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- The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests (2011) (712)
- Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: A World Perspective (2012) (684)
- Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis. (2006) (665)
- Silviculture for old-growth attributes (2009) (510)
- A Critique of Silviculture: Managing for Complexity (2008) (466)
- The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene (2010) (461)
- Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests (1999) (365)
- Predicting and managing light in the understory of boreal forests (1999) (351)
- Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience (2006) (346)
- Effects of overstory and understory vegetation on the understory light environment in mixed boreal forests (1998) (343)
- A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues (2012) (338)
- Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis (2014) (316)
- Towards sustainable management of the boreal forest. (2003) (246)
- Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests (2014) (240)
- Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures (2017) (234)
- WinRHlZO™, a Root-measuring System with a Unique Overlap Correction Method (1995) (228)
- Growth and morphological responses of yellow birch, sugar maple, and beech seedlings growing under a natural light gradient (1998) (217)
- Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems (2013) (204)
- Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations (2015) (203)
- Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships (2017) (203)
- A simple and efficient method to estimate microsite light availability under a forest canopy (1996) (199)
- Soil Exploitation Strategies of Fine Roots in Different Tree Species of the Southern Boreal Forest of Eastern Canada (1999) (192)
- Comparison of various methods for estimating the mean growing season percent photosynthetic photon flux density in forests (1998) (189)
- Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science (2014) (177)
- From Management to Stewardship: Viewing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems in an Uncertain World (2015) (176)
- Comparing composition and structure in old-growth and harvested (selection and diameter-limit cuts) northern hardwood stands in Quebec (2005) (175)
- Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities. (2016) (168)
- Spatial and temporal variation in the light environment of developing Scots pine stands: the basis for a quick and efficient method of characterizing light (1995) (165)
- Physiological, morphological and allocational plasticity in understory deciduous trees: importance of plant size and light availability. (2004) (165)
- Use of a spatially explicit individual-tree model (SORTIE/BC) to explore the implications of patchiness in structurally complex forests (2003) (160)
- Growth and crown morphological responses of boreal conifer seedlings and saplings with contrasting shade tolerance to a gradient of light and height (2002) (151)
- Fine-root dynamics in mixed boreal conifer-broad-leafed forest stands at different successional stages after fire (1997) (150)
- Host species identity, site and time drive temperate tree phyllosphere bacterial community structure (2016) (149)
- A Critique of Silviculture (2008) (141)
- Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change (2016) (137)
- Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why (2015) (129)
- Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View (2009) (126)
- Evaluation of fine root length and diameter measurements obtained using RHIZO image analysis (1999) (125)
- Overstory influences on light attenuation patterns and understory plant community diversity and composition in southern boreal forests of Quebec (2006) (122)
- The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global changes (2019) (120)
- Sapling size influences shade tolerance ranking among southern boreal tree species (2006) (114)
- Variation in canopy openness and light transmission following selection cutting in northern hardwood stands: an assessment based on hemispherical photographs (2002) (113)
- Effects of light availability and sapling size on the growth and crown morphology of understory Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine (1999) (112)
- Shade tolerance, canopy gaps and mechanisms of coexistence of forest trees (2010) (110)
- Effects of light availability and sapling size on the growth, biomass allocation, and crown morphology of understory sugar maple, yellow birch, and beech (2000) (109)
- Light extinction coefficients specific to the understory vegetation of the southern boreal forest, Quebec. (2000) (104)
- Can plantations develop understory biological and physical attributes of naturally regenerated forests (2008) (103)
- Why we disagree about assisted migration: Ethical implications of a key debate regarding the future of Canada's forests (2011) (99)
- A shade tolerance index for common understory species of northeastern North America (2007) (97)
- Comparing different forest zoning options for landscape-scale management of the boreal forest: possible benefits of the TRIAD. (2010) (91)
- Testing forest ecosystem management in boreal mixedwoods of northwestern Quebec: initial response of aspen stands to different levels of harvesting (2004) (91)
- Tree range expansion in eastern North America fails to keep pace with climate warming at northern range limits (2017) (89)
- A framework towards a composite indicator for urban ecosystem services (2016) (89)
- Modelling silvicultural alternatives for conifer regeneration in boreal mixedwood stands (aspen/white spruce/balsam fir) (2002) (87)
- Development of integrated ecological standards of sustainable forest management at an operational scale (2000) (86)
- Patterns of above- and below-ground response of understory conifer release 6 years after partial cutting (2002) (86)
- How resilient are northern hardwood forests to human disturbance? An evaluation using a plant functional group approach (2007) (83)
- The current state of boreal forestry and the drive for change. (2003) (82)
- Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients (2014) (82)
- Effects of light and intraspecific competition on growth and crown morphology of two size classes of understory balsam fir saplings (2001) (81)
- Comparing forest management to natural processes. (2003) (80)
- Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe (2019) (80)
- Close-to-nature forest management in Europe: Does it support complexity and adaptability of forest ecosystems? (2013) (79)
- Do understory sapling respond to both light and below-ground competition?: a field experiment in a north-eastern American hardwood forest and a literature review (2003) (79)
- Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments (2018) (77)
- TRIAD zoning in Quebec: Experiences and results after 5 years (2009) (77)
- Soil biochemical properties and microbial resilience in agroforestry systems: effects on wheat growth under controlled drought and flooding conditions. (2013) (77)
- Abundance, growth and allometry of red raspberry ( Rubus idaeus L.) along a natural light gradient i (1996) (76)
- Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and saprotrophic fungal diversity are linked to different tree community attributes in a field‐based tree experiment (2016) (75)
- Can Boreal and Temperate Forest Management be Adapted to the Uncertainties of 21st Century Climate Change? (2014) (74)
- Insight, part of a Special Feature on Crossing Scales and Disciplines to Achieve Forest Sustainability A Toolkit Modeling Approach for Sustainable Forest Management Planning: Achieving Balance between Science and Local Needs (2007) (73)
- Consequences of various landscape-scale ecosystem management strategies and fire cycles on age-class structure and harvest in boreal forests (2004) (73)
- Factors limiting early growth of western redcedar, western hemlock and Sitka spruce seedlings on ericaceous-dominated clearcut sites in coastal British Columbia (1993) (72)
- Comparison of two plant functional approaches to evaluate natural restoration along an old-field – deciduous forest chronosequence (2009) (71)
- Understorey light profiles in temperate deciduous forests: recovery process following selection cutting (2004) (70)
- Predictions of understorey light conditions in northern hardwood forests following parameterization, sensitivity analysis, and tests of the SORTIE light model (2002) (69)
- Tree phyllosphere bacterial communities: exploring the magnitude of intra- and inter-individual variation among host species (2016) (69)
- For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! (2021) (68)
- Light quantity and quality on the forest floor of pioneer and climax stages in a birch–beech–sugar maple stand (1988) (67)
- Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America (2013) (67)
- Managing understory light conditions in boreal mixedwoods through variation in the intensity and spatial pattern of harvest: A modelling approach (2011) (67)
- Avoiding ecosystem collapse in managed forest ecosystems (2016) (63)
- Avoiding ecosystem collapse in managed forest ecosystems (2016) (63)
- Morphological indicators of growth response of coniferous advance regeneration to overstorey removal in the boreal forest (2000) (63)
- Does shade improve light interception efficiency? A comparison among seedlings from shade-tolerant and -intolerant temperate deciduous tree species. (2006) (63)
- Thinking and acting differently for sustainable management of the boreal forest (1999) (62)
- Sustainable management of Canada's boreal forests: Progress and prospects1 (2006) (61)
- Above- and below-ground vegetation recovery in recently clearcut and burned sites dominated by Gaultheria shallon in coastal British Columbia (1991) (61)
- Application of the Functional-Structural Tree Model LIGNUM to Sugar Maple Saplings (Acer saccharum Marsh) Growing in Forest Gaps (2001) (61)
- The effect of light availability and basal area on cone production in Abies balsamea and Picea glauca (2002) (59)
- Seasonal variation in biomass and carbohydrate partitioning of understory sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) seedlings. (2005) (59)
- Spatial and temporal distribution of chloroplast DNA polymorphism in a tropical tree species (2000) (59)
- A general framework for the quantification and valuation of ecosystem services of tree-based intercropping systems (2014) (59)
- The Effects of Spatial Legacies following Shifting Management Practices and Fire on Boreal Forest Age Structure (2007) (58)
- Effects of adventitious roots on age determination in Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) regeneration (2000) (58)
- Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) predicts non‐structural carbohydrate concentrations in different tissue types of a broad range of tree species (2015) (58)
- Composition, structure, light attenuation and nutrient content of the understorey vegetation in a Eucalyptus sieberi regrowth stand 6 years after thinning and fertilisation (2001) (58)
- Interacting influence of light and size on aboveground biomass distribution in sub-boreal conifer saplings with contrasting shade tolerance. (2005) (57)
- Negative or positive effects of plantation and intensive forestry on biodiversity: A matter of scale and perspective (2010) (57)
- Public involvement in sustainable boreal forest management. (2003) (56)
- Measuring Protected‐Area Isolation and Correlations of Isolation with Land‐Use Intensity and Protection Status (2012) (56)
- Resource and non‐resource root competition effects of grasses on early‐ versus late‐successional trees (2009) (55)
- Effect of a major canopy disturbance on the coexistence of Acer saccharum and Fagus grandifolia in the understorey of an old‐growth forest (2007) (53)
- Juvenile growth of hybrid poplars on acidic boreal soil determined by environmental effects of soil preparation, vegetation control, and fertilization (2011) (52)
- Leaf- and plant-level carbon gain in yellow birch, sugar maple, and beech seedlings from contrasting forest light environments (2000) (51)
