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Canadian Journal Revue canadienne of Forest de recherche Research forestiere Contents Sommaire Volume 28, 1998 Volume 28, 1998 January / janvier ARTICLES Manuel Lamontagne, Hank Margolis, and Francine Bigras Photosynthesis of black spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen after artificially induced frost during the growing season Michael Drexhage and Franz Gruber Architecture of the skeletal root system of 40-year-old Picea abies on strongly acidified soils in the Harz Mountains (Germany) Donald L. Sachs, Phillip Sollins, and Warren B. Cohen Detecting landscape changes in the interior of British Columbia from 1975 to 1992 using satellite imagery P. Rechon, D. Paré, and C. Messier Development of an improved model estimating the nutrient content of the bole for four boreal tree species Jian R. Wang, C.D.B. Hawkins, and Tony Letchford Relative growth rate and biomass allocation of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) populations under different soil moisture and nutrient regimes Pierre Dutilleul, Marc Herman, and Tomas Avella-Shaw Growth rate effects on correlations among ring width, wood density, and mean tracheid length in Norway spruce (Picea abies) H.E. Stelzer, G.S. Foster, V. Shaw, and J.B. McRae Ten-year growth comparison between rooted cuttings and seedlings of loblolly pine William Scott, Rodney Meade, Richard Leon, David Hyink, and Richard Miller Planting density and tree-size relations in coast Douglas-fir Tuija S. Aronen, Teijo O. Nikkanen, and Hely M. Haggman Compatibility of different pollination techniques with micro- projectile bombardment of Norway spruce and Scots pine pollen Hiroyuki Sase, Takejiro Takamatsu, and Tomio Yoshida Variation in amount and elemental composition of epicuticular wax in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) leaves associated with natural environmental factors C.H. Briand, S. Gauthier, J.-F. Lemay, S. Laliberté, and M.-F. Tremblay Relationship between field performance, family, embryo morphology, and isozyme heterozygosity, and in vitro reactivity in jack pine Boris Zeide Fractal analysis of foliage distribution in loblolly pine crowns Steven L. Miller, Therese M. McClean, Nancy L. Stanton, and Stephen E. Williams Mycorrhization, physiognomy, and first-year survivability of conifer seedlings following natural fire in Grand Teton National Park G. Silva, J.-C. Ruel, M. Samson et D. Pin Influence de quelques défauts externes sur la stabilité des arbres face 4 une simulation mécanique de |’action du vent K. Regina, H. Nykanen, M. Maljanen, J. Silvola, and P.J. Martikainen Emissions of N,O and NO and net nitrogen mineralization in a boreal forested peatland treated with different nitrogen compounds T.M. Frontz, D.D. Davis, B.A. Bunyard, and D.J. Royse Identification of Armillaria species isolated from bigtooth aspen based on rDNA RFLP analysis NOTE J.N. Gemma, R.E. Koske, E.M. Roberts, and S. Hester Response of Taxus »media var. densiformis to inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi DISCUSSION G. Hughes and L.V. Madden Comment—Using spatial and temporal patterns of Armillaria root disease to formulate management recommendations for Ontario’s black spruce (Picea mariana) seed orchards C-2 Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 28, 1998 Announcement / Annonce Instructions to authors Recommandations aux auteurs February / février REVIEW / SYNTHESE Clas Fries, Mattias Carlsson, Bo Dahlin, Tomas Lamas, and Ola Sallniis A review of conceptual landscape planning models for multiobjective forestry in Sweden ARTICLES Thomas P. Sullivan, Robert G. Wagner, Douglas G. Pitt, R.A. Lautenschlager, and Din G. Chen Changes in diversity of plant and small mammal communities after herbicide application in sub-boreal spruce forest Kari Minkkinen and Jukka Laine Effect of forest drainage on the peat bulk density of pine mires in Finland M.U. Stoehr, B.L. Orvar, T.M. Vo, J.R. Gawley, J.E. Webber, and C.H. Newton Application of a chloroplast DNA marker in seed orchard management evaluations of Douglas-fir Meredith W. Cornett, ’ Klaus J. Puettmann, and Peter B. Reich Canoppyy ttyyppe , forest floor, P predation, and compePtp ition influence conifer seedling emergence and early survival in two Minnesota conifer—deciduous forests