Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Caribou Habitat
4.2. Forest Degradation
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Category | Forest Area ha | ||
---|---|---|---|
Quebec | Ontario | Total | |
| 27,587,508 | 22,479,508 | 50,067,016 |
| 8,210,617 (30%) | 5,814,002 (26%) | 14,024,619 (28%) |
| 11,840,474 (43%) | 9,408,867 (42%) | 21,249,341 (42%) |
Class | Older Forests (≥100 Years) (ha) | Critical Caribou Habitat in Local Population Ranges (ha) |
---|---|---|
Core | 8,359,381 | 6,103,534 |
Edge | 3,423,706 | 1,190,911 |
Perforation | 424,040 | 532,055 |
Branch | 2,348,692 | 395,647 |
Bridge | 3,477,735 | 369,369 |
Islet | 2,538,021 | 182,047 |
Loop | 680,345 | 249,439 |
Patch Size (ha) | Patch Count | |
---|---|---|
Older Forests (≥100 yrs) | Critical Caribou Habitat in Local Population Ranges | |
0–0.25 | 1,085,822 | 176,818 |
0.25–0.5 | 360,189 | 63,465 |
0.5–1 | 242,863 | 43,315 |
1–2 | 156,393 | 33,776 |
2–3 | 69,139 | 15,377 |
3–4 | 40,443 | 9176 |
4–5 | 26,705 | 6188 |
5–10 | 62,695 | 14,818 |
10–25 | 44,435 | 11,888 |
25–50 | 16,892 | 5113 |
50–100 | 8548 | 3095 |
100–250 | 4701 | 2125 |
250–500 | 1452 | 869 |
500–1000 | 664 | 505 |
1000–10,000 | 542 | 505 |
10,000–50,000 | 52 | 55 |
50,000–250,000 | 7 | 12 |
250,000–500,000 | 1 | 2 |
Population | Local Population Range Area (ha) | Critical Boreal Caribou Habitat Area (ha) | % Local Population Range Disturbed | Level of Risk | Previous Boreal Caribou Assessment (Source: Environment Canada (2011)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assinica | 5,109,938 | 850,283 | 72.6 | High | NA |
Basse Côte-Nord | 3,490,665 | 1,663,848 | 34.9 | Low | NA |
Berens | 1,612,106 | 369,895 | 46.4 | High | RNSS/RSS, as likely as not |
Brightsand | 1,525,297 | 241,067 | 65.6 | High | RNSS/RSS, as likely as not |
Caniapiscau | 540,674 | 262,596 | 34.9 | Low | NA |
Charlevoix | 777,738 | 60,548 | 90.3 | Very High | RNSS, very unlikely |
Churchill | 2,035,815 | 427,948 | 49.0 | High | RSS, likely |
Coastal | 162,874 | 7531 | 45.3 | High | RSS, likely |
Detour | 1,977,443 | 676,313 | 50.9 | High | NA |
Gaspésie | 425,460 | 42,938 | 87.5 | Very High | NA |
Kesagami | 3,373,204 | 1,042,716 | 53.5 | High | RNSS, very unlikely |
Manicougan | 2,742,141 | 1,062,412 | 47.2 | High | RSS, likely |
Manouane | 2,716,465 | 812,296 | 58.1 | High | RNSS/RSS, as likely as not |
Nipigon | 2,928,933 | 243,926 | 74.4 | High | RSS, likely |
Notaway | 2,371,806 | 877,779 | 46.3 | High | NA |
Outardes | 2,775,318 | 983,492 | 50.7 | High | NA |
Pagwachuan | 2,165,773 | 408060 | 67.8 | High | RSS, likely |
Pipmuacan | 1,911,249 | 279,546 | 75.2 | Very High | RNSS, unlikely |
Sydney | 578,902 | 69,528 | 50.0 | High | RNSS, unlikely |
Témicamie | 6,465,416 | 1,336,048 | 67.8 | High | NA |
Val d’Or | 385,381 | 54,876 | 75.8 | Very High | RNSS, unlikely |
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Mackey, B.; Campbell, C.; Norman, P.; Hugh, S.; DellaSala, D.A.; Malcolm, J.R.; Desrochers, M.; Drapeau, P. Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces. Land 2024, 13, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010006
Mackey B, Campbell C, Norman P, Hugh S, DellaSala DA, Malcolm JR, Desrochers M, Drapeau P. Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces. Land. 2024; 13(1):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010006
Chicago/Turabian StyleMackey, Brendan, Carly Campbell, Patrick Norman, Sonia Hugh, Dominick A. DellaSala, Jay R. Malcolm, Mélanie Desrochers, and Pierre Drapeau. 2024. "Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces" Land 13, no. 1: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010006