Publications - Kristi Iverson

Kristi is the vegetation ecologist for the Cariboo Forest Region. She works on Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification, interpretation, and training. Other research interests include the dynamics and ecological resilience of dry Douglas-fir forests and grassland succession and classification.

Position title: Research Vegetation Ecologist

Current research projects

• Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) for the IDFdw and ESSFwc3 and updates to the existing field guide for the Cariboo region. Collaboration on classification and mapping in portions of the Nelson and Thompson Okanagan Region
• Hydrological and vegetation dynamics of pothole wetlands in grasslands
• Ecology of high-elevation grasslands in the Elk Valley
• Vegetation response to thinning and prescribed fire in Interior Douglas-fir forests

Publications

Listed in order of publication date:

• 2021 to present
• 2016 to 2020
• 2011 to 2015

2021 to present

• Ryan, M., D. Lloyd, and K. Iverson. 2021. A field guide to site classification and identification for Southern British Columbia - Volume 1: The Southern Thompson-Okanagan. Prov. B.C. Victoria, BC. Land Manag. Handb. 76.
• MacKillop, D.J., A.J. Ehman, K.E. Iverson, E.B. McKenzie, M. Ryan, and M. Machmer. 2021. A field guide to ecosystem classification and identification: Boundary–eastern Okanagan–Shuswap–southern Arrow. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 75. [Link]

2016 to 2020:

• MacKillop, D.J., A.J. Ehman, K.E. Iverson, and E.B. McKenzie. 2018. A field guide to ecosystem classification and identification for southeast British Columbia: the East Kootenay. Prov. B.C., Victoria B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 71. [Link]

2011 to 2015:

• Coupé , R.A. and K.E. Iverson. 2014. Supplement to: A field guide to forest site identification and interpretation for the Cariboo Forest Region. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. [Link]