- Photosynthetic photon flux density, red:far-red ratio, and minimum light requirement for survival of Gaultheriashallon in western red cedar–western hemlock stands in coastal British Columbia (1989) (51)
- Modelling tools to assess the sustainability of forest management scenarios. (2003) (51)
- Using fast-growing plantations to promote ecosystem protection in Canada (2003) (50)
- The role of cultural models in local perceptions of SFM--differences and similarities of interest groups from three boreal regions. (2009) (50)
- Norway maple displays greater seasonal growth and phenotypic plasticity to light than native sugar maple. (2012) (50)
- Concentrating anthropogenic disturbance to balance ecological and economic values: applications to forest management. (2012) (50)
- Growth, allocation, and morphological responses of Betula pubescens and Betula pendula to shade in developing Scots pine stands (1995) (49)
- Nature-based silviculture for sustaining a variety of boreal forest values. (2003) (49)
- Missing growth rings at the trunk base in suppressed balsam fir saplings (2002) (49)
- Climate Change Could Negate Positive Tree Diversity Effects on Forest Productivity: A Study Across Five Climate Types in Spain and Canada (2018) (49)
- Spatially explicit simulation of long-term boreal forest landscape dynamics: incorporating quantitative stand attributes (2004) (49)
- Comparing the effects of even‐ and uneven‐aged silviculture on ecological diversity and processes: A review (2017) (48)
- Growth, allocation and leaf gas exchanges of hybrid poplar plants in their establishment phase on previously forested sites: effect of different vegetation management techniques (2007) (48)
- Shoot growth and crown development: effect of crown position in three-dimensional simulations. (2003) (48)
- Do temperate tree species diversity and identity influence soil microbial community function and composition? (2017) (47)
- Possible mechanisms of sugar maple regeneration failure and replacement by beech in the Boisé-des-Muir old-growth forest, Québec (1999) (46)
- Effects of neutral shade and growing media on growth, biomass allocation, and competitive ability of Gaultheria shallon (1992) (45)
- Forests as complex adaptive systems: implications for forest management and modelling. (2011) (45)
- Establishment and dynamics of the balsam fir seedling bank in old forests of northeastern Quebec (2003) (44)
- Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species (2013) (44)
- How fresh is maple syrup? Sugar maple trees mobilize carbon stored several years previously during early springtime sap-ascent. (2016) (44)
- 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 (2013) (44)
- Just another stakeholder? First Nations and sustainable forest management in Canada's boreal forest. (2003) (43)
- Predicting understory maximum shrubs cover using altitude and overstory basal area in different Mediterranean forests (2010) (43)
- Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought (2015) (43)
- A process approach to understanding disturbance and forest dynamics for sustainable forestry. (2003) (42)
- Root architecture and allocation patterns of eight native tropical species with different successional status used in open-grown mixed plantations in Panama (2008) (41)
- Explaining forest productivity using tree functional traits and phylogenetic information: two sides of the same coin over evolutionary scale? (2015) (40)
- Effect of branch position and light availability on shoot growth of understory sugar maple and yellow birch saplings (2000) (40)
- Forest dynamics following spruce budworm outbreaks in the northern and southern mixedwoods of central Quebec (2007) (40)
- Beech regeneration of seed and root sucker origin: A comparison of morphology, growth, survival, and response to defoliation (2008) (39)
- Sugar maple and yellow birch regeneration in response to canopy opening, liming and vegetation control in a temperate deciduous forest of Quebec (2010) (39)
- Tree Leaf Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity Differ along a Gradient of Urban Intensity (2017) (39)
- Advances and Promises of Epigenetics for Forest Trees (2020) (38)
- Fire and canopy species composition in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest of Témiscamingue, Québec (2006) (38)
- Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under differing regional climates (2010) (38)
- Fire and the relative roles of weather, climate and landscape characteristics in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest of Canada (2008) (37)
- Assessing the Potential of Low-Cost 3D Cameras for the Rapid Measurement of Plant Woody Structure (2013) (37)
- Hierarchical forest management planning and sustainable forest management in the boreal forest (2001) (37)
- Evaluating resilience of tree communities in fragmented landscapes: linking functional response diversity with landscape connectivity (2016) (37)
- Trade-offs between timber production, carbon stocking and habitat quality when managing woodlots for multiple ecosystem services (2016) (36)
- The positive carbon stocks-biodiversity relationship in forests: co-occurrence and drivers across five subclimates. (2018) (36)
- Temporal, spatial, and structural patterns of adult trembling aspen and white spruce mortality in Quebec's boreal forest (2004) (35)
- The role of forest tent caterpillar defoliations and partial harvest in the decline and death of sugar maple. (2008) (34)
- Light and tree size influence belowground development in yellow birch and sugar maple (2005) (34)
- Partitioning the factors of spatial variation in regeneration density of shade-tolerant tree species. (2008) (34)
- Moving forward in implementing green infrastructures: Stakeholder perceptions of opportunities and obstacles in a major North American metropolitan area (2018) (33)
- Producing wood at least cost to biodiversity: integrating Triad and sharing–sparing approaches to inform forest landscape management (2021) (33)
- Effect of a major ice storm on understory light conditions in an old-growth Acer–Fagus forest: Pattern of recovery over seven years (2007) (33)
- 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 (1994) (33)
