Predictive Ecosystem Mapping

A collaborative research project examining the ability of Remote Sensing data to predict ecosystems at a fine spatial resolution Ecosystem classes, that is Site Series in British Columbia’s Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification system (BC-BEC) where site series may be mapped to areas as small as 0.05 hectares – a suggested minimum mappable unit below which it is not operationally feasible to implement. Current standards for minimum mappable unit area is 0.25 ha.

Project Collaborators

• Government
  • Ministry of Forests
    • Pam Dykstra, Forest Ecology Interpretations, project leader
    • Will MacKenzie, Forest Ecology and Interpretations, [ADD Title], Smithers’ Deception Lake area pilot site
    • Mike Ryan, Forest Ecology and Interpretations, [ADD Title], Kamloops’ Eagle Hills Pilot Site
    • Gen Perkins
    • Matthew Coghill
  • Ministry of Environment
    • Deepa Filatow, [Add title], advisor
    • Chuck Balmer, [ADD title], advisor
• Academia
• University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)
  • Che Elkin, Mixedwood Ecology Chair
  • Luiz Terezan, Graduate student
  • Dalhousie University
    • Brandon Hueng
  • University of British Columbia (UBC)
    • Nicolas Coops, Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing, advisor
    • Lukas Jaron, Graduate student
  • Thompson Rivers University
    • David Hill
• Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF), an operation research forest, initially established by government in 1924. Now independently managed. Associated with UNBC. An
  • Colin Chisholm, Assistant Forest Manager, the research forest is the Prince George area’s pilot site.
• OpenGeoHub Foundation
  • Tomislav Hengl
  • Robert MacMillian