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Ontario LTSP Publications - Both Canadian Forest Service and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Forests Division

Morris, D.M.; Mackereth, R.W.; Duckert, D.R.; Hoepting, M.K. In review. The influence of soil rutting severity on regeneration potential and seedling performance for black spruce-dominated forest ecosystems in northwestern Ontario. Can. J. Soil Sci.

Duckert, D.R.; Morris, D.M.; Duego, D.; Duckett, S.; McPherson, S. In press. Developing site disturbance standards in Ontario: Linking science to forest policy within an adaptive management framework. Can. J. Soil Sci.

Morris, D.M. In press. Changes in DOC and DON fluxes in response to harvest intensity of black spruce-dominated forest ecosystems in northwestern Ontario. Can. J. Soil Sci.

Ross, J. 2007. The effects of harvest intensity on regeneration potential and black spruce seedling performance on black spruce-dominated ecosites: 10th year results. B.Sc.F. Thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Wrigley, A. 2007. Changes in soil nutrient status and seedling performance in response to harvest intensity on upland, shallow site types in northwestern Ontario: 10th year results. M.Sc.F. Thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Fleming, R.L.; Laporte, M.F.; Hogan, G.D.; Hazlett, P.W. 2006. Effects of harvesting and soil disturbance on soil CO₂ efflux from a jack pine forest. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 589–600.

Fleming, R.L.; Powers, R.F.; Foster, N.W.; Kranabetter, J.M.; Scott, D.A.; Ponder, F., Jr.; Berch, S.; Chapman, W.; Kabzems, R.D.; Ludovici, K.; Morris, D.M.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Sanborn, P.T.; Sanchez, F.G.; Stone, D.M.; Tiarks, A.E. 2006. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on 5-year seedling performance: a regional comparison of Long-Term Soil Productivity sites. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 529–550.

Hoepting, M.K. 2006. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics associated with post-wildfire stand development of boreal mixed conifer ecosystems: application of data in model validation and refinement. M.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Jurgensen, M.F.; Tiarks, A.E.; Ponder, F. Jr.; Sanchez, F.G.; Fleming, R.L.; Kranabetter, J.M.; Powers, R.F.; Stone, D.M.; Elioff, J.D.; Scott, D.A. 2006. Soil physical property changes at the North American Long-term Soil Productivity study sites: 1 and 5 years after compaction. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 551–564.

Hunt, S.L.; Gordon, A.M.; Morris, D.M. 2005. Aspects of ecological development in managed stands of jack pine and black spruce in northern Ontario: understory vegetation and nutrient relations. For. Chron. 81: 61–72.

Leblanc, J.-D.; Fleming, R.L.; Foster, N.W.; Hazlett, P.W.; Weldon, T.P.; Cameron, D.A. 2004. Effects of logging method, scarification and vegetation control on jack pine plantation establishment. Forest Research Partnership. Report 021. https://forestrresearch.ca/product_catalogue/reports.htm.

Luckai, N. 2004. Effects of stand age, disturbance type and harvest intensity on soil microbial biomass in (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) ecosystems in northwestern Ontario. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

Morris, D.M. 2004. Elemental storage and cycling in boreal mixedwoods. 2004. Ontario Ministry Natural Resources, Boreal Mixedwood Notes, No. 29.

Zhu, Z.; Foster, N.W.; Arp, P.A.; Meng, F.; Bourque, C.P.-A. 2004. A test of the application of the model ForNBM in a northeastern Ontario jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) stand. For Ecol. Manage. 193: 385–397.

Hunt, S. 2003. Carbon dynamics in jack pine and black spruce plantations: relationship to stand age and site quality. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

Hunt, S.L.; Gordon, A.M.; Morris, D.M.; Marek, G.T. 2003. Understory vegetation in northern Ontario jack pine and black spruce plantations: 20-year successional changes. Can. J. For. Res. 33: 1791–1803.

Jeglum, J.K.; Kershaw, H.M.; Morris, D.M.; Cameron, D.A. 2003. Best forestry practices: A guide for the boreal forest of Ontario. Cat. # Fo124-1/2003E. Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. 110 p.

Morris, D.M.; Gordon, A.G.; Gordon, A.M. 2003. Patterns of canopy interception and throughfall along a topographic sequence for black spruce dominated forest ecosystems in northwestern Ontario. Can. J. For. Res. 33: 1046–1060.

Morrison, I.K. 2003. Decomposition and element release from confined jack pine needle litter on and in the feathermoss. Can. J. For. Res. 33: 16–22.

