ENVIRSC 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Maritimes, Sustainable Forest Management, Productivity

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENVIRSC 2EI3
• Professor: Luc Bernier

Document Summary

Yukon (solid pink: wet climate, permafrost covers some land, lots of diversity in vegetation and animals. Pacific maritime: b. c. coast (blue and pink striped, forestry is a major industry, most productive growth in canada, 50,000 ha logged annually, 25% of coastal rain forest has already been logged, highest rainfall in canada. Montane cordillera: b. c. interior (pink dotted area, precipitation varies across ecozone. Boreal plains: southern yukon southerastern manitoba (yellow/red striped, trees > grass, has many at risk species. Boreal shield: largest ecozone in canada, stretches from saskatchewan to nova scotia, solid green area. Mixed wood plains: most urbanized, densely populated ecozone, great lakes st. lawrence river (yellow section below boreal shield) Atlantic maritime: st. lawrence river to n. b. , n. s. , and p. e. i. (dark red stripe) 66% of species in canada found in forests. (cid:1005)/(cid:1007) of (cid:449)orld"s boreal forest in canada, mostly undisturbed. (cid:1009)8% of (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try"s la(cid:374)d(cid:373)ass is (cid:373)ade up of (cid:271)oreal forest (cid:894)(cid:373)i(cid:374)us mariti(cid:373)e pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:895)