Reports

Arnup, R.W. and A.H Perera. 1995. A user needs survey on forest landscape ecology in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 16. 37 p. + append.

Baldwin, D.J.B., L.E. Band and A.H. Perera. 1998. A quantitative basis for using Ontario's existing ecoregionalization systems. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 151. 77 p.

Baldwin, D.J.B., H.G. Godschalk, A.H. Perera and B.P. Mooney. 1994. GRASP: A GIS-based ranking system for eastern red and white pine forests in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 15. 60 p.

Baldwin, D.J.B., K. Weaver, F. Schnekenburger and A.H. Perera. 2001. Sensitivity of landscape pattern indices to spatial extent, data resolution, and classification detail in the managed forest of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 150. 45 p.

Band, L.E. 1994. Development of a landscape ecological model for management of Ontario forests: Phase 2 - Extension over an East/West gradient over the Province. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 17. 63 p.

Band, L.E. 1993. A pilot landscape ecological model for forests in central Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 7. 40 p.

Band, L.E., F. Csillag, A.H. Perera and J.A. Baker. 1999. Deriving an eco-regional framework for Ontario through large-scale estimates of net primary productivity. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 149. 30 p.

Boychuk, D. and A.H. Perera. 1995. FLAP-X 1.00 User’s guide: Fire and landscape patterns - Exponential age distribution model. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 20. 36 p.

Boychuk, D., A.H. Perera, M.T. Ter-Mikaelian, D.L. Martell and C. Li. 1995. Modeling the effect of scale and fire disturbance patterns on forest age distribution. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 19. 59 p.

Buse, L.J. and A.H. Perera (comps.). 2003. Meeting Emerging Ecological, Economic, and Social Challenges in the Great Lakes Region: Popular Summaries. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 155. 167 p.

Buse, L.J. and A.H. Perera (comps.). 2002. Emulating natural forest landscape disturbances: Concepts and applications. Popular summaries. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 149. 100 p.

Carleton, T.J. and R.W. Arnup. 1993. Vegetation ecology of eastern white pine and red pine forests in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 11. 425 p.

Carleton, T.J. and A.M. Gordon. 1992. Understanding old-growth red and white pine dominated forests in Ontario. Appendices. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 2. 215 p. 

Carleton, T.J. and A.M. Gordon. 1992. Understanding old-growth red and white pine dominated forests in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 2A. 76 p.

Clark, T.P. and A.H. Perera. 1995. An overview of ecology of red and white pine old-growth forests in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 18. 29 p.

Cui, W. and A.H. Perera. 2008. A study of simulation errors caused by algorithms of forest fire growth models. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 167. 17 p.

Cui, W. and A.H. Perera. 2006. Forest fire size distribution in North American boreal forests: A state of knowledge. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 163. 22 p.

Cui, W., M.R. Ouellette, A.H. Perera and M. Gluck. 2009. Using BFOLDS to characterize fire regimes: a case study from boreal forest landscape. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 173. 40 p.

Drescher, M., A.H. Perera, L.J. Buse, K. Ride and S. Vasiliauskas. 2006. Identifying uncertainty in practitioner knowledge of boreal forest succession in Ontario through a workshop approach. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 165. 53 p. 

Drescher, M., A.H. Perera, L.J. Buse, R. Arnup, C. Bowling, D. Etheridge, G. Niznowski, K. Ride and S. Vasiliauskas. 2008. Boreal forest succession in Ontario: An analysis of the knowledge space. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 171. 51 p. + append.

Gurd, D.B. 1997. Effects of timber management on wildlife: conceptual and analytical issues. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 24. 33 p.

Haider, W. 1992. Scenic beauty and other values of red and white pine old-growth forests. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 4. 145 p.

Jones, S.L. and B.N. Naylor. 1993. A comparison of small mammal communities in old pine forests and other common forest types in Sault Ste. Marie District. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 12. 26 p.

Kershaw, H.M. 1993. Early successional processes of eastern white pine and red pine in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence forest. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 8. 50 p.

Kershaw, H.M. 1993. Natural establishment and early growth of eastern white pine in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest: An annotated bibliography. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 10. 66 p.

Li, C., M. Ter-Mikaelian and A.H. Perera. 1996. Ontario fire regime model: Its background, rationale, development and use. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 25. 42 p.

McLaughlin, C.G. 1998. Habitat allometry: Evaluating changes in species richness using species-area models. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 23. 28 p.

Merriam, G. 1994. Managing the land: A medium-term strategy for integrating landscape ecology into environmental research and management. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 13. 24 p.

