by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Science 60(1): 57-62 The boreal zone of northeastern North America is characterized by mixedwood forests dominated by balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) in the south and by coniferous forests dominated by black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill)...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Ecohydrology 9(2): 238-247. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1627 The Canadian Drought Code (CDC) is an empirical soil-drying model adapted to high-latitude forests and commonly used by Canadian fire managers and researchers to predict the water content of the...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Ecology and Management 312: 203-215 We quantified the effects of different loads of forest logging residues on the microenvironment (soil temperature, soil volumetric water content, competing vegetation cover, and available nutrients) of...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Applied Ergonomics 50: 68-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.03.001 This paper presents a new model based on adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) to predict oxygen consumption (VO2) from easily measured variables. The ANFIS prediction...
by Svetlana Savin | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Ecology and Management 323: 138-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.014 With increased rates of climate change, it is imperative for forest managers to have access to models that can take into account the expected effects of climate...