V. Malik and V.R. Timmer Biomass partitioning and nitrogen retranslocation in black spruce seedlings on competitive mixedwood sites: a bioassay study Annikki Makela and Petteri Vanninen Impacts of size and competition on tree form and distribution of aboveground biomass in Scots pine Kimberly F. Wallin and Kenneth F. Raffa Association of within-tree jack pine budworm feeding patterns with canopy level and within-needle variation of water, nutrient, and monoterpene concentrations G. Geoff Wang An ecologically based model for site index conversion among species Darius M. Adams, Ralph J. Alig, Bruce A. McCarl, Steven M. Winnett, and J.M. Callaway The effects of factor supply assumptions on intertemporal timber supply behavior: the cases of investable funds and land S.D. Carson and J.D. Hayes Diameter and height distributions in genetically improved Pinus radiata P.F. Newton and P.A. Jolliffe Assessing processes of intraspecific competition within spatially heterogeneous black spruce stands D. Lindgren and T.J. Mullin Relatedness and status number in seed orchard crops D.F. Clark, D.D. Kneeshaw, P.J. Burton, and J.A. Antos Coarse woody debris in sub-boreal spruce forests of west-central British Columbia Anne Toppinen Incorporating cointegration relations in a short-run model of the Finnish sawlog market Thomas C. Hutchinson, Shaun A. Watmough, Eric P.S. Sager, and Jim D. Karagatzides Effects of excess nitrogen deposition and soil acidification on sugar maple (Acer saccharum) in Ontario, Canada: an experimental study Jean J. Turgeon, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Domenic A. Lombardo, Linda MacDonald, and Gary G. Grant Differences in composition and release rate of volatiles emitted by black spruce seed cones sampled in situ versus ex situ NOTE B. Ziegenhagen, F. Scholz, A. Madaghiele, and G.G. Vendramin Chloroplast microsatellites as markers for paternity analysis in Abies alba March / mars ARTICLES Zvi Mendel Biogeography of Matsucoccus josephi (Homoptera: Matsucoccidae) as related to host resistance in Pinus brutia and Pinus halepensis Patrick H. Brose and David H. Van Lear Responses of hardwood advance regeneration to seasonal prescribed fires in oak-dominated shelterwood stands Urban Eriksson, Gunnar Jansson, and Curt Almqvist Seed and pollen production after stem injections of gibberellin A4/7 in field-grown seed orchards of Pinus sylvestris Contents / Sommaire Charles M. Ruffner and Mare D. Abrams_ Relating land-use history and climate to the dendroecology of a 326-year-old Quercus prinus talus slope forest Paul C. Marino and Katherine L. Gross Competitive effects of conspecific and herbaceous (weeds) plants on growth and branch architecture of Populus xeuramericana cv. Eugenei Erik Nesset Positional accuracy of boundaries between clearcuts and mature forest stands delineated by means of aerial photointerpretation Scott J. Goetz and Stephen D. Prince Variability in carbon exchange and light utilization among boreal forest stands: implications for remote sensing of net primary production James A. Entry and William H. Emmingham Influence of forest age on forms of carbon in Douglas-fir soils in the Oregon Coast Range Simon M. Landhiausser and Victor J. Lieffers Growth of Populus tremuloides in association with Calamagrostis canadensis Veli-Matti Komulainen, Hannu Nykanen, Pertti J. Martikainen, and Jukka Laine Short-term effect of restoration on vegetation change and methane emissions from peatlands drained for forestry in southern Finland Abul K.M. Ekramoddoullah, Joanne J. Davidson, and Doug W. Taylor A protein associated with frost hardiness of western white pine is up-regulated by infection in the white pine blister rust pathosystem Michael U. Stoehr, Sylvia J. L’Hirondelle, Wolfgang D. Binder, and Joe E. Webber Parental environment aftereffects on germination, growth, and adaptive traits in selected white spruce families John M. Goodburn and Craig G. Lorimer Cavity trees and coarse woody debris in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests in Wisconsin and Michigan Harry X. Wu and Cheng C. Ying Stability of resistance to western gall rust and needle cast in lodgepole pine provenances Gunnar Jansson, Oje Danell, and Lars-Géran Stener Correspondence between single-tree and multiple-tree plot genetic tests for production traits in Pinus