Modelling the impacts of thinning on the structure, biomass, carbon sequestration and economic value of Jack Pine Stands

加拿大的森林是最重要和可再生的自然资源，对其环境、社会和经济福祉作出了重大贡献。为了确保最大限度地管理、采伐和利用森林资源，有必要开发一系列综合模式，以支持基于价值和市场驱动的决策战略，而不是基于材积/产量的方法。很少有研究综合林分密度管理对森林生态系统结构和功能以及碳收支的影响。这项拟议的项目是为了更好地了解和量化间伐对加拿大樟子松林分结构、生物量和碳固存的影响而进行的新尝试。总体目标是开发林分水平模型来预测直径

Canada's forests are most important and renewable natural resource, contributing significantly to its environmental, social and economic well-being. To ensure that the forest resources is managed, harvesting and utilized to its maximum economic values, it is necessary to develop a series of integrated models to support a value-based and market-driven decision-making strategy instead of volume/yield-based approach. There are very few studies that have integrated the impacts of stand density management on forest ecosystem structure and functions and carbon budgets. The proposed project represents new attempt to develop a better understanding and quantifying the impacts of thinning on stand structure, biomass and carbon sequestration of jack pine stands in Canada.The overall objective is to develop stand-level models to predict diameter