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Trade-Offs among Release Treatments in Jack Pine Plantations: Twenty-Five Year Responses by Holly D. Deighton, Frederick Wayne Bell, Nelson Thiffault, Eric B. Searle, Mathew Leitch, Mahadev Sharma, Jennifer Dacosta

“…We assessed 27 indicators of plant diversity, stand yield and individual crop tree responses 25 years post-treatment to determine long-term trade-offs among…”
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Simulating the Effects of Intensifying Silviculture on Desired Species Yields across a Broad Environmental Gradient by Eric B. Searle, F. Wayne Bell, Guy R. Larocque, Mathieu Fortin, Jennifer Dacosta, Rita Sousa-Silva, Marco Mina, Holly D. Deighton

“…In the past two decades, forest management has undergone major paradigm shifts that are challenging the current forest modelling architecture. New…”
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Effects of Silviculture Intensity on Plant Diversity Response Patterns in Young Managed Northern Temperate and Boreal Forests by Bell, F. Wayne, Hunt, Shelley, Dacosta, Jennifer, Sharma, Mahadev, Larocque, Guy R., Winters, John A., Newmaster, Steven G.

“…Throughout much of the northern temperate and boreal forests of Canada, intensifying silviculture to enhance fibre production is of increasing interest…”
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Examining Factors Related to Access to Rigorous High School Physics for Black Males: Evidence From the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 by DaCosta, Jennifer

“…In the landscape of American education, Black male students face significant barriers in accessing advanced science courses, a challenge that underscores…”
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Individual response traits of understory plants vary along linked-press and compounded-pulse disturbance gradients in northern temperate and boreal forests by Bell, F. Wayne, Deighton, Holly D., Dacosta, Jennifer, Aubin, Isabelle, Newmaster, Steven G., Searle, Eric B., Hunt, Shelley

“…•Logarithmic (SGH) or hump-shaped (IDH) patterns were typically observed.•Later spread of clones and seed weight did not differ between disturbance…”
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Effects of silvicultural treatments on post-harvesting residual tree mortality by Searle, Eric B., Bell, F. Wayne, Dacosta, Jennifer, Deighton, Holly D.

“…•Residual tree mortality response to increasing silviculture intensity was examined.•Five experimental sites using clearcut and shelterwood harvests were…”
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Patterns and potential drivers of exotic plant diversity in managed northern temperate and boreal forests by Wayne Bell, F., Deighton, Holly D., Antunes, Pedro M., Dacosta, Jennifer, Newmaster, Steven G.

“…•Thirty exotic plant species, representing 11 families were observed.•Exotic species were observed at both northern temperate and boreal forest sites.•Exotic…”
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The NEBIE plot network: Background and experimental design by Bell, F. Wayne, Shaw, Margo, Dacosta, Jennifer, Newmaster, Steven G.

“…The Intensive Management Science Partnership: NEBIE Plot Network is a stand-scale, multi-agency research project designed to compare the ecological effects of…”
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Relative influence of climate, soils, and disturbance on plant species richness in northern temperate and boreal forests by Bell, F. Wayne, Lamb, Eric G., Sharma, Mahadev, Hunt, Shelley, Anand, Madhur, Dacosta, Jennifer, Newmaster, Steven G.

“…•Plant richness is influenced by climate, fire regimes, soils, silviculture, and forest structure.•Silviculture system is hierarchically influenced by climate,…”
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The NEBIE plot network: Highlights of long-term scientific studies by Bell, F. Wayne, Dacosta, Jennifer, Newmaster, Steven G., Mallik, Azim, Hunt, Shelley, Anand, Madhur, Maloles, Jose, Peng, Changhui, Parton, John, McLaughlin, John, Winters, John, Wester, Monique, Shaw, Margo

“…The NEBIE plot network is a stand-scale, multi-agency research project designed to compare the ecological effects of a range of silvicultural treatments in…”
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Effects of silviculture intensity on plant diversity response patterns in young managed northern temperate and boreal forests by Bell, F. Wayne, Hunt, Shelley, Dacosta, Jennifer, Sharma, Mahadev, Larocque, Guy R., Winters, John A., Newmaster, Steven G.

“…Throughout much of the northern temperate and boreal forests of Canada, intensifying silviculture to enhance fibre production is of increasing interest…”
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Effects of silviculture intensity on plant diversity response patterns in young managed northern temperate and boreal forests 1 by Bell, F Wayne, Hunt, Shelley, Dacosta, Jennifer, Sharma, Mahadev, Larocque, Guy R, Winters, John A, Newmaster, Steven G

“…Throughout much of the northern temperate and boreal forests of Canada, intensifying silviculture to enhance fibre production is of increasing interest…”
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Ecology and Traits of Plant Species that Compete with Boreal and Temperate Forest Conifers: An Overview of Available Information and its Use in Forest Management in Canada by Bell, F. Wayne, Kershaw, Maureen, Aubin, Isabelle, Thiffault, Nelson, Dacosta, Jennifer, Wiensczyk, Alan

“…In boreal and temperate forests in Canada, at least 71 plant species, including trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, and ferns, have the potential to significantly…”
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Longer-Term Volume Trade-offs in Spruce and Jack Pine Plantations Following Various Conifer Release Treatments by Bell, F. Wayne, Dacosta, Jennifer, Penner, Margaret, Morneault, Andrée, Stinson, Al, Towill, Bill, Luckai, Nancy, Winters, John

“…We assessed growth responses 10 years post treatment for 31 combinations of site, species, and treatments from six studies in Ontario, Canada, to determine if…”
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Modelling Landscape-level Effects of Reduced Herbicide Use in Two Forests in Northern Ontario by Dacosta, Jennifer, Szuba, Kandyd, Bell, F. Wayne, Moore, Tom, Lennon, Ken, Leach, Jeff, Bazeley, Don, Luckai, Nancy

“…In Ontario, forest management planning requires that legal obligations to sustain forest composition and pattern, wildlife habitat, and other values are met,…”
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Effects of post-harvest silviculture on use of boreal forest stands by amphibians and marten in Ontario by Thompson, Ian D, Baker, James A, Jastrebski, Christopher, Dacosta, Jennifer, Fryxell, John, Corbett, Daniel

“…Much of the southern boreal forest is composed of second-growth stands that have been subjected to a variety of silvicultural treatments ranging from cut and…”
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Maximum Likelihood and Least Squares Estimation by Goddard, Jennifer McDonald DaCosta

“…Cette thèse examine deux méthodes d'estimation parmi les plus importantes et les plus souvent utilisées - l'estimation du maximum de vraisemblance pour…”
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