sylvestris J.M.H. Weir and E.A. Johnson Effects of escaped settlement fires and logging on forest composition in the mixedwood boreal forest Christian Dussault, Réhaume Courtois et Jean Ferron Impact 4 court terme d’une coupe avec protection de la régénération sur la gélinotte huppée (Bonasa umbellus) en forét boréale Rong-Cai Yang, Narinder K. Dhir, and Leonard K. Barnhardt Comparative assessment of genetic variation of young high-elevation lodgepole pine for height and western gall rust resistance across two sites in Alberta NOTES Knut Kielland, Bruce Barnett, and Don Schell _Intraseasonal variation in the 8'°N signature of taiga trees and shrubs L.B. Nadeau, D.J. Pluth, and P.V. Blenis Height and foliar responses of white spruce and lodgepole pine seedlings to deep till- age of Gray Luvisols Jason D. Demers, Thomas D. Lee, and James P. Barrett Substrate type and the distribution of sugar maple at its elevational limit in the White Mountains, New Hampshire ERRATUM H.E. Stelzer, G.S. Foster, D.V. Shaw, and J.B. McRae Erratum: Ten-year growth comparison between rooted cuttings and seedlings of loblolly pine April / avril ARTICLES R.A. Schmidt, C.A. Troendle, and J.R. Meiman Sublimation of snowpacks in subalpine conifer forests Peter M. Lafleur, J. Harry McCaughey, Paul A. Bartlett, and Ian B. Strachan Observations of the micrometeorology of two forests in eastern Canada. 1. Interannual variations in summer radiation and energy balance J. Renée Brooks, Lawrence B. Flanagan, and James R. Ehleringer Responses of boreal conifers to climate fluctuations: indi- cations from tree-ring widths and carbon isotope analyses Robert G. Striegl and Kimberly P. Wickland Effects of a clear-cut harvest on soil respiration in a jack pine — lichen woodland G.R. Johnson Parental GCA testing: How many crosses per parent? Hiroyuki Sase, Takejiro Takamatsu, Tomio Yoshida, and Kazuyuki Inubushi Changes in properties of epicuticular wax and the related water loss in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) affected by anthropogenic environmental factors C-4 Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 28, 1998 Aija Ryypp6é, Tapani Repo, and Elina Vapaavuori Development of freezing tolerance in roots and shoots of Scots pine seedlings at nonfreezing temperatures Limin Xiong, Naoki Okada, Takeshi Fujiwara, Sadaaki Ohta, and Jonathan G. Palmer Chronology development and climate response analysis of different New Zealand pink pine (Halocarpus biformis) tree-ring parameters D.M. Goodman and J.A. Trofymow Comparison of communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in old-growth and mature stands of Douglas-fir at two sites on southern Vancouver Island Jaume Fons and Karel Klinka Temporal variations of forest floor properties in the Coastal Western Hemlock zone of southern British Columbia John H. Markham and C.P. Chanway Response of red alder (Alnus rubra) seedlings to a woolly alder sawfly (Eriocampa ovata) outbreak Jonathan J. Ruel, Matthew P. Ayres, and Peter L. Lorio, Jr. Loblolly pine responds to mechanical wounding with increased resin flow Jeffrey D. DeBell, Barbara L. Gartner, and Dean S. DeBell Fiber length in young hybrid Populus stems grown at extremely different rates Romana RuZi¢, Igor Jerman, and Nada Gogala_ Effects of weak low-frequency magnetic fields on spruce seed germination under acid conditions Clark S. Binkley and Daowei Zhang Impact of timber-fee increases on British Columbia forest products companies: an economic and policy analysis Peter Brang Early seedling establishment of Picea abies in small forest gaps in the Swiss Alps May / mai ARTICLES Ronald F. Smith Effects of stem injections of gibberellin A,4,, and paclobutrazol on sex expression and the within-crown distribution of seed and pollen cones in black spruce (Picea mariana) Sun Joseph Chang A generalized Faustmann model for the determination of optimal harvest age Andrew P. Robinson and Thomas E. Burk Sequential sampling of normal and non-normal populations Robert L. Edmonds and David S. Lebo Diversity, production, and nutrient dynamics of fungal sporocarps on logs in an old-growth temperate rain forest, Olympic National Park, Washington A.M. Quoreshi and V.R. Timmer Exponential fertilization increases nutrient uptake and ectomycorrhizal development of black spruce seedlings F.D. Caccia and