by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Ecology 96(6): 1480-1491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-2366.1 Climate change is altering insect disturbance regimes via temperature-mediated phenological changes and trophic interactions among host trees, herbivorous insects and their natural enemies in...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Nature Communications 9(1): 3213. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05705-4 Predicted increases in temperature and aridity across the boreal forest region have the potential to alter timber supply and carbon sequestration. Given the widely-observed...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Journal of Sustainable Forestry 34(3): 169-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2014.980895 Tree improvement programs aim to develop families that are well-adapted to future growing conditions. To gain insight into the stability of the family genetic...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Science 63(6): 559-568 https://doi.org/10.5849/FS-2017-062R2 In the boreal forest, ground-layer composition may modulate the effects of precommercial thinning (PCT) on stand productivity by affecting tree growth conditions. Based on data from 15...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Science 61(5): 966-972. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.14-205 In Canada, Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) is an exotic species mainly used as a fast-growing tree in intensive silviculture. However, this species is sensitive to attacks by...