- Exploring trees in three dimensions: VoxR, a novel voxel-based R package dedicated to analysing the complex arrangement of tree crowns (2018) (33)
- Managing tree plantations as novel socioecological systems: Australian and North American perspectives (2015) (32)
- Partitioning the effect of composition and diversity of tree communities on leaf litter decomposition and soil respiration (2017) (32)
- Do position and species identity of neighbours matter in 8-15-year-old post harvest mesic stands in the boreal mixedwood? (2010) (32)
- Nitrogen forms affect root structure and water uptake in the hybrid poplar (2011) (31)
- Temporal variations in the understorey photosynthetic photon flux density of a deciduous stand: the effects of canopy development, solar elevation, and sky conditions. (2001) (31)
- A traits-based test of the home-field advantage in mixed-species tree litter decomposition. (2015) (30)
- Linking multiple-level tree traits with biomass accumulation in native tree species used for reforestation in Panama (2008) (30)
- Amounts of logging residues affect planting microsites: A manipulative study across northern forest ecosystems (2014) (30)
- 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. (2009) (30)
- Are chemical or mechanical treatments more sustainable for forest vegetation management in the context of the TRIAD (2006) (29)
- Vertical root separation and light interception in a temperate tree-based intercropping system of Eastern Canada (2014) (29)
- Adaptive management: progress and prospects for Canadian forests. (2003) (29)
- Contributions of leaf photosynthetic capacity, leaf angle and self-shading to the maximization of net photosynthesis in Acer saccharum: a modelling assessment. (2012) (28)
- Adaptation of the LIGNUM model for simulations of growth and light response in Jack pine (2001) (28)
- Mountain maple and balsam fir early response to partial and clear-cut harvesting under aspen stands of northern Quebec (2004) (28)
- Dealing with Non-linearity and Uncertainty in Forest Management (2016) (27)
- Seed Size, the Only Factor Positively Affecting Direct Seeding Success in an Abandoned Field in Quebec, Canada (2013) (27)
- Spatially explicit modeling of PAR transmission and growth of Picea glauca and Abies balsamea in the boreal forests of Alberta and Quebec (2005) (27)
- Coniferous and non-coniferous fine-root and rhizome production in Scots pine stands using the ingrowth bag method. (1993) (27)
- Simulating light availability under different hybrid poplar clones in a mixed intensive plantation system (2008) (26)
- The Potential of Agricultural Conversion to Shape Forest Fire Regimes in Mediterranean Landscapes (2019) (26)
- Remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass (2020) (26)
- Sustainable Forest Management Preferences of Interest Groups in Three Regions with Different Levels of Industrial Forestry: An Exploratory Attribute-Based Choice Experiment (2010) (26)
- Functional Relationships Between Old-Growth Forest Canopies, Understorey Light and Vegetation Dynamics (2009) (25)
- Carbon isotope discrimination and water stress in trembling aspen following variable retention harvesting. (2007) (25)
- Crown openness as influenced by tree and site characteristics for yellow birch, sugar maple, and eastern hemlock (2008) (25)
- Development of an improved model estimating the nutrient content of the bole for four boreal tree species (1998) (25)
- Maintaining the high diversity of pine and oak species in Mexican temperate forests: a new management approach combining functional zoning and ecosystem adaptability (2015) (25)
- Network analysis can guide resilience-based management in forest landscapes under global change. (2020) (24)
- Early performance of planted hybrid larch: effects of mechanical site preparation and planting depth (2015) (23)
- Population structure and growth acclimation of mountain maple along a successional gradient in the southern boreal forest (2005) (23)
- The economics of boreal forest management. (2003) (23)
- Local adaptation of trees at the range margins impacts range shifts in the face of climate change (2018) (23)
- Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) establishment dynamics during a spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) outbreak: an evaluation of the impact of aging techniques (2001) (23)
- Sustainability and sustainable forest management. (2003) (23)
- Tactical forest planning and landscape design. (2003) (23)
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) growth is influenced by close conspecifics and skid trail proximity following selection harvest (2009) (22)
- Using longitudinal survival probabilities to test field vigour estimates in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) (2008) (22)
- Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understorey plants (2019) (22)
- Modelling the effect of climate-induced changes in recruitment and juvenile growth on mixed-forest dynamics: The case of montane-subalpine Pyrenean ecotones (2015) (22)
- Physical simulation of trees to study the effects of forest light environment, branch type and branch spacing on light interception and transmission (1996) (20)
- Meta-networks of fungi, fauna and flora as agents of complex adaptive systems (2013) (20)
- Impacts of forest disturbance on boreal surface waters in Canada. (2003) (20)
- A new silvicultural approach to the management of uneven-aged Northern hardwoods: frequent low-intensity harvesting (2014) (19)
- Interannual variation in competitive interactions from natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a temperate forest tree species: Implications for ecological interpretation (2011) (19)
- Effects of thinning in a 43-year-old Douglas-fir stand on above- and below-ground biomass allocation and leaf structure of understory Gaultheria shallon (1994) (19)
- Nutritional Stress in Picea Sitchensis Plantations in Coastal British Columbia: The Effects of Gaultheria Shallon and Declining Site Fertility (1990) (19)
- Minimizing negative environmental impacts of forest harvesting operations. (2003) (19)
- Functional traits influence biomass and productivity through multiple mechanisms in a temperate secondary forest (2020) (19)