C.L. Ballaré Effects of tree cover, understory vegetation, and litter on regeneration of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in southwestern Argentina Timo Pukkala and Jari Miina Tree-selection algorithms for optimizing thinning using a distance-dependent growth model Erhard John Dobesberger Stochastic simulation of growth loss in thinned balsam fir stands defoliated by the spruce budworm in Newfoundland Janaki R.R. Alavalapati, Wiktor L. Adamowicz, and William A. White A comparison of economic impact assessment methods: the case of forestry developments in Alberta Franck Brignolas, Francois Lieutier, Daniel Sauvard, Erik Christiansen, and Alan A. Berryman Phenolic predictors for Norway spruce resistance to the bark beetle Jps typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and an associated fungus, Ceratocystis polonica Raynald Paquin, Hank A. Margolis, and René Doucet Nutrient status and growth of black spruce layers and planted seedlings in response to nutrient addition in the boreal forest of Quebec Carole Desplanque, Christian Rolland et Richard Michalet Dendroécologie comparée du sapin blanc (Abies alba) et de l’épicéa commun (Picea abies) dans une vallée alpine de France S.A. Acker, E.K. Zenner, and W.H. Emmingham Structure and yield of two-aged stands on the Willamette National Forest, Or- egon: implications for green tree retention Malin Bendz-Hellgren and Jan Stenlid Effects of clear-cutting, thinning, and wood moisture content on the susceptibility of Norway spruce stumps to Heterobasidion annosum Anne Nguyen-Queyrens, André Ferhi, Denis Loustau, and Jean-Marc Guehl Within-ring 8'°C spatial variability and interannual variations in wood cellulose of two contrasting provenances of Pinus pinaster Contents / Sommaire Colin J. Long, Cathy Whitlock, Patrick J. Bartlein, and Sarah H. Millspaugh A 9000-year fire history from the Oregon Coast Range, based on a high-resolution charcoal study NOTES Jeff N. Stone, Andy MacKinnon, John V. Parminter, and Ken P. Lertzman Coarse woody debris decomposition documented over 65 years on southern Vancouver Island Michael S. Williams and Hans T. Schreuder Outlier-resistant estimators for Poisson sampling: a note June / juin ARTICLES T.M. Hurd, A.R. Brach, and D.J. Raynal Response of understory vegetation of Adirondack forests to nitrogen additions N. Buchmann, T.M. Hinckley, and J.R. Ehleringer Carbon isotope dynamics in Abies amabilis stands in the Cascades Shihe Fan and Steven C. Grossnickle Comparisons of gas exchange parameters and shoot water relations of interior spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss x Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.) clones under repeated soil drought Steven C. Grossnickle and Shihe Fan Genetic variation in summer gas exchange patterns of interior spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss x Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.) F.M. Moola, A.U. Mallik, and R.A. Lautenschlager Effects of conifer release treatments on the growth and fruit production of Vaccinium spp. in northwestern Ontario Hayley Hesseln, Douglas B. Rideout, and Philip N. Omi Using catastrophe theory to model wildfire behavior and control John N. King, C. Cartwright, J. Hatton, and A.D. Yanchuk The potential of improving western hemlock pulp and paper quality. 1. Genetic control and interrelationships of wood and fibre traits Elaine F. Wright, K. Dave Coates, Charles D. Canham, and Paula Bartemucci Species variability in growth response to light across climatic regions in northwestern British Columbia Mingguang Xu and Timothy B. Harrington Foliage biomass distribution of loblolly pine as affected by tree dominance, crown size, and stand characteristics Rose-Marie Rytter and Lars Rytter Growth, decay, and turnover rates of fine roots of basket willows Tannis Beardmore and Wendy Vong_ Role of the cotyledonary tissue in improving low and ultralow temperature tolerance of butternut (Juglans cinerea) embryonic axes Jon Kehlet Hansen and Hans Roulund Spiral grain in a clonal trial with Sitka spruce Jon Kehlet Hansen and Hans Roulund Genetic parameters for spiral grain in two 18-year-old progeny trials with Sitka spruce in Denmark NOTES Peter M. Brown, Wayne D. Shepperd, Stephen A. Mata, and Douglas L. McClain Longevity of windthrown logs in a subalpine