Dawson Meecham (MESc) – Assessing location, condition and vegetation recovery on forest roads in the boreal and Great Lakes – St Lawrence regions.
Courtney Antram (MESc) – Evaluation of δ18O of soil charcoal as an indicator of past forest fire severity. Co-supervised by with Dr. Elizabeth Webb, Department of Earth Sciences, Western University.
Undergraduates
No current undergraduates
Past Lab Members
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Bharat Pokharel (2009-2013) - Growth and wood quality modelling of boreal tree species.
Visiting Students
Liang Shi (2018-19) - Visiting PhD student, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China. Forest dynamics in response to environmental change in the coniferous forests of northeast China.
Graduate Students
Elizabeth Elliott (MESc 2021) – Reconstructing spatial patterns of fire intensity from remote sensing data and stable oxygen isotopes in wood char. Co-supervised by with Dr. Elizabeth Webb, Department of Earth Sciences, Western University.
Tegan McWhirter (MESc 2021) – Analyzing stable oxygen isotopes in wood char to reconstruct past fire conditions. Co-supervised by with Dr. Elizabeth Webb, Department of Earth Sciences, Western University.
Amanda Springer (MESc 2019) - Multivariate approach to describing the regeneration niche of Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh) in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest.
Rebecca Wylie (MESc 2019) - Estimating stand age from airborne laser scanning data to improve ecosite-based models of black spruce wood quality in the boreal forest of Ontario.
Mandy Ehnes (MESc 2017) - Acoustic Monitoring of Bird Community Composition in Emerald Ash Borer Damaged and at Risk Southern Ontario Forests.
Corinne Arthur (MESc 2015) – Species composition drives ecological stability in dry forests of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence forest region of Ontario, Canada.
Amanda Paulin (MES 2014) - Ontario forest products: place branding and certification.
Elisha Townshend (MESc 2013) - Ecologically-based modelling of wood fibre length in black spruce (Picea mariana).
Technical Support
Jacob McAneney (2009-15) - Research Assistant, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation Youth Intern.
Paul Courville (2008-11) - Forest Bioproducts Associate.
Undergraduates
Taylor Bottoms-Cau (BSc. 2023) – Cover and diversity of lichens and bryophytes on inactive forest roads in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence region.
Kathleen Woodhouse (BSc 2022) – Investigating the divergence problem in tree species of the boreal forest of northeastern Ontario across a gradient of moisture regimes.
2021. Hunter Mosher - Climate variability and growth in black spruce (Picea mariana) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana) in the boreal forest of northeastern Ontario over the 20th century.
2021. Kyesha Fong - Impacts of Climate Change on the Frequency & Severity of Spruce Needle Rust (Chrysomyxa ledi) on Spruce Trees (Picea spp.)
2019. Breanna Craig - Defoliation of Boreal Forest Stands During Spruce Budworm Outbreaks In Relation To Site Quality
2019. Jerret Johns - Coppice Growth of Quercus rubra, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum under uniform shelterwood and group selection partial harvest treatments in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region.
2015. Christopher Carr - Diversity and stability in tree seedling assemblages exposed to controlled drought.
2012. Chloe Lajoie - Reconstruction of Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hbn.) outbreaks and their effects on Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) growth in relation to stand and site factors in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence and Boreal regions of Ontario, Canada.
2011. Elisha Townshend - Stand dynamics of Black Ash swamps and their influence on habitat quality for flooded jellyskin (Leptogium rivulare).
2011. Jacob McAneney - Examining historical climate trends in the Great Lakes – St Lawrence region of central Ontario based on reconstruction of radial growth from very old conifers in ridgetop forests.
2010. Steve Simpson - Amphibian Activity in Skidder Trails in Central Ontario Hardwood Forests
2010. Whitney Winsor - Quantifying Variation in the Wood Quality Black Spruce (Picea mariana) and Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) in Relation to Site Conditions in the Boreal Forest of Northeastern Ontario.
2010. Shawn Mayhew-Hammond - Predictive Habitat Modeling of Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis Marsh.) in the boreal forest of northeastern Ontario.
2010. Cora Murray - Dendrochronological analysis of Taxus canadensis in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest Region.
2009. Scott Perry - Determining the effect of species richness and composition on forest productivity and stability in the boreal forest of Ontario.
2009. Paul Courville - Determining crown attributes and aboveground biomass in Black Spruce at different spacing using terrestrial LiDAR.
2008. Thomas Quint - Cover to biomass conversion tool for Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis) inventories in the northeastern boreal forest.
