If you open Google Earth and zoom in over the boreal forests of Canada or Finland, you’ll find your screen filled with mottled green. From this satellite view,…
In the foothills of the Canadian shield, stands of sugar maples and yellow birch stretch towards the sky. Their roots thread through a thin soil, which has been…
Canadian Science Publishing is excited to introduce Dr. Lisa Venier as the new co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research (CJFR). Dr. Venier recently served as the acting…
A few years ago, I went to my local hardware store and bought a basic 8-foot long “two-by-four” stud to use in a teaching demo. It cost about $2.50…
Earth. A seemingly stable, constant fixture beneath our feet. But from its core outward, the planet is anything but constant. It reshapes in response to dramatic events like earthquakes…
Canada's forests are scattered in research labs across the nation. In one laboratory, forest fires weave their way through computer code, ending up on screens in pixels and probabilities.…
What do a crane, a climbing rope, and a pruning pole have in common? They are all tools used in forest research. Scientists use them to cut branches down…
One July morning in 2016, millions of flying insects descended on Campbellton, New Brunswick, carpeting parking lots and swarming in trees. The insects were so numerous that the plume…
Elegant and strong, teak is revered by homeowners and interior designers. A new paper in the Canadian Journal of Forestry Research tracks 17 years of forest loss and degradation…
A new paper published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research addresses how to sustainably harvest timber while minimizing the impact on threatened woodland caribou. To do so, researchers…