- Management of vegetation under electric distribution lines will affect the supply of multiple ecosystem services (2016) (19)
- Root quality and decomposition environment, but not tree species richness, drive root decomposition in tropical forests (2016) (19)
- Sapling age structure and growth series reveal a shift in recruitment dynamics of sugar maple and American beech over the last 40 years (2011) (19)
- Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests (2021) (18)
- Root production of hybrid poplars and nitrogen mineralization improve following mounding of boreal Podzols (2013) (18)
- The effects of harvest intensity and seedbed type on germination and cumulative survivorship of white spruce and balsam fir in northwestern Quebec (2004) (18)
- Making boreal forests work for people and nature (2012) (18)
- Analysis of deciduous tree species dynamics after a severe ice storm using SORTIE model simulations (2005) (18)
- Assessing tree germination resilience to global warming: a manipulative experiment using sugar maple (Acer saccharum) (2016) (18)
- Reply-The effects of direct-beam light on overcast-day estimates of light availability: On the accuracy of the instantaneous one-point overcast-sky conditions method to estimate mean daily %PPFD under heterogeneous overstory canopy conditions (1997) (18)
- American beech and sugar maple sapling relative abundance and growth are not modified by light availability following partial and total canopy disturbances (2015) (18)
- Evaluating forest resilience to global threats using functional response traits and network properties. (2020) (18)
- Perceptions of climate change across the Canadian forest sector: The key factors of institutional and geographical environment (2018) (18)
- Species-specific responses to forest soil inoculum in planted trees in an abandoned agricultural field (2017) (17)
- Fine-root production in small experimental gaps in successional mixed boreal forests (1998) (17)
- Early above- and below-ground responses of subboreal conifer seedlings to various levels of deciduous canopy removal (2006) (17)
- Tree Death Not Resulting in Gap Creation: An Investigation of Canopy Dynamics of Northern Temperate Deciduous Forests (2018) (17)
- The Role of Aggregated Forest Harvest Residue in Soil Fertility, Plant Growth, and Pollination Services (2014) (17)
- Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes: Allocation of conservation efforts over the landscape: the TRIAD approach (2009) (16)
- Light mediates the relationship between community diversity and trait plasticity in functionally and phylogenetically diverse tree mixtures (2020) (16)
- Maximizing Conservation and Production with Intensive Forest Management: It’s All About Location (2015) (16)
- Retention of tree-related microhabitats is more dependent on selection of habitat trees than their spatial distribution (2020) (15)
- Shade tolerance and the functional trait: demography relationship in temperate and boreal forests (2017) (15)
- Milltown revisited: strategies for assessing and enhancing forest-dependent community sustainability. (2003) (15)
- Forest management planning based on natural disturbance and forest dynamics. (2003) (15)
- Refining tree recruitment models (2003) (14)
- Carbohydrate dynamics in roots, stems, and branches after maintenance pruning in two common urban tree species of North America (2018) (14)
- Effects of above- and belowground partial harvest disturbance on growth and water status of residual sugar maple. (2008) (14)
- Management implications of varying gap detection height thresholds and other canopy dynamics processes in temperate deciduous forests (2018) (14)
- Fennoscandian boreal forests as complex adaptive systems: Properties, management challenges and opportunities (2013) (13)
- Complexifying the urban lawn improves heat mitigation and arthropod biodiversity (2021) (13)
- Intensive forestry filters understory plant traits over time and space in boreal forests (2017) (13)
- Liming has a limited effect on sugar maple – American beech dynamics compared with beech sapling elimination and canopy opening (2015) (13)
- Increasing partnerships between scientists and forest managers: Lessons from an ongoing interdisciplinary project in Québec (2001) (13)
- A simple-to-use management approach to boost adaptive capacity of forests to global uncertainty (2021) (13)
- Implications of contrasted above‐ and below‐ground biomass responses in a diversity experiment with trees (2019) (13)
- The angular distribution of diffuse photosynthetically active radiation under different sky conditions in the open and within deciduous and conifer forest stands of Quebec and British Columbia, Canada (2006) (13)
- Extractability of elements in sugar maple xylem along a gradient of soil acidity. (2008) (13)
- Can sugar maple establish into the boreal forest? Insights from seedlings under various canopies in southern Quebec (2018) (12)
- Large-scale synchrony of gap dynamics and the distribution of understory tree species in maple–beech forests (2009) (12)
- Assessment of sugar maple tree growth in relation to the partitioning of elements in xylem along a soil acidity gradient (2011) (12)
- Low Light Availability Associated with American Beech Is the Main Factor for Reduced Sugar Maple Seedling Survival and Growth Rates in a Hardwood Forest of Southern Quebec (2017) (12)
- Priority effects will impede range shifts of temperate tree species into the boreal forest (2019) (12)
- Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment (2019) (12)
- Conifer Presence May Negatively Affect Sugar Maple’s Ability to Migrate into the Boreal Forest Through Reduced Foliar Nutritional Status (2017) (12)
- Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. (2022) (12)
- Crossing scales and disciplines to achieve forest sustainability (2008) (12)
- Forest processes from stands to landscapes: exploring model forecast uncertainties using cross-scale model comparison (2010) (12)
- Crown traits of coniferous trees and their relation to shade tolerance can differ with leaf type: a biophysical demonstration using computed tomography scanning data (2015) (12)
