Search Results - "Frédéric Raulier"

Bioenergy production to improve value-creation potential of strategic forest management plans in mixed-wood forests of Eastern Canada by Cantegril, Pierre, Paradis, Gregory, LeBel, Luc, Raulier, Frédéric

“…•Value of long-term biomass supply is measured using an original approach.•Bioenergy, the forest value chain, and sustainable forest management are…”
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Response diversity, functional redundancy, and post-logging productivity in northern temperate and boreal forests by Correia, David Laginha Pinto, Raulier, Frédéric, Bouchard, Mathieu, Filotas, Élise

“…The development of efficient ecosystem resilience indicators was identified as one of the key research priorities in the improvement of existing sustainable…”
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Unusual forest growth decline in boreal North America covaries with the retreat of Arctic sea ice by Girardin, Martin P, Guo, Xiao Jing, De Jong, Rogier, Kinnard, Christophe, Bernier, Pierre, Raulier, Frédéric

“…The 20th century was a pivotal period at high northern latitudes as it marked the onset of rapid climatic warming brought on by major anthropogenic changes in…”
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Disentangling the effect of drought on stand mortality and productivity in northern temperate and boreal forests by Laginha Pinto Correia, David, Bouchard, Mathieu, Filotas, Élise, Raulier, Frédéric, Mori, Akira

“…It has recently been reported that changing precipitation patterns increase tree mortality and reduce biomass accumulation in northern temperate and boreal…”
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Projections of future forest age class structure under the influence of fire and harvesting: implications for forest management in the boreal forest of eastern Canada by Bergeron, Yves, Irulappa Pillai Vijayakumar, Dinesh Babu, Ouzennou, Hakim, Raulier, Frédéric, Leduc, Alain, Gauthier, Sylvie

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Value-added forest management planning: A new perspective on old-growth forest conservation in the fire-prone boreal landscape of Canada by Rijal, Baburam, LeBel, Luc, Martell, David L., Gauthier, Sylvie, Lussier, Jean-Martin, Raulier, Frédéric

“…•Mature and old-growth forest stages are important to sustain ecosystem functions.•Commonly used forest planning models do not value old-growth forests…”
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A value-added forest management policy reduces the impact of fire on timber production in Canadian boreal forests by Rijal, Baburam, Raulier, Frédéric, Martell, David L.

“…When fire rates are sufficiently high, fire disturbances can have negative impacts on industrial timber supplies. One can mitigate such problems at the…”
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Using operating area size and adjacency constraints to mitigate the effects of harvesting activities on boreal caribou habitat by Cyr, Guillaume, Raulier, Frédéric, Fortin, Daniel, Pothier, David

“…Context Sustained timber harvesting conflicts with the long-term viability of boreal caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) populations. The spatial arrangement…”
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Understanding Effects of Competition and Shade Tolerance on Carbon Allocation with a Carbon Balance Model by Venceslas Goudiaby, Robert Schneider, Suzanne Brais, Frédéric Raulier, Frank Berninger

“…A carbon-balance model based on mechanistic and allometric relationships (CroBas) was used to assess the effects of competition in C allocation in jack pine…”
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Testing for a CO2 fertilization effect on growth of Canadian boreal forests by Girardin, Martin P., Bernier, Pierre Y., Raulier, Frédéric, Tardif, Jacques C., Conciatori, France, Guo, Xiao Jing

“…The CO2 fertilization hypothesis stipulates that rising atmospheric CO2 has a direct positive effect on net primary productivity (NPP), with experimental…”
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Cover density recovery after fire disturbance controls landscape aboveground biomass carbon in the boreal forest of eastern Canada by Irulappa Pillai Vijayakumar, Dinesh Babu, Raulier, Frédéric, Bernier, Pierre, Paré, David, Gauthier, Sylvie, Bergeron, Yves, Pothier, David

“…•We estimated aboveground biomass carbon at coarse scale (2-km2) over 200,000km2.•Time since last fire was not the most important variable explaining…”
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Stand height and cover type complement forest age structure as a biodiversity indicator in boreal and northern temperate forest management by Laginha Pinto Correia, David, Raulier, Frédéric, Filotas, Élise, Bouchard, Mathieu

“…•Stand cover type and height explained changes in beta diversity better than age.•Stand characteristics were better than climate at predicting beta…”
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Forest age class structures as indicators of sustainability in boreal forest: Are we measuring them correctly? by Garet, Jérome, Raulier, Frédéric, Pothier, David, Cumming, Steve G.

“…Forest age-class structures are one of the principal indicators of economic and ecological sustainability of forest management. These structures are the…”
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Increasing resilience of timber supply: How a variable buffer stock of timber can efficiently reduce exposure to shortfalls caused by wildfires by Raulier, Frédéric, Dhital, Narayan, Racine, Pierre, Tittler, Rebecca, Fall, Andrew

“…On a forest management unit in the boreal forest of eastern Canada, we used a landscape simulation model to evaluate a strategy to protect timber supply…”
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Introducing two indicators for fire risk consideration in the management of boreal forests by Raulier, Frédéric, Le Goff, Héloïse, Gauthier, Sylvie, Rapanoela, Rija, Bergeron, Yves

“…► Low productivity stands are more exposed to disturbances. ► Stand survival likelihood and profit exposure to risk were assessed. ► Forest vulnerability is…”
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Rating a Wildfire Mitigation Strategy with an Insurance Premium: A Boreal Forest Case Study by Georgina Rodriguez-Baca, Frédéric Raulier, Alain Leduc

“…Risk analysis entails the systematic use of historical information to determine the frequency, magnitude and effects of unexpected events. Wildfire in boreal…”
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Regional Instability in the Abundance of Open Stands in the Boreal Forest of Eastern Canada by Rija Rapanoela, Frédéric Raulier, Sylvie Gauthier

“…Fires are a key disturbance of boreal forests. In fact, they are the main source of renewal and evolution for forest stands. The variability of fire through…”
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The predominance of stand composition and structure over direct climatic and site effects in explaining aspen (Populus tremuloides Michaux) site index within boreal and temperate forests of western Quebec, Canada by Anyomi, Kenneth A., Raulier, Frédéric, Bergeron, Yves, Mailly, Daniel

“…•The predominance of stand dynamics over direct climatic and site effects.•Plot-level productivity estimation associated with high unexplained variability.•The…”
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Lengthening the historical records of fire history over large areas of boreal forest in eastern Canada using empirical relationships by Irulappa Pillai Vijayakumar, Dinesh Babu, Raulier, Frédéric, Bernier, Pierre Y., Gauthier, Sylvie, Bergeron, Yves, Pothier, David

“…•We mapped time since last fire at a coarse resolution (2km2 cells) over 200,000km2.•Accuracy was good at the landscape scale but was low at 2-km2…”
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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of forest site productivity drivers: a case study within the eastern boreal forests of Canada by Anyomi, Kenneth A, Raulier, Frédéric, Bergeron, Yves, Mailly, Daniel, Girardin, Martin P

“…Forest productivity is driven by a suite of direct climatic and non-climatic factors that are transient or permanent. The kind of productivity driver and the…”
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