forest of central Colorado Anders Fries and Tore Ericsson Genetic parameters in diallel-crossed Scots pine favor heartwood formation breeding objectives Philip J. Radtke and Harold E. Burkhart A comparison of methods for edge-bias compensation Marja-Liisa Sutinen, Aulis Ritari, Teuvo Holappa, and Kauko Kujala Seasonal changes in soil temperature and in the frost hardiness of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) roots under subarctic conditions ERRATA Manuel Lamontagne, Hank Margolis, and Francine Bigras Erratum: Photosynthesis of black spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen after artificially induced frost during the growing season D.M. Goodman and J.A. Trofymow Erratum: Comparison of communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in old-growth and mature stands of Douglas-fir at two sites on southern Vancouver Island July / juillet ARTICLES D.J. Campbell Salt-wind induced wave regeneration in coastal pine forests in New Zealand Rimvydas Vasiliauskas and Jan Stenlid Spread of S and P group isolates of Heterobasidion annosum within and among Picea abies trees in cet.iral Lithuania C-6 Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 28, Neal A. Scott, Roger L. Parfitt, Des J. Ross, and Gareth J. Salt Carbon and nitrogen transformations in New Zealand plantation forest soils from sites with different N status Yong-Bi Fu, G. Peter Y. Clarke, Gene Namkoong, and Alvin D. Yanchuk Incomplete block designs for genetic testing: sta- tistical efficiencies of estimating family means Nuno M.G. Borralho and Gregory W. Dutkowski Comparison of rolling front and discrete generation breeding strategies for trees J.R. Mosedale, F. Feuillat, R. Baumes, J.-L. Dupouey, and J.-L. Puech Variability of wood extractives among Quercus robur and Quercus petraea trees from mixed stands and their relation to wood anatomy and leaf morphology Marilou Beaudet and Christian Messier Growth and morphological responses of yellow birch, sugar maple, and beech seedlings growing under a natural light gradient S. Magnussen and P. Boudewyn Derivations of stand heights from airborne laser scanner data with canopy-based quantile estimators Karin Ohman and Ljusk Ola Eriksson The core area concept in forming contiguous areas for long-term forest planning Gregory A. Carter, Michael R. Seal, and Tim Haley Airborne detection of southern pine beetle damage using key spectral bands D. Olszyk, Claudia Wise, Erica VanEss, and David Tingey Elevated temperature but not elevated CO, affects long-term patterns of stem diameter and height of Douglas-fir seedlings Karl W. Kleiner, Kenneth F. Raffa, David D. Ellis, and Brent H. McCown’ Effect of nitrogen availability on the growth and phytochemistry of hybrid poplar and the efficacy of the Bacillus thuringiensis cryl1A(a) d-endotoxin on gypsy moth NOTES Jukka Jokimaki, Esa Huhta, Juhani Itamies, and Pekka Rahko Distribution of arthropods in relation to forest patch size, edge, and stand characteristics 1068 Shaun A. Watmough and Thomas C. Hutchinson Relationship between soil metal contamination and metal resistance of callus established from mature red maple 1073 Antal Kozak Effects of upper stem measurements on the predictive ability of a variable-exponent taper equation 1078 Alan T. Murray Route planning for harvest site access 1084 Mama Nsangou and Michael Greenwood Physiological and morphological differences between somatic, in vitro germinated, and normal seedlings of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) 1088 DISCUSSION Alan T. Murray Ecosystem management or infeasible guidelines? Implications of adjacency restrictions for wildlife habitat and timber production Douglas R. Carter, Moschos Vogiatzis, Charles B. Moss, and Loukas G. Arvanitis Reply: Ecosystem management or infeasible guidelines? Implications of adjacency restrictions for wildlife habitat and timber production John Nelson Reply: Ecosystem management or infeasible guidelines? Implications of adjacency restrictions for wildlife habitat and timber production ERRATUM V. Clark Baldwin, Jr., Kelly D. Peterson, Harold E. Burkhart, Ralph L. Amateis, and Phillip M. Dougherty Erratum: Equations for estimating loblolly pine branch and foliage weight and surface area distributions August / Aoat ARTICLES Michael S. Williams Distinguishing between change and