- Birch and conifer deadwood favour early establishment and shade tolerance in yellow birch juveniles growing in sugar maple dominated stands (2016) (11)
- Effects of presenting forest simulation results on the forest values and attitudes of forestry professionals and other forest users in Central Labrador (2009) (11)
- Sustainable forest management as license to think and to try something different. (2003) (11)
- Enhanced light interception and light use efficiency explain overyielding in young tree communities. (2020) (11)
- Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought‐induced tree mortality (2022) (11)
- Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity (2014) (11)
- Linking ice accretion and crown structure: towards a model of the effect of freezing rain on tree canopies. (2016) (11)
- Growth of western red cedar seedlings in relation to microtopography, forest floor nutrient status, and fireweed and salal on clear-cut sites in coastal British Columbia (1992) (11)
- Functional diversity enhances tree growth and reduces herbivory damage in secondary broadleaf forests, but does not influence resilience to drought (2020) (10)
- Effects of selective cuts on the mycorrhizae of regenerating Betula alleghaniensis and Acer saccharum seedlings in two Quebec mixed deciduous forests (2002) (10)
- Seedbed proportions in and outside skid trails: Temporal variation following selection cutting in northern hardwood forests (2014) (10)
- Light heterogeneity affects understory plant species richness in temperate forests supporting the heterogeneity–diversity hypothesis (2022) (10)
- Convergence of urban forest and socio-economic indicators of resilience: A study of environmental inequality in four major cities in eastern Canada (2020) (10)
- A fast and reliable method for the delineation of tree crown outlines for the computation of crown openness values and other crown parameters (2011) (10)
- Present forest management structures and policies in temperate forests of Mexico: Challenges and prospects for unique tree species assemblages (2015) (10)
- Improving tree mortality models by accounting for environmental influences (2007) (9)
- Reducing, reusing, and recycling solid wastes from wood fibre processing. (2003) (9)
- Structural changes and potential vertebrate responses following simulated partial harvesting of boreal mixedwood stands (2011) (9)
- The benefits of tree wounds: Microhabitat development in urban trees as affected by intensive tree maintenance (2020) (9)
- Effect of Predation, Competition, and Facilitation on Tree Survival and Growth in Abandoned Fields: Towards Precision Restoration (2018) (9)
- Overyielding in young tree communities does not support the stress‐gradient hypothesis and is favoured by functional diversity and higher water availability (2020) (9)
- Comment on ‘‘Present-day expansion of American beech in northeastern hardwood forests: Does soil base status matter?’’ (2011) (8)
- Quantifying the effect of nitrogen-induced physiological and structural changes on poplar growth using a carbon-balance model. (2011) (8)
- Impact of primary and secondary machinery tracks on fine root growth of sugar maple after selection cutting (2011) (8)
- Simple Guidelines to Prepare Forests for Global Change: The Dog and the Frisbee (2020) (8)
- The Role of Nature-Based Solutions in Supporting Social-Ecological Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation (2022) (8)
- Integrating climatic response in competition dependent tree-level growth models for northern hardwoods (2014) (8)
- Integration of ecological knowledge, landscape modelling, and public participation for the development of sustainable forest management (2001) (8)
- Managing forested landscapes for socio-ecological resilience. (2010) (7)
- Perspectives: Thirty years of triad forestry, a critical clarification of theory and recommendations for implementation and testing (2022) (7)
- Fast-growing hybrids do not decrease understorey plant diversity compared to naturally regenerated forests and native plantations (2018) (7)
- The effects of soil mixing on soil nutrient status, recovery of competing vegetation and conifer growth on cedar-hemlock cutovers in coastal British Columbia (1995) (7)
- Shelterwood and multicohort management have similar initial effects on ground beetle assemblages in boreal forests (2013) (7)
- 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 (2016) (6)
- Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality (2020) (6)
- Forest industry aqueous effluents and the aquatic environment. (2003) (6)
- In Situ Quantification of Experimental Ice Accretion on Tree Crowns Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (2013) (6)
- Managing for the unexpected: Building resilient forest landscapes to cope with global change (2022) (6)
- Triad Forest Management (2015) (6)
- Juvenile growth and crown morphological plasticity of eastern white pines (Pinus strobus L.) planted along a natural light gradient: Results after six years (1999) (6)
- Implementing sustainable forest management: some case studies. (2003) (6)
- Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments (2022) (6)
- Permanent site characteristics exert a larger influence than atmospheric conditions on leaf mass, foliar nutrients and ultimately aboveground biomass productivity of Salix miyabeana ‘SX67’ (2018) (6)
- Does soil heterogeneity and compaction in ingrowth-cores affect growth and morphology of black spruce fine-roots? (2002) (6)
- Residues generated by the forest products industry. (2003) (5)
- Differential growth and mortality of advance regeneration across the Canadian boreal forest (2003) (5)
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) shoot architecture reveals coordinated ontogenetic changes between shoot specialization and branching pattern (2019) (5)
- Designing institutions for sustainable forest management. (2003) (5)
- Testing a New Approach to Quantify Growth Responses to Pruning Among Three Temperate Tree Species (2016) (5)
- Growth, biomass allocation, and adventitious roots of balsam fir seedlings growing in closed-canopy stands (2006) (5)
