by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Tree Planters’ Notes 56(1): 35-46 A short-day (SD) treatment was applied to containerized 1+0 black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) with the objective of increasing root mass and root-plug cohesion. The SD treatment resulted in the induction...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2(2): 155-189. https://doi.org/10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4233 Nitrogen is considered the most important element in plant nutrition and growth. However its role and availability for boreal forest conifers is still...
by Audrey Verreault | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Soil Science 93: 567-572. doi: 10.4141/CJSS2013-046 Soil warming is expected to reduce organic carbon pools. We incubated soils from a balsam fir stand previously subjected to 3 yr of in situ experimental warming (+4°C). Mineralizable...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Forests 4: 613-631. https://doi.org/10.3390/f4030613 Sustainable management of boreal ecosystems involves the establishment of vigorous tree regeneration after harvest. However, two groups of understory plants influence regeneration success in eastern...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43: 66-77 Along with climate, multiple global or large-scale change agents shape forest ecosystem health. We present a case study where we attempted to elucidate the driving factors causing decline symptoms in...
