATURE MIXEDWOOD STAND, GREEN RIVER NEW BRUNSWICK

1960 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. Hughes

Growth data collected on three permanent one-acre sample plots, established in a mixedwood stand in northwestern New Brunswick in 1947 and remeasured in 1956, indicate (1) growth capacity of the site may be as high as 79 cubic feet per acre per year, (2) birch trees weakened by dieback do not provide much competition to softwoods and (3) because of the mortality of birch attributed to birch dieback, the stand is evolving from a mature mixedwood towards an irregularly-aged softwood stand.

1967 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 570-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. W. Varty

AbstractIn New Brunswick at least nine species of Erythroneura leafhoppers feed and oviposit on birch trees. The appearance and ecological requirements of two species in the subgenus Eratoneura are described.


2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Taylor ◽  
David A. MacLean

Abstract Aerial sketch mapping (ASM) of annual defoliation provides a means to quantify spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) outbreak histories, but accuracy is affected by factors such as navigation and weather conditions. We used ground-based defoliation estimates from 123 permanent sample plots (PSP) in New Brunswick and increment core growth data from a subset of PSPs, to validate ASM estimates of defoliation. From 1985 to 1993, 85% of 332 cases were correctly classified by aerial estimates as nil–light (0–30%) or moderate–severe (31–100%), with the proportion correct varying by measurement year, defoliation severity, and host species. Growth indices generated from 81 visually cross-dated and verified balsam fir (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.) tree-ring series in 23 PSPs were significantly negatively correlated with aerial-derived cumulative defoliation for 87% of the PSPs, and correlation increased when aerial estimates were combined with ground survey data. We conclude that aerial surveys provide a reasonable estimate of defoliation history to estimate growth reduction.


1962 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Baskerville

Wild black and red spruce seedlings were lifted at the Acadia Forest Experiment Station and planted at Green River, New Brunswick in 1950. By 1960 survival averaged 38 per cent for the two species and they had reached an average height of six feet.


1963 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Miller ◽  
T. R. Renault

The species discussed below was first recorded under the name Synetaeris n. sp. as a parasite of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clem., in Ontario by McGugan and Blais (1959), although they point out that it may have been collected from budworm in British Columbia during the 1940's but incorrectly identified at that time. These authors collected S. tenuifemur during the declining years of a budworm outbreak in the Lake Nipigon region of northwestern Ontario, and it was during the declining years of a severe outbreak that the parasite was first reared from budworm in the Green River area of north-western New Brunswick (Morris, 1963, in press). These data suggest that S. tenuifemur is associated with endemic budworm populations, an assumption advanced by McGugan and Blais (1959). However, it was not found in the Green River area from 1945 to 1947 when budworm density was at a low level prior to the 1949-1959 outbreak.


1959 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 457-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Miller

In the late 1940's significant increases in the population of the spruce budworm, worm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), occurred in northern New Brunswick and culminated in a severe outbreak of this major forest pest. The outbreak has been the subject of intensive investigations dealing with emergency chemical control operations (Webb, 1956) and with a long-term study of the population dynamics of the budworm. The latter program, called the Green River Project, is located on the Green River Watershed in northwestern New Brunswick. Its objectives, the co-operating agencies involved, the mortality factors being studied, and methodology have been discussed elsewhere by Morris et al. (1956), Morris (1951), Morris and Miller (1954), and Morris (1955).


1964 ◽  
Vol 96 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-145 ◽  
Author(s):  

In 1944 a forest research project involving industry and two levels of government was set up to integrate entomological, pathological, silvicultural and management studies aimed at the control of the spruce budworm through forest management. The entomological phase of this praject, called the ‘Green River Project’, was initiated in 1945, and by 1949 was deeply involved in the budworm outbreak that occurred in northern New Brunswick during the period 1949-59. The basic aim was to elucidate the population dynamics of the budworm during an outbreak.


2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1844-1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Achim ◽  
J -C Ruel ◽  
B A Gardiner

A tree-pulling experiment was carried out in stands of balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) to evaluate the effects of early thinning on windthrow resistance. Forty trees from four stands were pulled over. Two stands had received a precommercial thinning 9 and 14 years previously, respectively, and the two others were unthinned controls. There were no significant inter-stand differences in the relationship between the critical turning moments required to overturn or snap the trees and their stem mass. The results were input into a model calculating critical wind speeds using the approach developed for the ForestGALES model. Simulations were run for four different stand densities. The mensurational characteristics for each run were taken from the results of a spacing trial established in balsam fir stands at Green River, New Brunswick. For stem breakage, the model predicted a gradual increase in critical wind speeds with wider spacing. The increase was smaller for tree overturning. The pattern of differences remained very similar after a simulated commercial thinning removing 30% of the basal area. Reductions in critical wind speeds were on the order of 4 m·s–1 in all cases. Simple indices were developed that could estimate the relative results given by the model.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Ulrike Flader ◽  
Vera Ecarius-Kelly ◽  
Clemence SCALBERT-YÜCEL ◽  
Michael M. Gunter ◽  
Tozun Bahcheli ◽  
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