- The complex adaptive system: A new integrative framework for understanding and managing the world forest (2013) (5)
- Crown reaction and acclimation to cyclical V-trimming of city trees: An analysis using terrestrial laser scanning (2018) (5)
- Factors limiting early conifer growth in salal-dominated cutovers on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia (1991) (5)
- Assessing Knowledge Ambiguity in the Creation of a Model Based on Expert Knowledge and Comparison with the Results of a Landscape Succession Model in Central Labrador (2012) (5)
- Teaching Complex Adaptive Systems Science in Natural Resource Management: Examples from Forestry (2016) (5)
- Direct and Indirect Effects of Forest Anthropogenic Disturbance on Above and Below Ground Communities and Litter Decomposition (2021) (5)
- Morphological indicators of response to overstory removal for boreal conifer trees (1999) (4)
- Soils associated to different tree communities do not elicit predictable responses in lake bacterial community structure and function. (2018) (4)
- Stimulating a Canadian narrative for climate (2017) (4)
- Quantifying the effects of soil and climate on aboveground biomass production of Salix miyabeana SX67 in Quebec (2017) (4)
- Complex Above- and Below-Ground Growth Responses of Two Urban Tree Species Following Root, Stem, and Foliage Damage—An Experimental Approach (2019) (3)
- Increased levels of harvest may favour sugar maple regeneration over American beech in northern hardwoods (2021) (3)
- Homogeneous light in shade-house experiment overestimates carbon gains in Norway maple seedlings (2010) (3)
- Complex impacts of logging residues on planted hybrid poplar seedlings in boreal ecosystems (2016) (3)
- Towards the development of multifunctional molecular indicators combining soil biogeochemical and microbiological variables to predict the ecological integrity of silvicultural practices (2016) (3)
- Determinants of delayed traumatic tree reiteration growth: Levels of branch growth control and insights for urban tree management, modeling and future research (2020) (3)
- Optimizing Reduction Pruning of Trees Under Electrical Lines: The Influence of Intensity and Season of Pruning on Epicormic Branch Growth and Wound Compartmentalization (2020) (3)
- Optimizing reduction pruning under electrical lines: The influence of tree vitality before pruning on traumatic responses (2021) (3)
- No complementarity no gain-Net diversity effects on tree productivity occur once complementarity emerges during early stand development. (2021) (3)
- Disentangling the causes of canopy height increase in managed and unmanaged temperate deciduous forests using multi-temporal airborne laser scanning (2018) (2)
- Functional structural analysis of understory seedling performance in variable level of shading (2004) (2)
- Silviculture for old-growthness (2009) (2)
- Smartforests Canada: A Network of Monitoring Plots for Forest Management Under Environmental Change (2021) (2)
- Contribution of leaf orientation and leaf physiology to the maximization of plant carbon gain (2007) (2)
- Above‐ and belowground drivers of intraspecific trait variability across subcontinental gradients for five ubiquitous forest plants in North America (2022) (2)
- Silvicultural alternatives to clearcutting and planting in southern boreal mixedwood stands (aspen/white spruce/balsam fir) (1999) (2)
- Reserve Accumulation Is Prioritized Over Growth Following Single or Combined Injuries in Three Common North American Urban Tree Species (2021) (2)
- The Positive Carbon Stocks-Biodiversity Relationship in Forests: Co-Occurrence and Drivers Across Five SubClimates (2018) (2)
- Higher aboveground carbon stocks in mixed-species planted forests than monocultures – a meta-analysis (2022) (2)
- Workshop on Functional Aspects of Regeneration of the Boreal Forest in the Context of Sustainable Forest Management (1999) (2)
- Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments (2020) (2)
- SORTIE: a resource mediated, spatially-explicit and individual-tree model that simulates stand dynamics in both natural and managed forest ecosystems (1999) (2)
- Using climate analogues and vulnerability metrics to inform urban tree species selection in a changing climate: The case for Canadian cities (2022) (2)
- Light heterogeneity affects understory plant diversity in temperate forests confirming the heterogeneity-diversity hypothesis (2020) (2)
- Silviculture adapted for intolerant deciduous stands on mixedwood sites of the south-eastern boreal forest (1998) (1)
- A practical approach for comparing management strategies in complex forest ecosystems using meta-modelling toolkits (2010) (1)
- Understorey composition and structure in a Eucalyptus sieberi regrowth stand 6 years after thinning and fertilisation. (1999) (1)
- Development of Q-LAND, a spatial model of forest landscape dynamics incorporating prediction of tree volume and seedling recruitment (1999) (1)
- Climate Change Could Negate Positive Tree Diversity Effects on Forest Productivity: A Study Across Five Climate Types in Spain and Canada (2017) (1)
- In vivo and in situ rhizosphere respiration in Acer saccharum and Betula alleghaniensis seedlings grown in contrasting light regimes. (2006) (1)
- Light access and leaf trait variation within and among tree species across diverse mixtures within a common garden (2019) (1)
- Early silvicultural guidelines for intensive management of hybrid larch plantations on fertile sub-boreal sites (2017) (1)
- Patterns of belowground overyielding and fine‐root biomass in native and exotic angiosperms and gymnosperms (2022) (1)
- Exotics are more complementary over time in tree biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments (2021) (1)
- A biological and economical analysis of silvicultural alternatives to the conventional clearcut/plantation prescription in boreal mixedwood stands (aspen/white spruce/balsam fir) (1999) (1)
- Trimming influences tree light interception and space exploration: contrasted responses of two cultivars of Fraxinus pennsylvanica at various scales of their architecture (2022) (1)
