by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in European Journal of Forest Research 128(5): 505-513 We simplified Kozak’s taper model by setting the inflection point at 1.3 m (dbh) without losing accuracy and precision. The simplification was required to facilitate the estimation of the...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Ecological Modelling 220: 2770-2781 Estimating prediction uncertainty for a single tree-based model is hindered by the complex structure of these models. In this paper, we addressed this issue with a case study applied to northern hardwood stands in...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 1270-1279 Growth rates of young conifers can be poor on disturbed sites dominated by Kalmia angustifolia L. Hence, a conifer revegetation trial was established on a Kalmia-dominated site to evaluate the effects of...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Annals of Forest Science 66: 707 https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009057 Spruce budworm outbreaks are among the major natural disturbances affecting the dynamics and functioning of Canadian boreal forests. However, the element losses potentially associated...
by André Boily | 30 January 2019
Published in For. Ecol. Manage. 258(2009) : 1359-1368 Over the last two centuries, logging has caused major, but unquantified, compositional and structural changes in the southern portion of the North American boreal forest. In this study, we used a series of old...