Mapping and quantification of planted tree and shrub shelterbelts in Saskatchewan, Canada

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• 作者：Beyhan Y. Amichev ; Murray J. Bentham ; Darrel Cerkowniak ; John Kort…
• 关键词：Prairie farm rehabilitation administration (PFRA) ; Shelterbelt distribution ; Ecodistricts ; Decadal shelterbelt maps ; Soil zones ; Species ; specific shelterbelt length
• 刊名：Agroforestry Systems
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：February 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：89
• 期：1
• 页码：49-65
• 全文大小：6,168 KB
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• 作者单位：Beyhan Y. Amichev (1)
  Murray J. Bentham (2)
  Darrel Cerkowniak (2)
  John Kort (3)
  Suren Kulshreshtha (4)
  Colin P. Laroque (1)
  Joseph M. Piwowar (5)
  Ken C. J. Van Rees (1)
  
  1. Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
  2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
  3. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, No. 2 Government Rd., Indian Head, SK, S0G 2K0, Canada
  4. Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
  5. Department of Geography, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Pkwy, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2, Canada
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Forestry
  Agriculture
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9680

文摘

The Government of Canada’s farm assistance programs have affected >80?% of Canada’s agricultural land base. One important program in the Prairie Provinces was the prairie shelterbelt program (PSP). A significant aspect of the PSP was shelterbelt tree planting to protect farmyard infrastructure and reduce soil erosion. The main goal of this paper was to map historical shelterbelt establishment, total expected shelterbelt length, and total expected number of six common planted shelterbelt species: caragana (Caragana arborescens), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), Manitoba maple (Acer negundo), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), white spruce (Picea glauca Monch), and hybrid poplar (Populus spp.). A clustering approach was designed to group all agricultural ecodistricts (106 total) into clusters (31 total) based on their similarity in 42 variables within five soil zones of Saskatchewan. Correlations between trees ordered through the PSP and observed shelterbelt length (across 2.1?Mha cumulative study area) were used for shelterbelt probability mapping. Mapping accuracy of planted shelterbelts was 48-6?%. Total shelterbelt length (of any species) ranged from 322 to 45,231?km for (in descending order) dark brown?>?brown?>?black?>?dark gray?>?gray soil zones. Novel decadal time-lapse maps and species-specific shelterbelt maps were produced to capture the progression of shelterbelt establishment for the first time at a province-wide scale which gave a new perspective, in map format, of the expansive impact of the living legacy of the PSP. Shelterbelt data gaps and high priority clusters of agricultural land in Saskatchewan were identified for future shelterbelt research.