by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in BMC Genomics 14(368). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-368 Background: The genomic architecture of adaptive traits remains poorly understood in non-model plants. Various approaches can be used to bridge this gap, including the mapping of quantitative...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Tree Physiology https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpt027 A 20–40% reduction in soil moisture is projected for the boreal forest of Eastern Canada for the period 2070–99 relative to 1971–2000. In order to better predict the effects of a reduced water supply...
by Svetlana Savin | 30 January 2019
Published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 97: 15-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2013.06.004 This paper describes SOLARCALC 7.0, a new implementation of a computer program designed for the analysis of hemispherical photographs. Our aim was to...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 1289-1305 The dynamics of high-altitude balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) forests is mainly driven by insect outbreaks and windthrows. However, very little work has been done on the role of fire on the...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Tree Genetics & Genomes 10: 965–975. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-014-0735-z Exotic larch (Larix decidua Mill., Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr. and Larix sibirica Ledeb.) and their hybrids have been introduced into Canada to test adaptation and growth...