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SILVA21

To read more about the research conducted across 5 universities, 38 research projects and 50 collaborators as part of this $5.5 million NSERC Alliance Grant research program, follow this link.  
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Pro. AD8b
Final project outcomes
Objective | 01 Final project outcomes
 

Publications:

  • Wotherspoon, A.R., D’Orangeville, L., Thiffault, N., Pedlar, J.H., Raymond, P., Ravn, J., Spearing, M., Isaac-Renton, M., Godbout, J., Gravel-Grenier, J., McPhee, D., Hagerman, S.M. (2025) Challenges and opportunities for the operationalization of forest-assisted migration in Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 55: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0325 

  • Wotherspoon, A.R., Moreau, G., Morin-Bernard, A., Achim, A., Coops, N.C., Villemaire-Côté, O., Irwin, L.K., Hagerman, S., Thiffault, N., Colton, C., Eskelson, B.N., Mathieu, F., Barbeito, I., White, J., Roy, V., Byrne, K., Roeser, R. (2025) Challenges in teaching silviculture in Canada: the path forward. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 55:1-19. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2025-0081

Pro. AN1b
Future Climate Envelopes
Objective | 02 Drivers of tree growth
 

Publications:

  • Chagnon, C., Wotherspoon, A., Achim, A. 2022. Deciphering the black spruce response to climate variation across eastern Canada using a meta-analysis approach. Forest Ecology and Management, 530: 120375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120375

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Pro. AN1b
Future Climate Envelopes
Objective | 01 Historic trends and future projections
 

Publications:

PhD RESEARCH

PhD Research
Project | 01 Resource availability and physiological response of black spruce to scarification in two climatic regions of Québec (Canada)

 

Conference presentations:

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Publications:

  • Wotherspoon, A., Thiffault, N., Bradley, R.L. 2020. Resource availability and physiological response of black spruce to scarification in two climatic regions of Québec (Canada). Silva Fennica, 54:10375. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10375. 

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Project | 02 Mechanisms by which pre-commercial thinning increases black spruce growth on different site types.
 
Conference presentations:
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Publications:

  • Wotherspoon, A., Bradley, R., Houle, D., Tremblay, S., Barrette, M., Reicis, K. (2020) Mechanisms by which pre-commercial thinning increases black spruce growth in different climates and soil types. Forests 11:599. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11050599.​

  • Reicis, K., Bradley, R., Gilles, J., Houle, D., Tremblay, S., Barrette, M., Wotherspoon, A. (2020) Pre-commercial thinning enhances competitive traits of boreal ericaceous shrubs and reduces soil fertility. Forest Ecology & Management. 458:11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117801.

Project | 03 Does pre-commercial thinning help maintain black spruce growth in years of climate anomalies?
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Publications:
  • Wotherspoon, A. R., Duchesne, L., Barrette, M., Houle, D. 2022. Pre-commercial thinning could mitigate drought stress of black spruce stands, Forest Ecology and Management, 517:120278.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120278.

MSc RESEARCH

Anchor 1
M.Sc. | Carbon sequestration potential of five tree species in a tree-based intercropping system in Ontario, Canada.
 
Conference presetations:
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Publications:​

  • Wotherspoon, A., Voroney, R.P., Thevathasan, N.V., Gordon, A.M. 2015. Comparison of three methods for measurement of soil organic carbon. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 46:362-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2014.989111.​

  • Wotherspoon, A., Thevathasan, N.V., Gordon, A.M., Voroney, R. P. 2014. Carbon sequestration potential of five tree species in a 25-year-old temperate tree-based intercropping system in southern Ontario, Canada. Agroforestry Systems 88:631-643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-014-9719-0.

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