by Audrey Verreault | 28 May 2020
Published in The Canadian Entomologist 133: 333-341 Studies were conducted to document the oviposition biology of female white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck. Data were recorded on female fecundity and daily feeding and oviposition activities. In addition, we...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 May 2020
Published in Oecologia 133: 1-9 The long-term responses of forests to atmospheric CO2 enrichment have been difficult to determine experimentally given the large scale and complex structure of their canopy. We have developed a CO2 exposure system that uses the free-air...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 May 2020
Published in Forest Ecology and Management 168: 177-186 A precommercial thinning trial, conducted in 1978 in a 20-year-old balsam fir (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.) stand in the province of Québec, Canada, produced a broad range of stand densities over 60 permanent...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 May 2020
Published in Tree Physiology 22: 363-371 Experiments were conducted on 1-year-old western red cedar (Thuja plicata Donn.) seedlings to determine the response of illuminated foliage to reversible changes in total photosynthetic foliage area (La). Reductions in La were...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 May 2020
Published in Wetlands 22(2): 225-233 Low water tables typically found in peatlands during dry summer periods or in the vicinity of drainage ditches may lead to moisture deficiency in porous surface peats. Episodes of drought stress might compromise the growth benefits...
