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Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future

Mulverhill, C.; Coops, Nicholas, C.; Boulanger, Y.; Hoffman, K. M.; Cardinal Christianson, A.; Daniels, L.D.; Flamand-Hubert, M.; Wotherspoon, A.R.; Achim, A. (2024). Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02919-z

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Early spectral dynamics are indicative of distinct growth patterns in post-wildfire forests

Smith-Tripp, S., Coops, N.C., Mulverhill, C., White, J.C., Gergel, S. 2024. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.420

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Evaluating the potential for continuous update of enhanced forest inventory attributes using optical satellite data

Mulverhill, C., Coops, N.C., White, J.C., Tompalski, P., Achim, A. (2024). Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, cpae029, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpae029

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Physical and mechanical properties affecting the suitability of black ash wood for W8banaki basketry.

Boudreault,L., Chagnon, C., Gauthier-Nolett, L., Durand-Nolett, M., Gill, D., Flamand-Hubert, M., Achim, A. (2024) Canadian Journal of Forest Research. JUST-IN. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0297.

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Prioritizing commercial thinning: quantification of growth and competition with high-density drone laser scanning

Irwin, L.A.K., Coops, N.C., Riofrío, J., Grubinger, S.G., Barbeito, I., Achim, A., Roeser, D. (2024). Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, cpae030. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpae030

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Adaptive silviculture for climate change in the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Forest Region of Canada: Background and design of a long-term experiment

Thiffault, N., Fera, J., Hoepting, M.K., Jones, T., Wotherspoon, A.R. (2024). The Forestry Chronicle. e-First. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2024-016

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Integration of Airborne Laser Scanning data into forest ecosystem management in Canada: Current status and future directions

Goodbody, T.R.H., Coops, N.C., Irwin, L.A.K., Armour, C.C., Saunders, S.C., Dykstra, P., Butson, C., Perkins, G.C. (2024).
The Forestry Chronicle. https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2024-014

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Developing aboveground biomass yield curves for dominant boreal tree species from time series remote sensing data

Tompalski, P., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Hermosilla, T., Riofrio, J., Kurz, W.A. (2024). ISPRS Forest Ecology and Management, 561: 121894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121894

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Integration of tree-ring data, Landsat time series, and ALS-derived topographic variables to quantify growth declines in black spruce

Morin-Bernard, A., Achim, A., Coops, N.C., White, J. (2024). Forest Ecology and Management, 557(1):121765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121765

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Attributing a Causal Agent and Assessing the Severity of Non-Stand Replacing Disturbances in a Northern Hardwood Forest using Landsat-Derived Vegetation Indices.

Morin-Bernard, A., Achim, A., Coops, N.C. (2023). Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 49(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2023.2196356

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Landsat assessment of variable spectral recovery linked to post-fire forest structure in dry sub-boreal forests

Smith-Tripp, S.M., Coops, N.C., Mulverhill, C., White, J.C., Axelson, J. (2024). ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 208:121-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.01.008

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American beech outgrows sugar maple at the sapling stage regardless of partial harvest intensity in northern hardwood forests

Leduc, F., Chagnon, C., Moreau, G., Dumont, S., St-Jean E., Achim, A. (2024). Forest Ecology and Management, 553:121630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121630

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Predicting net growth rates in boreal forests using Landsat time series and permanent sample plot data

Morin-Bernard, A., Coops, N.C., White, J.C., Achim, A. 2023. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, cpad055, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad055

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Local adaptation of balsam fir seedlings improves growth resilience to heat stress

Ravn, J., Taylor, A.R., Lavigne, M.B., D'Orangeville, L. (2023). Canadian Journal of Forest Research,
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0128

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Simplified tree marking guidelines enhance value recovery as well as stand vigour in northern hardwood forests under selection management

Moreau, G., Chagnon, C., Cecil-Cockwell, MJL, Pothier, D., Achim, A., Bédard, S., Guillemette, F., Caspersen, J. (2023) Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad045

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Characterizing non-stand replacing (NSR) disturbances using bitemporal airborne laser scanning (ALS) data

Trotto, T., Coops, N.C., Achim, A. (2023). SilviLaser Conference Poster Presentation. 6 - 8 September, UCL, London, UK.

