Mountain Pine Beetle Provincial Projection

SELES was used to implement a provincial scale mountain pine beetle model (BCMPB). Marvin Eng(1) Andrew Fall(2) Josie Hughes(3) Terry Shore(4) Bill Riel(4) Peter Hall(5) Adrian Walton(1)

(1) Research Branch, BC Forest Service (2) Gowlland Technologies Ltd. (3) Landscape Ecology Lab, University of Toronto (4) Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service (5) Forest Practices Branch, BC Forest Service

Objective
To provide a spatially and temporally explicit projection of the current MPB outbreak at a provincial scale. The purpose of providing the projection was to give senior managers and scientists information, at a provincial scale, which could be used in their decision-making processes.

Preparation

 * Processing of spatial information

Models Built

 * Spatial timber supply model
 * Ecological indicator models

Results
See http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HRE/bcmpb/