Ouellette, M. 2008. BFOLDS 1.0: A user’s guide to the software package (Version 1.0.0). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 171. 68 p.

Ouellette, M and M. Drescher. 2010. Succession Pathway Tool 1.0: A user's guide. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 173. 55 p.

Pala, S. 1994. Development of a spatial forest data base for the eastern boreal forest region of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 14. 24 p.

Pala, S. 1992. Development of a spatial database of red and white old-growth forest in Ontario (East). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 1. 31 p.

Pala, S. 1992. Development of a spatial database of red and white pine old-growth forests in Ontario (West). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 5. 42 p. + append.

Perera, A.H. and D.J.B. Baldwin. 1993. Spatial characteristics of eastern white pine and red pine forests in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 9. 82 p. + append.

Perera, A.H. and L.J. Buse. 2006. Multiple-scale research studies on boreal forest fire regimes to inform Ontario’s policies for emulating natural forest disturbances: A prospectus. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 164. 24 p + append.

Perera, A.H. and F. Schnekenburger. 1993. A computer program for Landscape Diversity Analysis: LDA Version 2.0 - (A User’s Manual). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 6. 25 p. + append.

Perera, A. H., D.J.B. Baldwin and F. Schnekenburger. 1997. LEAP II: A Landscape Ecological Analysis Package for land use planners and managers. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 146. 88 p.

Perera, A.H., L.J. Buse and R.G. Routledge. 2007. A review of published knowledge on post-fire residuals relevant to Ontario’s policy directions for emulating natural disturbance. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 168. 37 p. + append.

Perera, A.H., L.J. Buse and R.G. Routledge. 2004. An analysis of literature on natural fire disturbances in relation to Ontario’s Forest Management Guide for Natural Disturbance Pattern Emulation. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 159. 62 p.

Perera, A.H., W. Cui and M.R. Ouellette. 2009. Size class distribution and spatial proximity of fires in a simulated boreal forest fire regime in relation to Ontario’s policy directions for emulating natural disturbance. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 170. 29 p.

Perera, A.H., T.K. Remmel, L.J. Buse and M.R. Ouellette. 2009. An assessment of residual patches in boreal fires in relation to Ontario’s policy directions for emulating natural disturbance. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 169. 65 p. + append.

Perera, A.H., D.J.B. Baldwin, F. Schnekenburger, J.E. Osborne and R.E. Bae. 1998. Forest fires in Ontario: A spatio-temporal perspective. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 147. 22 p.

Perera, A.H., L.J. Buse, R.G. Routledge, B.D. Dalziel and T. Smith. 2008. An assessment of tree, snag, and downed wood residuals in boreal fires in relation to Ontario’s policy directions for emulating natural forest disturbance. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 168. 59 p. + append.

Perera, A.H., M.R. Ouellette, W. Cui, M. Drescher and D. Boychuk. 2008. BFOLDS 1.0: A spatial simulation model for exploring large scale fire regimes and succession in boreal forest landscapes. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Report No. 152. 50 p.

Perera, A.H., J. Laguna, D.J.B. Baldwin, R. Bae, H. Godschalk, M. Ouellette and S. Pala. 1996. Surficial geology of ontario: A digital database. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 22. 32 p. + append. 

Routledge, R.G. 2007. Sampling methodology for studying boreal post-fire residual stand structure with high resolution aerial photography and field plots. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 169. 37 p. + append.

Schnekenburger, F. and A.H. Perera. 2003. Regional-Scale Forest Net Primary Productivity Software (NPPAS): A user's guide. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 156. 26 p.

Smith, T., B.D. Dalziel and R.G. Routledge. 2008. A proposed method to rank the intensity of boreal forest fires in Ontario using post-fire high resolution aerial photographs. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 170. 23 p.

Thompson, I.D., A. Applejohn, T.S. Jung and L.A. Walton. 1995. A short-term study of the faunal associations in old white pine ecosystems. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 21. 28 p. + append.

Welsh, D.A., T. Clark and K. Clark. 1992. Fauna of red and white pine old-growth forests in Ontario. Issues and recommendations for research. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity Project Report No. 3. 56 p.

Yemshanov, D. and A.H. Perera. 2002. Early recruitment of tree species: a knowledge gap in landscape dynamics modelling. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Forest Research Information Paper No. 150. 22 p.

Yemshanov, D. and A.H. Perera. 2001. Modelling boreal forest succession at broad scales: A North American bibliography. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Foresty Research Information Paper No. 146. 46 p.