growth in forest surveys Matti Maltamo and Annika Kangas Methods based on k-nearest neighbor regression in the prediction of basal area diameter distribution Shawna L. Naidu, Evan H. DeLucia, and Richard B. Thomas Contrasting patterns of biomass allocation in dominant and suppressed loblolly pine Christophe Panaiotis, Roger Loisel et Maurice Roux Analyse de la réponse de la végétation aux trouées naturelles dans une futaie 4gée de Quercus ilex L. en Corse (ile Méditerranéenne) Contents / Sommaire R.C. Schmidtling and V. Hipkins Genetic diversity in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris): influence of historical and prehistorical events John N. Owens and Sheila J. Morris Factors affecting seed and cone development in Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) Carol A. Aubry, W.T. Adams, and Thomas D. Fahey Determination of relative economic weights for multitrait selection in coastal Douglas-fir Yue Wang, Stephen J. Titus, and Valerie M. LeMay Relationships between tree slenderness coefficients and tree or stand characteristics for major species in boreal mixedwood forests David C. LeBlanc Interactive effects of acidic deposition, drought, and insect attack on oak populations in the midwestern United States Paige E. Axelrood, William K. Chapman, Keith A. Seifert, David B. Trotter, and Gwen Shrimpton Cylindrocarpon and Fu- sarium root colonization of Douglas-fir seedlings from British Columbia reforestation sites Rick G. Kelsey and Gladwin Joseph Ethanol in Douglas-fir with black-stain root disease (Leptographium wageneri) J. Clive Carlyle, E.K. Sadanandan Nambiar, and Mark W. Bligh The use of laboratory measurements to predict nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in Pinus radiata plantations after harvesting J. Clive Carlyle, Mark W. Bligh, and E.K. Sadanandan Nambiar Woody residue management to reduce nitrogen and phos- phorus leaching from sandy soil after clear-felling Pinus radiata plantations Douglas A. Maguire, John C. Brissette, and Lianhong Gu Crown structure and growth efficiency of red spruce in un- even-aged, mixed-species stands in Maine Lee C. Wensel and Eric C. Turnblom Adjustment of estimated tree growth rates in northern California conifers for changes in precipitation levels J.J. Boreux, C. Gadbin-Henry, J. Guiot, and L. Tessier Radial tree-growth modelling with fuzzy regression NOTE Stephen C. Hart and Phil Sollins Soil carbon and nitrogen pools and processes in an old-growth conifer forest 13 years after trenching September / septembre ARTICLES Kari Minkkinen and Jukka Laine Long-term effect of forest drainage on the peat carbon stores of pine mires in Finland Cindy M. Hale and John Pastor Nitrogen content, decay rates, and decompositional dynamics of hollow versus solid hardwood logs in hardwood forests of Minnesota, U.S.A. F. Soria, F. Basurco, G. Toval, L. Silié, M.C. Rodriguez, and M. Toro An application of Bayesian techniques to the genetic evaluation of growth traits in Eucalyptus globulus Shelly R. Feeney, Thomas E. Kolb, W. Wallace Covington, and Michael R. Wagner Influence of thinning and burning restoration treatments on presettlement ponderosa pines at the Gus Pearson Natural Area D.F. Greene and E.A. Johnson Seed mass and early survivorship of tree species in upland clearings and shelterwoods R.J. Hall, W.J.A. Volney, and Y. Wang Using a geographic information system (GIS) to associate forest stand characteristics with top kill due to defoliation by the jack pine budworm C.E. Prescott and S.M. Brown Five-year growth response of western red cedar, western hemlock, and amabilis fir to chemical and organic fertilizers Jean Ferron, Francois Potvin, and Christian Dussault Short-term effects of logging on snowshoe hares in the boreal forest Hubert Sterba and Ralph L. Amateis Crown efficiency in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) spacing experiment Elaine F. Wright, K. Dave Coates, and Paula Bartemucci Regeneration from seed of six tree species in the interior cedar—hemlock forests of British Columbia as affected by substrate and canopy gap position Patrick J. McHale, Myron J. Mitchell, and Francis P. Bowles Soil warming in a northern hardwood forest: trace gas fluxes and leaf litter decomposition Bjorn Hannrup and Inger Ekberg Age-age correlations for tracheid length and wood density in