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.
Objective 1
Objective | 01 Historic trends and future projections
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Wotherspoon, A.R., Achim, A., Coops, N.C. 2023. Assessing future climate trends and implications for managed forests across Canadian ecozones. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0058
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Wotherspoon, A., Burnett, M., Bernard, A., Achim, A., Coops, N.C. 2022. Climate Scenarios for Canadian Forests. Silva21, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18449.92009
Objective 2
Objective | 02 Drivers of tree growth
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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
PhD RESEARCH
Project | 01 Resource availability and physiological response of black spruce to scarification in two climatic regions of Québec (Canada)
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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.
Project | 02 Mechanisms by which pre-commercial thinning increases black spruce growth on different site types.
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European Geoscience Union (2018) Vienna, Austria - Oral presentation
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North American Forest Ecology Workshop (2019) Flagstaff, Arizona - Oral Presentation
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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.
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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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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
M.Sc. | Carbon sequestration potential of five tree species in a tree-based intercropping system in Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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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.