Ecosystem Services and Ecological Reserves

Ecological Reserves in British Columbia play an important role in the provision of Ecosystem Services. The references below relate to this topic: BACKGROUND REFERENCE: Ecosystem services ‘Ecosystem goods’, such as food, and ‘services’, such as waste assimilation, represent the benefits humans obtain from a properly functioning ecosystem and are usually referred together as ‘ecosystem services’.

Litter decomposition in B.C. forests: controlling factors and influences of forestry activities

We  recently received the following email from Dr. Cindy Prescott , Professor of Forest Ecology and Ecological Restoration at UBC: ”  I attach the paper that presents the results of this experiment comparing rates of decomposition of litter in BEC zones. I used Ecological Reserves – Trout Creek and Skihist – for the Ponderosa Pine