- Modelling Sugar maple development along its whole ontogeny: modelling hypotheses and calibration methodology (2013) (1)
- No stress memory pattern was detected in sugar maple and white spruce seedlings subjected to experimental droughts (2022) (1)
- Population structure and growth acclimation of mountain maple along a successional gradient in the southern boreal forest 1 (2005) (1)
- A methodological framework for quantification and valuation of ecosystem services of tree-based intercropping systems (2014) (1)
- Urban forests on the front line. (2014) (1)
- A general framework for the quantification and valuation of ecosystem services of tree-based intercropping systems (2014) (0)
- Shading and Species Mixing Enhance the Growth of Native Tree Seedlings in Dry Tropical Areas Mediated Through Functional Identity: Implications for Dryland Restoration Success (2023) (0)
- Complexity science guided management of forests: viewing forests as complex adaptive systems in an uncertain world (2015) (0)
- Remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass (2020) (0)
- Soil carbon pools are affected by species identity and productivity in a tree common garden experiment (2022) (0)
- Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients (2013) (0)
- Assessing crown structure and light interception efficiency in deciduous tree seedlings grown under contrasting light regimes using 3D plant reconstruction (2004) (0)
- A LANDIS-II extension for simulating forest road networks (2023) (0)
- Light as a Resource, Stressor and Cue in Mediating Diversity-Productivity Relationships in Forests (2022) (0)
- Root quality and decomposition environment, but not tree species richness, drive root decomposition in tropical forests (2016) (0)
- The economics of ecosystem services of tree-based intercropping systems. (2013) (0)
- Book review (2003) (0)
- Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. (2022) (0)
- TAMM review: On the importance of tap and tree characteristics in maple sugaring (2023) (0)
- A million and more trees for science (2018) (0)
- Roles of selection cutting, fertilization and competition removal on the density, growth and survival of sugar maple and yellow birch seedlings. (2003) (0)
- Fast-growing hybrids do not decrease understorey plant diversity compared to naturally regenerated forests and native plantations (2017) (0)
- Retention of tree-related microhabitats is more dependent on selection of habitat trees than their spatial distribution (2020) (0)
- Validation of a new spatially explicit process-based model (HETEROFOR) to simulate structurally and compositionally complex forest stands in eastern North America (2023) (0)
- Non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in woody organs, but not leaves, of temperate and tropical tree angiosperms are independent of the ‘fast-slow’ plant economic spectrum (2021) (0)
- Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment (2019) (0)
- Conifer Presence May Negatively Affect Sugar Maple’s Ability to Migrate into the Boreal Forest Through Reduced Foliar Nutritional Status (2016) (0)
- Quantifying the effects of soil and climate on aboveground biomass production of Salix miyabeana SX67 in Quebec (2017) (0)
- Response of aspen stands to partial and complete harvesting in the boreal mixedwood forest of eastern Canada (2003) (0)
- Comment: The effect of post-conflict transition on deforestation in protected areas in Colombia (2020) (0)
- Problems with using herbicides in forestry: the case of Quebec. (2005) (0)
- The Potential of Agricultural Conversion to Shape Forest Fire Regimes in Mediterranean Landscapes (2019) (0)
- Resource and non-resource root competition among trees of different successional status (2009) (0)
- Nutritional stress in ficea sitchensis plantations in coastal British columbia: The effects of gaultheria shallon and declining site fertility (1990) (0)
- Assessing biodiversity effects on forest multi-functionality using a global network of tree diversity experiments (2014) (0)
- How Best Should We Manage Hybrid Poplar Plantations? Interactions of Site Preparation, Vegetation Control and Fertilization (2009) (0)
- A Functional Trait-Based Approach to Evaluate the Resilience of Key Ecosystem Functions of Tropical Savannas (2023) (0)
- Does soil heterogeneity and compaction in ingrowth-cores affect the growth and morphology of Picea mariana fine-roots? (2002) (0)
- Project title: Impacts and adaptation to the effects of climate change on tree adaptiveness and disturbances in the deciduous forests of eastern Canada (2006) (0)
- Nutritional stress inPicea sitchensis plantations in coastal British columbia: The effects ofGaultheria shallon and declining site fertility (1990) (0)
- Complex impacts of logging residues on planted hybrid poplar seedlings in boreal ecosystems (2016) (0)
- The fate, effects, and mitigation of atmospheric emissions from the forest products industry. (2003) (0)
- Effects of showing forest simulation results on SFM preferences of forest users in Central Labrador. (2009) (0)
- Early performance of planted hybrid larch: effects of mechanical site preparation and planting depth (2014) (0)
- Vertical root separation and light interception in a temperate tree-based intercropping system of Eastern Canada (2014) (0)
- Functional traits influence biomass and productivity through multiple mechanisms in a temperate secondary forest (2020) (0)
- Fine root dynamics in Canadian southern boreal forest stands at different successional stages after fire (1995) (0)
- Host species identity, site and time drive temperate tree phyllosphere bacterial community structure (2016) (0)
- Implementing and testing decision-support tools to evaluate forest management scenarios for SFM: a multiple scale and perspective approach (2008) (0)
- The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global changes (2019) (0)
- Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America (2013) (0)
- Exotic tree species have consistently lower herbivore load in a cross-Atlantic tree biodiversity experiment. (2023) (0)
- Nature all around us : a guide to urban ecology (2012) (0)
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