Skokun, N. 2003. Influence of harvest intensity on soil properties, and early seedling performance for upland, shallow, Dystric Brunisols in northwestern Ontario. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Zhu, Z.; Arp, P.A.; Meng, F.; Bourque, C. P.-A.; Foster, N.W. 2003. A forest nutrient cycling and biomass model (ForNBM) based on year-round, monthly weather conditions, part I: assumption, structure and processing. Ecol. Modell. 169: 347–360.

Zhu, Z.; Arp, P.A.; Meng, F.; Bourque, C. P.-A.; Foster, N.W. 2003. A forest nutrient cycling and biomass model (ForNBM) based on year-round, monthly weather conditions, part II: calibration, verification and application. Ecol. Modell. 170: 13–17.

Foster, N.W.; Morrison, I.K. 2002. Carbon sequestration by a jack pine stand following urea application. For. Ecol. Manage. 169: 45–52.

Lynham, T.J.; Alexander, M.E.; Morris, D.M.; Kantor, J.L. 2002. Ecological effects of forest fires in the boreal and Great Lakes—St. Lawrence forest regions of Ontario: A Partially Annotated Bibliography. Info. Rep. GLC-X-6. Natural Resources Canada., Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Warren, C. 2002. The evaluation of soil rutting severity along a topographic sequence for black spruce-dominated forest ecosystems in northwestern Ontario: A seedling bioassay approach. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Duckert, D.R.; Morris, D.M. 2001. Impacts of harvest intensity on long-term site productivity on black spruce ecosystems: An Establishment Report. CNFER Tech. Rep. TR-008. Ontario Ministry Natural Resources.

Gordon, A.M.; Morris, D.M.; Gordon, A.G. 2001. Ecological considerations in forest regeneration and management. p. 63–90. In: Wagner, R.G.; Columbo, S.J. (eds.). Regenerating the Canadian Forest: Principles and Practice for Ontario. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto.

Klos, R.J. 2001. Effects of varying climate regimes on respiration and net primary production in a black spruce ecosystem using CENTURY. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont.

Arvonio, A. 2000. The effects of various timber harvesting treatments on soil bacteria populations in black spruce ecosystems. M.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Bhatti, J.S.; Fleming, R.L.; Foster, N.W.; Meng, F.-R.; Bourque, C.P.A.; Arp, P.A. 2000. Simulations of pre- and post-harvest soil temperature, soil moisture, and snowpack for jack pine: comparison with field observations. For. Ecol. Manage. 138: 413–426.

Hoepting, M.K. 2000. Use of the CENTURY model to predict the effects of climate change on a black spruce forest in northwestern Ontario. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Morris, D.M. 2000. Biogeochemical cycling of macroelements in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) ecosystems: quantifying precipitation and litterfall fluxes. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

Tiveau, D. 2000. Secondary vegetation succession on jack pine (Pinus banksiana) cutovers in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Graduate Thesis in Biology,18 p. Sci. Dep. For. Ecol., Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala.

Fleming, R.L.; Foster, N.W.; Jeglum, J.K.; Hazlett, P.W. 1999. Soil compaction and sustainable productivity on coarse-textured jack pine sites. p. 72–81. In: Lowe, A.T.; Smith, C.T. (comp.), Developing Systems for Integrating Bioenergy into Environmentally Sustainable Forestry. Workshop Proc. International Energy Agency Bioenergy Agreement Task 18, 7–11 1998, Nokia, Finland.

Metsaranta, J. 1999. Use of the CENTURY model to assess long-term forest management impacts on forest productivity and nitrogen dynamics in a northwestern Ontario black spruce forest. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Morris, D.M.; Duckert, D.R. 1999. Studying the impacts of harvest intensity on site productivity of Ontario's black spruce ecosystems. For. Chron. 75: 439–445.

Bhatti, J.S.; Foster, N.W.; Oja, T.; Moayeri, M.H.; Arp, P.A. 1998. Modeling potentially sustainable biomass productivity in jack pine forest stands. Can. J. Soil Sci. 78: 105–113.

Mitchell, B. 1998. Applying the CENTURY model to forest ecosystems: Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis. B.Sc.F. Thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Archibald, D.J.; Wiltshire, W.B.; Morris, D.M.; Batchelor, B. 1997. Forest management guidelines for the protection of the physical environment. Queen's Printer, Toronto.

Bhatti, J.S.; Foster, N.W.; Arp, P.A. 1997. Evaluating the sustainability of forest production when jack pine stems and logging residues are used for energy production. p. 9–13 in j. Richardson (ed.) Proc. Bioenergy and Boreal Forest Management Workshop, Timmins, Ontario, 23 Sept. 1997. International Energy Agency Task XII: Biomass Production, Harvesting and Supply Forest Management Activity. Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa, ON.

