Current projects
1. Project title: Quantifying the radial growth of the two common European tree species, Scots pine and oak (Q. petrea and Q. pubescens), along a latitudinal gradient from southern Spain to northern Germany with particular focus on the effects of extreme events.
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling and Arthur Gessler, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Michel Vennetier, IRSTEA Aix-en-Provence France, Andreas Bolte, Thünen Institute, Eberswalde Germany, Annette Menzel, TU Munich Germany, J J Camarero, IPE-CSIC, Spain, and Jordi-Martinez Vilalta, CREAF, Barcelona, Spain.
Funding: Marie-Curie foundation of European Commission.
2. Project title: Quantify the potential role of epigenetic effects on seed germination, seedling establishment and survival in variable growing
conditions (water, temperature and shading).
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling, Arthur Gessler, Thomas Wohlgemuth, and Barbara Moser, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
Funding: Marie-Curie foundation of European Commission.
3. Project title: Synthesizing the quantitative knowledge from the long-term (2003-2019) irrigation experiment of Pfynwald, Valais, Switzerland.
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
Other ongoing projects
2. Project title: Assessing the short-and long-term wood supply from all forest types of Maine in respect to various biotic and abiotic factors.
Co-researcher: Aaron Weiskittel and Christian Kuehne, University of Maine, and Robert Wagner, Purdue University,
Funding: USDA-ARS.
3. Project title: Assessing the magnitude of expansion of American beech across northern hardwood forests of New Brunswick, Canada
Lead researcher: Francois Hebert, Northern Hardwood Research Institute, New Brunswick, Canada
1. Project title: Quantifying the radial growth of the two common European tree species, Scots pine and oak (Q. petrea and Q. pubescens), along a latitudinal gradient from southern Spain to northern Germany with particular focus on the effects of extreme events.
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling and Arthur Gessler, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Michel Vennetier, IRSTEA Aix-en-Provence France, Andreas Bolte, Thünen Institute, Eberswalde Germany, Annette Menzel, TU Munich Germany, J J Camarero, IPE-CSIC, Spain, and Jordi-Martinez Vilalta, CREAF, Barcelona, Spain.
Funding: Marie-Curie foundation of European Commission.
2. Project title: Quantify the potential role of epigenetic effects on seed germination, seedling establishment and survival in variable growing
conditions (water, temperature and shading).
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling, Arthur Gessler, Thomas Wohlgemuth, and Barbara Moser, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
Funding: Marie-Curie foundation of European Commission.
3. Project title: Synthesizing the quantitative knowledge from the long-term (2003-2019) irrigation experiment of Pfynwald, Valais, Switzerland.
Co-researcher: Andreas Rigling, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
Other ongoing projects
2. Project title: Assessing the short-and long-term wood supply from all forest types of Maine in respect to various biotic and abiotic factors.
Co-researcher: Aaron Weiskittel and Christian Kuehne, University of Maine, and Robert Wagner, Purdue University,
Funding: USDA-ARS.
3. Project title: Assessing the magnitude of expansion of American beech across northern hardwood forests of New Brunswick, Canada
Lead researcher: Francois Hebert, Northern Hardwood Research Institute, New Brunswick, Canada
Past projects (completed)
Postdoc projects, University of Maine
a) Long term stand-level volume growth responses of Pinus taeda, Picea rubens, Abies balsamea, and Pseudotsuga menziesii to commercial thinning treatments.
b) Long term tree-level volume growth and mortality responses of Pinus taeda, Picea rubens, Abies balsamea, and Pseudotsuga menziesii to commercial thinning treatments.
c) Dual isotope (δ13C and δ18O) approach to investigate the physiological responses of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) trees to density manipulations.
d) Modelling the abundance and composition of natural regeneration across all forests of Maine.
e) Assessing the climate associated expansion of American beech across forests of northeastern USA.
f) Classifying American beech stand types and their associated factors.
g) Browsing pressure and its impact on natural regeneration of American beech and sugar maple forests.
PhD thesis: Partial harvesting, a potential tool for ecosystem-based forest management in Canada.
a) Stand-level mortality and regeneration recruitment responses to partial harvesting.
b) Tree-level growth responses to partial harvesting.
c) Promoting old-growth structural attributes by partial harvesting.
d) Long term stand-level simulated responses to partial harvesting.
e) Constraints to partial harvesting in boreal forests of Canada.
Master Thesis
Temporal changes in above ground biomass across naturally regenerated forests of the Netherlands.
a) Long term stand-level volume growth responses of Pinus taeda, Picea rubens, Abies balsamea, and Pseudotsuga menziesii to commercial thinning treatments.
b) Long term tree-level volume growth and mortality responses of Pinus taeda, Picea rubens, Abies balsamea, and Pseudotsuga menziesii to commercial thinning treatments.
c) Dual isotope (δ13C and δ18O) approach to investigate the physiological responses of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) trees to density manipulations.
d) Modelling the abundance and composition of natural regeneration across all forests of Maine.
e) Assessing the climate associated expansion of American beech across forests of northeastern USA.
f) Classifying American beech stand types and their associated factors.
g) Browsing pressure and its impact on natural regeneration of American beech and sugar maple forests.
PhD thesis: Partial harvesting, a potential tool for ecosystem-based forest management in Canada.
a) Stand-level mortality and regeneration recruitment responses to partial harvesting.
b) Tree-level growth responses to partial harvesting.
c) Promoting old-growth structural attributes by partial harvesting.
d) Long term stand-level simulated responses to partial harvesting.
e) Constraints to partial harvesting in boreal forests of Canada.
Master Thesis
Temporal changes in above ground biomass across naturally regenerated forests of the Netherlands.