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Alain Paquette
Elyssa Cameron
Mégane Déziel
Elise Bouchard
Jon Urgoiti Otazua
Orane Mordacq
Michaël Belluau
Eric Searle
Rita Sousa Silva
Alex-Anne Couture
Vanessa Di Maurizio
Nicole Papagiannakis
Charlotte Langlois
Marine Fernandez
Maria Faticov
Essivi Gagnon Koudji
Catherine Bérubé
Liliane Morin

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Integrating functional ecology to tree species distribution models & effects on ecosystem service provisionMégane Déziel
Towards a better understanding of the links between disturbances, plant communities and soil mesofauna in our forest ecosystemsEssivi Gagnon Koudji
Root Dynamics as a Function of Tree Diversity - IDENTCatherine Bérubé

Projects

Integrating functional ecology to tree species distribution models & effects on ecosystem service provisionMégane Déziel
Towards a better understanding of the links between disturbances, plant communities and soil mesofauna in our forest ecosystemsEssivi Gagnon Koudji
Root Dynamics as a Function of Tree Diversity - IDENTCatherine Bérubé

Publications

Implications of contrasted above- and below-ground biomass responses in a diversity experiment with trees.
- Martin-Guay, M. O., Paquette, A., Reich, P. B., & Messier, C. 2020
- J Ecol
Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses.
- Steidinger et al. 2019
- Nature
Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment.
- Archambault, C., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Khlifa, R., Munson, A.D., Handa, T.I. 2019
- Oecologia
How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies?
- Kambach, S., Allan, E., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S. et al. 2019
- Ecol. Evol.
Light interception in experimental forests affected by tree diversity and structural complexity of dominant canopy.
- Rissanen, K., Martin-Guay, M.-O., Riopel-Bouvier, A.-S., Paquette, A. 2019
- Agric For Meteorol
Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning.
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Mark O.Gessner, Beatrix E.Beisner, Christian Messier, Alain Paquette, Jana S.Petermann, Janne Soininen & Charles A.Nock 2022
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
It takes a village to grow a tree: Most tree species benefit from dissimilar neighbors
- Vanessa Di Maurizio, Eric Searle, Alain Paquette 2023
- Ecol Evol
Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
- Zheng et al. 2024
- Nature communication
Shading and selection effect-mediated species mixing enhance the growth of native trees in dry tropical forests
- Damtew et al. 2024
- Oecologia

News & outreach

Découvrez le bois Papineau avec Alain Paquette!May 2023
Mégane spent the week at UBC to participate in a working group on zooplankton functional traits!Feb 2023
Les mycorhizes de la forêt rurale auvergnate à la forêt urbaine montréalaise présentées par Marine au colloque du CEF Mycorhizes 2022.Oct 2022
Qui fait quoi 2020-2021 | Alain PaquetteSep 2021
Des vols de drone sont en cours pour effectuer des suivis de phénologie à IDENT - A drone over IDENTJun 2021
Félicitations Alex-Anne!Oct 2020
Dix recherches qui ont fait du bruit dans la dernière décennieDec 2019

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