Pinus sylvestris D. Korber, T. Beckley, M. Luckert, and W. White Cultural, geographical, and sectoral refinements to measures of forest industry dependence C-8 Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 28, 1998 Torsten W. Berger and Gerhard Glatzel Canopy leaching, dry deposition, and cycling of calcium in Austrian oak stands as a function of calcium availability and distance from a lime quarry 1388 L.A. Venier, A.A. Hopkin, D.W. McKenney, and Y. Wang A spatial, climate-determined risk rating for Scleroderris disease of pines in Ontario 1398 Matthew E. Baker and Burton V. Barnes Landscape ecosystem diversity of river floodplains in northwestern Lower Michigan, U.S.A. 1405 E.A. Pinkard and C.L. Beadle Aboveground biomass partitioning and crown architecture of Eucalyptus nitens following green pruning 1419 October / Octobre ARTICLES Timothy G. Gregoire Design-based and model-based inference in survey sampling: appreciating the difference 1429 Kazi M.S. Islam and David L. Martell Performance of initial attack airtanker systems with interacting bases and variable initial attack ranges 1448 Steven P. Hamburg and Teng-Chiu Lin Throughfall chemistry of an ecotonal forest on the edge of the Great Plains 1456 Ronald R. Martin, T.K. Sham, G. Wong Won, Paul van der Heide, Keith W. Jones, Sheng-Rong Song, and Richard Protz Secondary ion mass spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence in the study of the qualitative variation in metal content with time in tree rings 1464 Geraldine L. Tierney and Timothy J. Fahey Soil seed bank dynamics of pin cherry in a northern hardwood forest, New Hamp- shire, U.S.A. 1471 Erkki Koskela and Markku Ollikainen A game-theoretic model of timber prices with capital stock: an empirical application to the Finnish pulp and paper industry 1481 Marcel Darveau, Jean Huot, and Louis Bélanger Riparian forest strips as habitat for snowshoe hare in a boreal balsam fir forest 1494 L.M. Trummer, P.E. Hennon, E.M. Hansen, and P.S. Muir Modeling the incidence and severity of hemlock dwarf mistletoe in 110-year-old wind-disturbed forests in Southeast Alaska 1501 O. Garcia Estimating top height with variable plot sizes 1509 Yuwu Lian and Qishui Zhang Conversion of a natural broad-leafed evergreen forest into pure and mixed plantation forests in a subtropical area: effects on nutrient cycling 1518 Curt Almqvist, Urban Bergsten, Lennart Bondesson, and Urban Eriksson Predicting germination capacity of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies seeds using temperature data from weather stations 1530 K.-A. Hégberg, I. Ekberg, L. Norell, and S. von Arnold Integration of somatic embryogenesis in a tree breeding programme: a case study with Picea abies 1536 Andrew M. Paterson, Brian F. Cumming, John P. Smol, Jules M. Blais, and Robert L. France Assessment of the effects of logging, forest fires and drought on lakes in northwestern Ontario: a 30-year paleolimnological perspective 1546 Andreas Hamann, Y.A. El-Kassaby, M.P. Koshy, and G. Namkoong Multivariate analysis of allozymic and quantitative trait variation in Alnus rubra: geographic patterns and evolutionary implications 1557 Terry M. Shaw, James A. Moore, and John D. Marshall Root chemistry of Douglas-fir seedlings grown under different nitrogen and potassium regimes 1566 J.K. Vreeland, F.A. Servello, and B. Griffith Effects of conifer release with glyphosate on summer forage abundance for deer in Maine 1574 NOTE F.M. Moola and A.U. Mallik Phenology of Vaccinium spp. in a black spruce (Picea mariana) plantation in northwestern Ontario: possible implications for the timing of forest herbicide treatments 1579 ERRATUM Hayley Hesseln, Douglas B. Rideout, and Philip N. Omi Erratum: Using catastrophe theory to model wildfire behavior and control 1586 Contents / Sommaire November / novembre ARTICLES P.F. Newton and P.A. Jolliffe Aboveground modular component responses to intraspecific competition within density-stressed black spruce stands Karen A. Thamarus and Glenn R. Furnier Temporal and genotypic variation of wound-induced gene expression in bark of Populus tremuloides and P. grandidentata Michel Labrecque, Traian I. Teodorescu, and Stéphane Daigle Early performance and nutrition of two willow species in short-rotation intensive culture fertilized with wastewater sludge and impact on