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| Glenna Halicki Hayden in OFRI's pathology lab. |
OFRI researchers are dedicated to learning more about how our forests function, change over time, and respond to human activities. For more than 60 years, their research results have been helping to ensure that forest management in Ontario is based on the best available scientific information.
This work would not be possible without the help of many partners, including MNR science, policy, planning, and district staff across the province; university, college, and federal government researchers; and those with other research organizations such as the Canadian Ecology Centre-Forestry Research Partnership. By working together, researchers are able to share resources, risks, rewards, and results.
Page down to see what OFRI's working on now. Under each area, you will find brief descriptions of and contact names for OFRI research projects. For details about any of these research areas or projects, e-mail information.ofri@ontario.ca. For recent research results, visit the OFRI Publications page.
Soils and hydrology: Understanding the relationships among forest management, soil nutrient and water cycles, water quality, and forest productivity, including in peatlands in Ontario’s Far North.
Unlocking the Secrets of Peatlands in Ontario’s Far North
Climate change: Determining the effects of human-induced changes in global climate on Ontario's trees and forests, including quantifying carbon budget modelling and the life cycle of wood products.
Ontario's Large-Scale Forest Carbon Project
Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Storage Profile of Wood Products Relative to Alternative Materials
Tree Genecology and Adaptive Capacity of Selected Tree Species in a Changing Climate
Carbon Sink and Source Functions of Two Contrasting Boreal Mixedwood Watersheds
Forest growth and yield/modelling: Developing and using computer models to simulate how trees and forests grow and change under various conditions.
Predictive Model for Growth and Yield in a Changing Climate
Developing and Evaluating Taper Equations for Plantation-Grown Jack Pine and Black Spruce Trees at Varying Stand Density
Forest health and pathology: Developing strategies for improving tree and ecosystem health through managing pathogens and other tree stressors.
Butternut Canker Research
Distribution, Hosts, and Site Relationships of Resident Pathogens in Northern Ontario
Forest landscape ecology: Understanding and modelling forest patterns, dynamics, and ecology over large areas and long time frames.
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Directions in the Forest Management Guide for Natural Disturbance in Accordance With Environmental Assessment Condition 39c: Publications
Developing the Boreal Forest Landscape Dynamics Simulator (BFOLDS)
Forest management and ecology – boreal: Investigating new approaches to harvesting, regenerating, and tending Ontario's boreal forests, including plant ecology and diversity.
Improving How We Manage Ontario’s Boreal Mixedwood Forests
The Influence of Post-Harvest Residual Stand Structure on Understory Light Environment and Regeneration Potential
Intensive Forest Management: NEBIE Plot Network
Old Trial Remeasurement for Intensive Forest Management
Forest management and ecology – Great Lakes-St. Lawrence: Investigating new approaches to harvesting, regenerating, and tending the forests of central Ontario, including ecological effects of biomass harvesting.
Harvesting Biomass for Bioenergy in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest
Improving Eastern White Pine Management in Ontario
Canada Yew Sustainable Harvest Project
Genetics: Providing scientific support to Ontario's gene conservation and tree improvement programs, including investigating somatic embryogenesis of high-value trees.
Use of Somatic Embryogenesis in Mass Propagation of White Pine and White Spruce
White Pine Blister Rust Studies
