Study Sites

Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Ltd.

Most of the temperate forest research in the lab is conducted at Haliburton Forest, a privately owned area of ~25,000 ha about 3 hours north of Toronto, just south of Algonquin Provincial Park (www.haliburtonforest.com). Most of the forest is sugar-maple-dominated hardwoods that are managed under selection-system silviculture that maintains continuous canopy cover. The forest is regarded as a leader in “ecological” forest management, and most forest revenue presently comes from eco-tourism rather than logging. Scientific infrastructure at the site includes a permanent field camp with housing for 10-12 researchers (on our own small lake!), basic lab facilities, an off-road aerial lift for canopy access, and a network of permanent sample plots in both managed and primary forest.

Additional Sites

The Haliburton forest field site and the City of Toronto are the current sites for work in the lab. However, students have worked in wide variety of field sites, and we have well-developed relationships with research groups and research stations at a number of locations. In particular, prior field work has included projects at the following sites:

Pasoh Forest Reserve Malaysia
Ituri Forest, Dominic Republic of Congo
Dominica, Lesser Antilles
Ratargul Freshwater Swamp Forest, Bangladesh
Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh
Changbaishan Reserve, Jilin Province, China
Sepilok Forest Reserve, Sabah (north Borneo), Malaysia
Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Hazelton Region, BC
Joker’s Hill Reserve, Oak Ridges Moraine, southern Ontario
Lake Abitibi Model Forest, northern Ontario
Algoma region, Ontario