the soil characteristics Lars Vesterdal and Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen _ Forest floor chemistry under seven tree species along a soil fertility gradient Jonathan G. Martin, Brian D. Kloeppel, Tara L. Schaefer, Darrin L. Kimbler, and Steven G. McNulty Aboveground _bio- mass and nitrogen allocation of ten deciduous southern Appalachian tree species Karen Kuers and Klaus Steinbeck Leaf area dynamics in Liquidambar styraciflua saplings: responses to nitrogen fertilization Karen Kuers and Klaus Steinbeck Foliar nitrogen dynamics in Liguidambar styraciflua saplings: response to nitrogen fertiliza- tio Paul C. Van Deusen, Larry L. Irwin, and Tracy L. Fleming Survival estimates for the northern spotted owl Harri Makinen and Francis Colin Predicting branch angle and branch diameter of Scots pine from usual tree measurements and stand structural information E. Keith Deglow and John H. Borden Green leaf volatiles disrupt and enhance response to aggregation pheromones by the am- brosia beetle, Gnathotrichus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) R.E. Dickson, M.D. Coleman, D.E. Riemenschneider, J.G. Isebrands, G.D. Hogan, and D.F. Karnosky Growth of five hybrid poplar genotypes exposed to interacting elevated CO, and O; Bernhard Stadler and Beate Michalzik Aphid infested Norway spruce are “hot spots” in throughfall carbon chemistry in conif- erous forests William T. Peterjohn, Richard J. McGervey, Alan J. Sexstone, Martin J. Christ, Cassie J. Foster, and Mary B. Adams Nitrous oxide production in two forested watersheds exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation Jean-Noél Candau, Richard A. Fleming, and Anthony Hopkin Spatiotemporal patterns of large-scale defoliation caused by the spruce budworm in Ontario since 1941 December / décembre ARTICLES Han Y.H. Chen, Karel Klinka, and Richard D. Kabzems Site index, site quality, and foliar nutrients of trembling aspen: relationships and predictions G.C. Clarke and D.C. Malcolm Location of cones in the crown and along shoots of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and the influence of coning intensity and shoot size S.A. Billings, D.D. Richter, and J. Yarie Soil carbon dioxide fluxes and profile concentrations in two boreal forests W. Jan A. Volney Ten-year tree mortality following a jack pine budworm outbreak in Saskatchewan Richard C. Yang Foliage and stand growth responses of semimature lodgepole pine to thinning and fertilization P.P. Kormanik, S.S. Sung, T.L. Kormanik, S.E. Schlarbaum, and S.J. Zarnoch Effect of acorn size on development of northern red oak 1-0 seedlings Luc Croisé, Erwin Dreyer, and Francois Lieutier Effects of drought stress and severe pruning on the reaction zone induced by single inoculations with a bark beetle associated fungus (Ophiostoma ips) in the phloem of young Scots pines Robert B. Brett and Karel Klinka A transition from gap to tree-island regeneration patterns in the subalpine forest of south-coastal British Columbia Louise Filion, Serge Payette, Ann Delwaide, and Najat Bhiry Insect defoliators as major disturbance factors in the high-altitude balsam fir forest of Mount Mégantic, southern Quebec P.G. Comeau, F. Gendron, and T. Letchford A comparison of several methods for estimating light under a paper birch mixedwood stand Miika Kajanus, Mikko Kurttila, and Mauno Pesonen A simultaneous-equation model for predicting the production frontier of a forest holding C-10 Can. J. For. Res. Vol. 28, 1998 R.-P. Wei, C.R. Hansen, N.K. Dhir, and F.C. Yeh Genetic gain with desired status number in breeding programs: a study on selection effects Katri Paukkonen and Anneli Kauppi Effect of coppicing on root system morphology and its significance for subsequent shoot regeneration of birches Jon Kehlet Hansen, Henrik Saxe, Anders Rebild, Christian Ngrgard Nielsen, Jens Peter Simonsen, J. Bo Larsen, and H. Wellendorf Decline and physiological response to foliar-deposited salt in Norway spruce genotypes: a comparative analysis Celia A. Evans, Eric K. Miller, and Andrew J. Friedland Nitrogen mineralization associated with birch and fir under different soil moisture regimes Note of Appreciation / Note de reconnaissance Obituary / Nécrologie Author Index for Volume 28 / Index des auteurs pour le volume 28 Contents for Volume 28 / Sommaire pour le volume 28