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A meta-analysis reveals mostly neutral influence of scattered trees on pasture yield along with some contrasted effects depending on functional groups and rainfall conditions

A traits-based test of the home-field advantage in mixed-species tree litter decomposition

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Advancing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients

scientific article

Amounts of logging residues affect planting microsites: A manipulative study across northern forest ecosystems

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Assessing the potential of low-cost 3D cameras for the rapid measurement of plant woody structure

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Birch and conifer deadwood favour early establishment and shade tolerance in yellow birch juveniles growing in sugar maple dominated stands

article by Jean-Bastien Lambert et al published January 2016 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience?

article by C Ronnie Drever et al published September 2006 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis

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Carbon isotope discrimination and water stress in trembling aspen following variable retention harvesting

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Comparing the effects of even- and uneven-aged silviculture on ecological diversity and processes: A review.

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Comparison of two plant functional approaches to evaluate natural restoration along an old-field - deciduous forest chronosequence

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Complex Above- and Below-Ground Growth Responses of Two Urban Tree Species Following Root, Stem, and Foliage Damage-An Experimental Approach

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Complex impacts of logging residues on planted hybrid poplar seedlings in boreal ecosystems

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Concentrating anthropogenic disturbance to balance ecological and economic values: applications to forest management ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Contrasting Nutritional Acclimation of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and Red Maple (Acer rubrum L.) to Increasing Conifers and Soil Acidity as Demonstrated by Foliar Nutrient Balances

article published in 2016

Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

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Contributions of leaf photosynthetic capacity, leaf angle and self-shading to the maximization of net photosynthesis in Acer saccharum: a modelling assessment.

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Crown traits of coniferous trees and their relation to shade tolerance can differ with leaf type: a biophysical demonstration using computed tomography scanning data

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Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests

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Do position and species identity of neighbours matter in 8–15-year-old post harvest mesic stands in the boreal mixedwood?

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Do temperate tree species diversity and identity influence soil microbial community function and composition?

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Does shade improve light interception efficiency? A comparison among seedlings from shade-tolerant and -intolerant temperate deciduous tree species.

scientific article published in January 2006

Does soil heterogeneity and compaction in ingrowth-cores affect growth and morphology of black spruce fine-roots?

Early performance of planted hybrid larch: effects of mechanical site preparation and planting depth

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Early silvicultural guidelines for intensive management of hybrid larch plantations on fertile sub-boreal sites

Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and saprotrophic fungal diversity are linked to different tree community attributes in a field-based tree experiment

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Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America

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Effects of above- and belowground partial harvest disturbance on growth and water status of residual sugar maple

scientific article published in December 2008

Effects of clearcutting and soil mixing on soil properties and understorey biomass in western red cedar and western hemlock forests on northern Vancouver Island, Canada

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Effects of climate on occurrence and size of large fires in a northern hardwood landscape: historical trends, forecasts, and implications for climate change in Témiscamingue, Québec

scholarly article by C. Ronnie Drever et al published August 2009 in Applied Vegetation Science

Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding

scientific article published on 7 March 2024

Erratum: Spatially explicit modeling of PAR transmission and growth of Picea glauca and Abies balsamea in boreal forests of Alberta and Quebec

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Evaluating forest resilience to global threats using functional response traits and network properties

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment

scientific article published on 09 March 2019

Explaining forest productivity using tree functional traits and phylogenetic information: two sides of the same coin over evolutionary scale?

scientific article

Exploring trees in three dimensions: VoxR, a novel voxel-based R package dedicated to analysing the complex arrangement of tree crowns

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Extractability of elements in sugar maple xylem along a gradient of soil acidity

scientific article published on 2 May 2008

Fire and the relative roles of weather, climate and landscape characteristics in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest of Canada

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For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

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Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities

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Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

scientific article published in 2015

Growth, allocation and leaf gas exchanges of hybrid poplar plants in their establishment phase on previously forested sites: effect of different vegetation management techniques

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Host species identity, site and time drive temperate tree phyllosphere bacterial community structure

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How fresh is maple syrup? Sugar maple trees mobilize carbon stored several years previously during early springtime sap-ascent

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Improving tree mortality models by accounting for environmental influences

In situ quantification of experimental ice accretion on tree crowns using terrestrial laser scanning

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In vivo and in situ rhizosphere respiration in Acer saccharum and Betula alleghaniensis seedlings grown in contrasting light regimes

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Interacting influence of light and size on aboveground biomass distribution in sub-boreal conifer saplings with contrasting shade tolerance

scientific article published in March 2005

Interannual variation in competitive interactions from natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a temperate forest tree species: Implications for ecological interpretation

scientific article published in 2011

Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Large-scale synchrony of gap dynamics and the distribution of understory tree species in maple-beech forests

scientific article published on 8 August 2009

Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships.

