by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Oecologia 162: 153-161 Large-scale synchronous variations in community dynamics are well documented for a vast array of organisms, but are considerably less understood for forest trees. Because of temporal variations in canopy gap dynamics, forest...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 2106-2114 Tree-ring chronologies have been widely used in studies of tree mortality where variables of recent growth act as an indicator of tree physiological vigour. Comparing recent radial growth of live and dead...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Tree Planters’ Notes 52(2): 18-23 Direct seeding and fill planting of black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.] were assessed in logging trails after irregular shelterwood cutting in the boreal forest of Québec, Canada. Two growing seasons after...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Journal of Ecology 95: 458-467 1 In forest communities, species coexistence can be favoured by disturbance-related variations in light regime coupled with rank reversal in species performance. The objective of this study was to determine if a major canopy...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3659-3666 American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) reproduces sexually, and vegetatively by root suckers. Although many studies have investigated its regeneration response, most did not account for differences that may...