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Assessing future climate trends and implications for managed forests across Canadian ecozones

Wotherspoon, A.R., Achim, A., Coops, N.C. (2023) Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0058

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Extension Note Vol 3: Becoming a foreign drone pilot

Smith-Tripp, S*., Stackhouse, L., Wotherspoon, A.R. (2023). Silva21, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Strong latitudinal gradient in temperature-growth coupling near the treeline of the Canadian subarctic forest. Front. For. Glob. Change 6:1181653.

Chagnon C, Moreau G, D’Orangeville L, Caspersen J, Labrecque-Foy J-P and Achim A. (2023). Frontiers in Global Change. https://www.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1181653

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Thinning as a tool to increase resistance to stressors

Alonso, S., Roeser, D., Mologni, O. (2023) BC Community Forest Association 2023 Conference and AGM. Langley, BC. June 7-9, 2023

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Seeing the forest through the trees: Collaborative climate-informed forest governance in Quesnel, British Columbia (poster)

Pedersen, D., Hagerman, S. (2023) BC Community Forest Association 2023 Conference and AGM. Langley, BC. June 7-9, 2023

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Modelling height growth of temperate mixedwood forests using an age-independent approach and multi-temporal airborne laser scanning data

Riofrio, J., White, J.C., Tompalski, P., Coops, N., Wulder, M.A (2023). Forest Ecology and Management, 543, 121137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121137

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Continuous monitoring and sub-annual change detection in high-latitude forests using Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 data

Mulverhill, C., Coops, N.C., Achim, A. (2023) ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 197: 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.02.002.

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Quantifying the Probability of Decline in Quality: Implications for Selection Management in Northern Hardwood Forests

Moreau, G., Cecil-Cockwell, M.J.L., Achim, A. et al. (2023). Forests; 14(2):280. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020280

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Automated Forest Harvest Detection With a Normalized PlanetScope Imagery Time Series

Keay, L., Mulverhill, C., Coops, N.C., McCartney, (2022) Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-15; https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2022.2154598

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Visual assessment of tree vigour in Canadian northern hardwood forests: The need for a simplified system

Moreau, G., Cecil-Cockwell, M.J.L., Pothier, D. et al. (2023). Forest Ecology and Management, 529; 120720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120720

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Climate Scenarios for Canadian Forests

Wotherspoon, A.R., Burnett, M., Bernard, A., Achim, A., Coops, N.C. (2022) Climate Scenarios for Canadian Forests. Silva21, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Single photon lidar signal attenuation under boreal forest conditions

Irwin, L., Coops, C.C., Queinnec, M., McCartney, G., White, J. (2021) Remote Sensing Letters, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2021.1962575

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Harmonizing multi-temporal airborne laser scanning point clouds to derive periodic annual height increments in temperate mixedwood forests

Riofrio, J., White, J.C., Tompalski, P., Coops, N., Wulder, M.A (2022) Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52(10): 1334-1352. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0055

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Framework for near real-time forest inventory using multi source remote sensing data

Coops, N., Tompalski, P., Goodbody, T.R,H., et al. (2022). Forestry cpac015. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpac015

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Analysis of a wood production strategy from expert perspectives

Canuel, C-M., Bernard, A., Thiffault, N., et al. (2022). The Forestry Chronicle, 98(1): 1-9. https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/pdf/10.5558/tfc2022-004

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La multifonctionnalité du territoire forestier dans tous ses états

Bernard, A., Gélinas, N. (2022) In: Une économie écologique pour le Québec: Comment opérationnaliser une nécessaire transition, PUQ. https://www.puq.ca/catalogue/livres/une-economie-ecologique-pour-quebec-3828.html

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Opportunities and limitations of thinning to increase resistance and resilience of trees and forests to global change

Moreau, G., Chagnon, C., Achim, A., et al. (2022). Forestry, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpac010

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Broad-scale wood degradation dynamics in the face of climate change: A meta-analysis

Chagnon, C., Moreau, G., Bombardier-Cauffopé, C., Barrette, J., Havreljuk, F., Achim, A. (2022). GCB-Bioenergy, 14(8): 941-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12951

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Deciphering the black spruce response to climate variation across eastern Canada using a meta-analysis approach

Chagnon, C., Wotherspoon, A.R., Achim, A. (2022) Forest Ecology and Management, 520: 120375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120375

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The changing culture of silviculture

Achim, A., Moreau, G., Coops, N., et al. (2021) Forestry, 95(2):143-152. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab047

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