by Marie-Claude Boileau | 15 May 2025
Published in Journal of Ecology 5(112): 1164-1180. 1. Enhancing tree diversity may be important to fostering resilience to drought-related climate extremes. So far, little attention has been given to whether tree diversity can increase the survival of trees and reduce...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 March 2025
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 55: 1-12. Beech bark disease is a major concern for northern hardwood forest management that affects most of the American beech range in North America. In infected stands, mitigating effects of the disease and promoting more...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 March 2025
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 55: 1-14. The wood of sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum Marsh.) is generally perceived as containing more defects, such as dark heartwood and wood rot, at the northern limit of its range compared to southern locations; however,...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 March 2025
Forest Ecology and Management 585: 122655. In Canada, clearcutting is the most widely used silvicultural system in boreal forests despite potential impacts on forest simplification and biodiversity loss. Retaining mature trees is suggested to maintain stand structure...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 26 March 2025
Forest Ecology and Management 581:122550. Climate change brings new constraints to which trees will have to adapt, including more frequent severe weather events due to climate anomalies. Black spruce and red spruce are phylogenetically close but adapted to different...
