A5079322607- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Forest Management and Policy
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- European Political History Analysis
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Power System Optimization and Stability
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Power Systems Fault Detection
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Historical Influence and Diplomacy
Université du Québec à Montréal
2012-2024
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
2012-2024
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
2024
Environment and Climate Change Canada
2019-2020
Abstract Aim Climate change is expected to influence boreal bird communities significantly, notably through changes in forest habitat (composition and age structure), the coming decades. How these will accumulate interact with anthropogenic disturbances remains an open question for most species. Location Northeastern Alberta, Canada. Methods We used LANDIS‐II landscape model project landscapes, associated populations (72 passerine species), according three climatic scenarios (baseline, RCP...
The combination of climate change and anthropogenic disturbance significantly impacts forest bird assemblages. Assessing the cumulative effects management on biodiversity ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration storage provisioning wood products is key to informing conservation decision making. Specifically, we projected changes in composition structure according various strategies under a changing using LANDIS-II for two case study areas Quebec (Canada): hemiboreal (Hereford...
AbstractIn the boreal forest, where tree cavities are mainly excavated by woodpeckers, many holes incomplete excavations that not suitable for most other cavity users form nest webs. We assessed suitability and use a community of primary excavators secondary in managed unmanaged landscapes mixedwood forest eastern Canada. compared ground surveys with direct inspections inside potential remnant habitats surrounded cutover areas large tracts unharvested forest. found overestimated abundance:...
With climate change, natural resource managers are faced with the challenging task of planning conservation habitat for threatened species. Classified as "threatened" under Species at Risk Act in Canada, Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus Bicknelli - BITH) is a migratory bird whose range highly restricted. Bioclimatic models project more than 50% loss suitable high elevation dense balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forests northeastern USA by 2050 due to change. We used BITH case study demonstrate value...
Structural complexity generated by forest development processes and tree species compositional changes provide key habitat features for vertebrate communities that rely upon size decay foraging, denning or nesting. Complexity of structure in old stands could not only be harboring increased taxonomic diversity but also greater functional through more networks cavity dependent species. Using a nest web approach hierarchically links cavity-bearing trees with formation agents (natural avian...
Hydro-Québec has identified wide-area control system as a key initiative able to significantly increase the voltage stability of its grid. In this context, an innovative project for and local shunt compensators was initiated. Its main objective is implement closed-loop on Hydro-Québec's network optimise reactive power support from dynamic compensators. The outcome 'global compensators' (GLCCs) which based synchrophasor technology intelligent electronics devices. Applied each compensator...
Introduction In eastern Canada, the boreal forest is associated with an important latitudinal shift in composition and structure, which occurs transition between mixed southern coniferous northern forest. Along this transition, upland mixedwood stands large deciduous trees (important for cavity-dependent vertebrate species) are gradually replaced by forests smaller conifer trees, primarily black spruce ( Picea mariana ). Concomitantly, availability of lowland flooded American beaver Castor...
the nest web structure of cavity users in such environments. We present a 10-year investigation on woodpecker habitat occupancy, reproductive success and productivity linear habitats (ranging from12 to 45 sites) managed landscapes permanent study plots an unmanaged continuous forest tract (3000 ha) boreal mixedwood Québec, Canada. In each habitat, we conducted systematic ground surveys direct inspections tree holes with 15-m telescopic pole which mounted camera that could fit into diameter...