Bowen Island Ecological Reserve #48 Resource Inventory Data Report Submitted to: Tom Eng, Research and Planning Technician BC Parks Dr. Don Guthrie Project Supervisor Submitted by: Leslie Broscomb Corinne Johnstone Jane Wood May 1997 SUMMARY Ecological reserves are areas of land that have been protected from the consumptive resource use
SUMMARY Ecological reserves are areas of land that have been protected from the consumptive resource use under the Ecological Reserves Act. The Bowen Island Ecological Reserve was established in May 1973 to preserve dry subzone forest ecosystems in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone at a location convenient for research. The purpose of this study was
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve dry subzone forest ecosystems in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone at a location convenient for research Physical: The reserve straddles a southwest-northeast trending ridge. Most of its area is on the rolling summit of the ridge above 300 m in elevation but steep slopes occur along the northwest and southeast edges.
M. Bell did this work in 1977 as a student project. 20 X 20 metre plots were surveyed and ten 1m x 1m sub-plots were used for herb, bryophyte and tree seedlings. See the full PDF:plant_inventory_1977
Summary of Research on Ecological reserves Conducted by UBC. Bowen Island Ecological reserve is included. 5 ecosystem types were distinguished and sampled quantitatively by the establishment of 31 plots… The actual inventory is not included here, but we are looking for it! See pdf file: vascular_plant_inventory_bowen_island_er