00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.851962 CaOODSP 20221107154458 cr ||||||||||| 180216s2018 abcabd ob f000 0 eng d 9780660252520 0831-8247 CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn-ab Fo133-1/427E-PDF Forest Floor Recovery Index [electronic resource] : a tool to assess forest recovery after reclamation / C.H. Shaw … [et al.]. Edmonton : Natural Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Centre, 2018. vii, 38 p. : charts, col. ill., col. map. Information report ; NOR-X-427 The ISSN (0831-8247) for the print edition has been copied in this electronic publication. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-31). “In the oil sands region of Alberta, governments and industry have asked for tools to assess the recovery of forest ecosystems after resource extraction and land reclamation. In this report, we describe the rationale, data collection, and development of the Forest Floor Recovery Index (FFRI), a system that uses forest floor characteristics in natural stands as a reference condition to judge success of ecosystem recovery after reclamation. Data collected for nine ecosite types and five stand-age classes in the Central Mixedwood Subregion of Alberta were used to develop the FFRI. Nineteen forest floor classes are described that users can classify on reclaimed sites and then use to calculate an FFRI score that indicates how well the forest floor is recovering by comparison to the reference condition. Woody material is important to building forest floors, and recommended application rates of woody material are provided for sites with low FFRI scores. The FFRI is available as a field manual and an app. The FFRI has potential for application in other parts of Alberta and Canada to assess recovery of forested land after reclamation”--Abstract, p. iii. Includes abstract in French. gccst Reforestation Alberta Shaw, Cindy, 1956- Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Northern Forestry Centre (Canada) Information report (Northern Forestry Centre (Canada)) NOR-X-427. (CaOODSP)9.504852 PDF 19.22 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/rncan-nrcan/Fo133-1-427-eng.pdf 38992