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Linking ice accretion and crown structure: towards a model of the effect of freezing rain on tree canopies

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Management of vegetation under electric distribution lines will affect the supply of multiple ecosystem services

scholarly article by Jérôme Dupras et al published February 2016 in Land Use Policy

Managing tree plantations as novel socioecological systems: Australian and North American perspectives

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Maximizing Conservation and Production with Intensive Forest Management: It's All About Location

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Measuring protected-area isolation and correlations of isolation with land-use intensity and protection status

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Modelling the effect of climate-induced changes in recruitment and juvenile growth on mixed-forest dynamics: The case of montane–subalpine Pyrenean ecotones

scientific article published in 2015

Network analysis can guide resilience-based management in forest landscapes under global change

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Nitrogen forms affect root structure and water uptake in the hybrid poplar

article published in 2011

Norway maple displays greater seasonal growth and phenotypic plasticity to light than native sugar maple

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Overstory influences on light attenuation patterns and understory plant community diversity and composition in southern boreal forests of Quebec

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Partitioning the effect of composition and diversity of tree communities on leaf litter decomposition and soil respiration

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Partitioning the factors of spatial variation in regeneration density of shade-tolerant tree species

scientific article published in October 2008

Perceptions of climate change across the Canadian forest sector: The key factors of institutional and geographical environment.

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Physiological, morphological and allocational plasticity in understory deciduous trees: importance of plant size and light availability

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Predicting understory maximum shrubs cover using altitude and overstory basal area in different Mediterranean forests

article published in 2010

Predictions of understorey light conditions in northern hardwood forests following parameterization, sensitivity analysis, and tests of the SORTIE light model

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Quantifying the effect of nitrogen-induced physiological and structural changes on poplar growth using a carbon-balance model

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Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis

scientific article published in April 2006

Remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: A World Perspective

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Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe

scientific article published on 04 May 2019

Root quality and decomposition environment, but not tree species richness, drive root decomposition in tropical forests

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Seasonal variation in biomass and carbohydrate partitioning of understory sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) seedlings

scientific article published in January 2005

Shade tolerance, canopy gaps and mechanisms of coexistence of forest trees

scientific article published in 2010

Shoot growth and crown development: effect of crown position in three-dimensional simulations

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Silviculture for old-growth attributes

scientific article published in 2009

Soil biochemical properties and microbial resilience in agroforestry systems: effects on wheat growth under controlled drought and flooding conditions

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Soil e×ploitation strategies of fine roots in different tree species of the southern boreal forest of eastern Canada

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Soils associated to different tree communities do not elicit predictable responses in lake bacterial community structure and function

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures

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Spatially explicit modeling of PAR transmission and growth of Picea glauca and Abies balsamea in the boreal forests of Alberta and Quebec

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Stimulating a Canadian narrative for climate

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Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) growth is influenced by close conspecifics and skid trail proximity following selection harvest

article by Henrik Hartmann et al published August 2009 in Forest Ecology and Management

Sustainable forest management preferences of interest groups in three regions with different levels of industrial forestry: an exploratory attribute-based choice experiment

scientific article published on 5 June 2010

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

The effects of soil mixing on soil nutrient status, recovery of competing vegetation and conifer growth on cedar-hemlock cutovers in coastal British Columbia

The positive carbon stocks-biodiversity relationship in forests: co-occurrence and drivers across five subclimates

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

The role of cultural models in local perceptions of SFM--differences and similarities of interest groups from three boreal regions

scientific article published on 5 March 2008

The role of forest tent caterpillar defoliations and partial harvest in the decline and death of sugar maple

scientific article published on 26 July 2008

Towards the development of multifunctional molecular indicators combining soil biogeochemical and microbiological variables to predict the ecological integrity of silvicultural practices

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Tree Leaf Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity Differ along a Gradient of Urban Intensity.

scientific article published in November 2017

Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought

article published in 2014

Tree phyllosphere bacterial communities: exploring the magnitude of intra- and inter-individual variation among host species

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Tree range expansion in eastern North America fails to keep pace with climate warming at northern range limits.

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Use of a spatially explicit individual-tree model (SORTIE/BC) to explore the implications of patchiness in structurally complex forests

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Using longitudinal survival probabilities to test field vigour estimates in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

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Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science

article by Elise Filotas et al published January 2014 in Ecosphere

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