Bruins, A. 1997. Comparing the effects of decomposition bag pore size on fine root decomposition: Microbial access versus root material retention. B.Sc.F. Thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Foster, N.W., Bhatti, J.S. and Arp, P.A. 1997. Long term site productivity research for developing and validating computer models that contribute to scientifically based codes of practice. p. 203–212. In: Hakkila, P.; Heino, M.; Puranen, E. (eds.) Forest Management and Bioenergy, Proc. International Energy Agency Task XII, 9–10 Sept. 1996, Jyväskylä, Finland., Finnish Forest research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre, Res. Pap. 640.

Morris, D.M. 1997. The role of long-term site productivity in maintaining healthy ecosystems: A Prerequisite of Ecosystem Management. For Chron. 73: 731–740.

Morris, D.M.; Kimmins, J.P.; Duckert, D.L. 1997. The use of soil organic matter as a criterion of the relative sustainability of forest management alternatives: A modelling approach Using FORECAST. For. Ecol. and Manage. 94: 61–78.

Swartz, P. 1997. Determining replacement times and rotation ages based on nutrient status for a range of black spruce ecosystems in northwestern Ontario. B.Sc.F. thesis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Foster, N.W. 1996. Sustainability of nutrient supply to short-rotation jack pine forests for energy. p. 99–106. In: Karau, J. (ed.) Proceedings of the Canadian Energy Plantation Workshop, 2–4 May, 1995. Gananoque, ON.

Hazlett P.W.; Foster, N.W.; Morrison, I.K.; Yin, X. 1996. Impact of varying N and S deposition on nutrient cycling in jack pine ecosystems. p. 83–95. In: Cox, R.; Percy, K.; Jensen, K.; Simpson, C. (eds.) Air Pollution and Multiple Stress. Proceedings of the16th IUFRO International Meeting for Specialists in Air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems. Sept 7–9, 1994. Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Kershaw, H.M.; Jeglum, J.K.; Morris, D.M. 1996. Long-term productivity of boreal forest ecosystems. II. Survey of expert opinion on the impact of forestry practices in boreal forest ecosystems. NODA/NFP Tech. Rep. TR-23. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. 21 p.

Tenhagen, M.D.; Jeglum, J.K.; Ran, S.; Foster, N.W. 1996. Effects of a range of biomass removals on long-term productivity of jack pine ecosystems: Establishment report. Inf. Rep. O-X-454. Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Foster, N.W.; Morrison, I.K.; Hazlett, P.W.; Hogan, G.D. 1995. Carbon and nitrogen cycling within mid- and late-rotation jack pine. In W.W. McFee and J.M. Kelly (eds), Carbon Forms and Functions in Forest Soils. Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 355–375.

Taylor, M.E.; Kershaw, H.M.; Morris, D.M.; Jeglum, J.K. 1995. Long term productivity of boreal forest ecosystems. I. An Annotated Bibliography. NODA Note No. 8. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Foster, N.W.; Morrison, I.K.M.; Hazlett, P.W.; Hogan, G.D.; Salerno, M.I. 1994. Changes in nutrient procurement with age and site productivity in jack pine forest. NZ J. For. Sci. 24: 169–182.

Elliott, J.A.; Morris, D.M.; Kantor, J.L. 1993. Studying Successional Pathways in Forest Communities: An Annotated Bibliography. Ont. Min. Nat. Res., For. Res. Info. Paper No. 110.

Gordon, A.G.; Morris, D.M.; Balakrishnan, N. 1993. Impacts of various levels of biomass removals on the structure, function, and productivity of black spruce ecosystems: Research protocols. Ont. Min. Nat. Res., For. Res. Info. Paper No. 109. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont.

Morrison, I.K.; Foster, N.W.; Hazlett, P.W. 1993. Carbon reserves, carbon cycling, and harvest effects in three mature forest types in Canada. NZ J. For. Sci. 23: 403–412.

Morrison, I.K.; Foster, N.W. 1990. On fertilizing semimature jack pine stands in the boreal forest of central Canada. p. 416–431 in S.P. Gessel et al. Sustained Productivity of Forest Soils. Proc. 7th North American Forest Soils Conference. 24–28 July 1988, Vancouver, British Columbia. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Foster, N.W.; Morrison, I.K. 1989. Effects of site preparation and full tree logging on nutrient cycling. pp. 28–46. In: Corbett, P.M. (compiler) Aspects of Site Preparation: Biology and Practice. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Northwestern Ontario Forest Technology Development Unit, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Technical Workshop Report # 2.

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