Concentrations of bioaccumulative contaminants in fish increase with their size and age; thus, research and monitoring of these contaminants in fish across space and time can be confounded by size covariation. To account for this, …
The study of microbial communities of the plant phyllosphere in remote locations using DNA-based approaches is limited by the challenges associated with their preservation in the field and during transportation. Freezing is a common DNA preservation …
The soil supports many ecosystem services (ES) essential to human well‐being. Rapid developments in digital soil mapping (DSM) allow the mapping of soil types and soil properties with improved resolution and accuracy. However, the potential of DSM to …
Defoliation by eastern spruce budworm is one of the most important natural disturbances in Canadian boreal and hemi‐boreal forests with annual area affected surpassing that of fire and harvest combined, and its impacts are projected to increase in …
Understanding the impacts of harvest and subsequent silviculture practices at stand scales on the below-ground biota, and their associated nutrient cycling processes, is needed to more fully evaluate the sustainable management of boreal forest …
Managed forests contribute to both economic and non-timber values, but the ecological role of managed, including planted, forests to biodiversity objectives at the landscape scale needs to be better understood. In this project in collaboration with …
Insect defoliation is a widespread cause of forest disturbance in Canada, and it has the potential to alter terrestrial carbon contributions to stream consumers and thus affect stream ecosystems. Although defoliation by spruce budworms (Choristoneura …
Restoration is moving towards a more mechanistic approach that emphasizes restoration of ecosystem services. Trait-based approaches provide links between species identity and ecosystem functions and have been suggested as a promising way to formally …