Alain Paquette

Regular member
Urban Ecology and Tree Biodiversity

Scientific Coordinator: IDENT (International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees)

Founding member and administrator: Canopée 

Steering Committee: GFBi (Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative)

Université du Québec à Montréal
Département des sciences biologiques
CP 8888, Succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Qc, Canada H3C 3P8

(514) 987-3000 Ext. 1277

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TRAINING

• Postdocs on forest functional zoning (TRIADE) and biodiversity, 2007 (UQAM and UQO)
• Ph.D. biology, 2007 (Université de Montréal)
• M.Sc. biology, 1999 (UQAM)

RESEARCH THEMES

I am interested in the effects of biodiversity on forest functioning, and on the role of trees in urban and periurban environments.

My work is on green infrastructures and the effects of biodiversity on the functioning and resilience of forest ecosystems, both in the forest and in the city. My most current research makes use of controlled experiments (IDENT, TreeDivNet), simulations and long term field surveys (GFBi) to test the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in forest ecosystems. I am scientific coordinator of the International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees (IDENT), with already several experiments established in North America and Europe, s well as Africa, including urban environments (IDENT-Cité). I currently lead several research projects on the benefits of planting greater diversity in cities towards increased resilience.

Reserch interests: Forest Ecology; Urban Ecology; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning; Forest plantations

PUBLICATIONS

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Books

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Book chapters

1. Messier, C., Betts, M., Tittler, R., Paquette, A. (2020) A novel TRIAD approach to increase resilience of the forest landscape to global change: or how to make a better omelette without cracking too many eggs. In How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation. A view across Europe. (Krumm, F., A. Schuck and Rigling, A., Eds.) European Forest Institute (EFI); Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Pages 398-401
2. Urgoiti Otazua, J., Paquette, A. (2018) Mixed Forest Plantations. In Dynamics, Silviculture and Management of Mixed Forests. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 31. (Bravo-Oviedo A., Pretzsch H., del Río M., Eds.) Springer, Cham., pages 319-341
3. Schleppi, P., Paquette, A. (2017) Solar Radiation in Forests: Theory for Hemispherical Photography. In Hemispherical Photography in Forest Science: Theory, Methods, Applications. (Fournier, R.A. and Hall, R.J., Eds.) Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, pages 15-52
4. Messier, C., Carpentier, S, Angers, V.-A., Tittler, R., St-Denis, A., Handa, I.T., Filotas, E., Paquette, A. (2015) La véritable valeur des arbres et bois urbains et péri-urbains. In L’économie de la biodiversité et des services produits par les écosystèmes: Un regard sur les concepts, outils et sur l’état de l’avancement de la recherche au Québec. (Revéret J-P and Dupras J, Eds.) Presses de l’Université du Québec
5. Olivier, A., Alam, M., Paquette, A., Dupras, J., Revéret, J.P. (2015) L’évaluation économique des services écosystémiques produits par les systèmes agroforestiers intercalaires en milieu tempéré. In Nature et économie : un regard sur les écosystèmes du Québec. (Dupras, J. and Revéret, J.P., Eds.) Presses de l'Université du Québec, pages 131-148
6. Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2013) Managing Tree Plantations as Complex Adaptive Systems. (Chap. 13) In Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems - Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change. (Messier, C., Puettmann, K.J. and Coates, D.K., Eds.) Routledge
7. Paquette, A., Menard, A., Messier, C., Cogliastro, A. (2006) Optimisation des densités de plantation en double rotation : Modélisation des conditions lumineuses en fonction des cultivars, des espacements et du temps. In Écologie comparée et bilan nutritif de peupliers hybrides en double rotation avec des feuillus nobles. Rapport final préparé pour le réseau Ligniculture Québec. (d’Orangeville, L., Bouchard, A., Daigle, S. and Cogliastro, A., Eds.) Montréal, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, pages 63-71

Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings

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Peer-reviewed articles

1. Damtew, A., Birhane, E., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Muys, B. (2024) Shading and species diversity act as safety nets for seedling survival and vitality of native trees in dryland forests: Implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management, 552
2. Zheng, L., Barry, K.E., Guerrero-Ramirez, N.R., Craven, D., Reich, P.B., Verheyen, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J. et al. (2024) Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications, 15(1)
3. Martinez-Villa, J.A., Duran, S.M., Enquist, B.J., Duque, A., Messier, C., Paquette, A. (2024) Temporal shifts in the functional composition of Andean forests at different elevations are driven by climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(1):85 – 99
4. Abbasi, A.O., Woodall, C.W., Gamarra, J.G.P., Hui, C., Picard, N., Ochuodho, T., de-Miguel, S., Sahay, R., Fei, S., Paquette, A. et al. (2024) Forest types outpaced tree species in centroid-based range shifts under global change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12
5. Depauw, L., De Lombaerde, E., Dhiedt, E., Blondeel, H., Abdala-Roberts, L., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Chu, C., Damtew, A. et al. (2024) Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights. Current Forestry Reports
6. St-Denis, A., Maure, F., Belbahar, R., Delagrange, S., Handa, I.T., Kneeshaw, D.D., Paquette, A., Nicol, M., Meurs, M.-J., Messier, C. (2024) An Urban Forest Diversification Software to Improve Resilience to Global Change. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, 50(1):76 – 91
7. Ayotte-Beaudet, J.-P., Hasni, A., Vinuesa, V., Rodrigue-Poulin, E., Quintela Do Carmo, G., Beaudry, M.-C., L’Heureux, K., Paquette, A. (2024) Impact of outdoor place-based learning on elementary school students’ ability to make unsolicited observations about living organisms over time. Journal of Biological Education
8. Rissanen, K., Lapa, G., Houle, D., Kneeshaw, D.D., Paquette, A. (2024) Large variation in the radial patterns of sap flow among urban trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 345:109848
9. Jaeger, F.C., Handa, I.T., Paquette, A., Parker, W.C., Messier, C. (2024) Young temperate tree species show different fine root acclimation capacity to growing season water availability. Plant and Soil, 496(1-2):485 – 504
10. Bouchard, E., Searle, E.B., Drapeau, P., Liang, J., Gamarra, J.G.P., Abegg, M., Alberti, G., Zambrano, A.A., Alvarez-Davila, E., Alves, L.F. et al. (2024) Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(2):303-324
11. Sousa-Silva, R., Duflos, M., Ordóñez Barona, C., Paquette, A. (2023) Keys to better planning and integrating urban tree planting initiatives. Landscape and Urban Planning, 231:104649
12. Desie, E., Zuo, J., Verheyen, K., Djukic, I., Van Meerbeek, K., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Baum, C., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N. et al. (2023) Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. Science of the Total Environment, 857
13. Berthelot, S., Bauhus, J., Dormann, C.F., Gravel, D., Messier, C., Nock, C.A., Paquette, A., Reich, P.B., Frund, J. (2023) Exotic tree species have consistently lower herbivore load in a cross-Atlantic tree biodiversity experiment. Ecology, 104(7):e4070
14. Urgoiti, J., Messier, C., Keeton, W.S., Belluau, M., Paquette, A. (2023) Functional diversity and identity influence the self-thinning process in young forest communities. Journal of Ecology, 111(9):2010 – 2022
15. Warner, E., Cook-Patton, S.C., Lewis, O.T., Brown, N., Koricheva, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D., Hall, J.S., Jactel, H. et al. (2023) Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6
16. Urgoiti, J., Messier, C., Keeton, W.S., Paquette, A. (2023) Tree community overyielding during early stand development is explained by asymmetric species-specific responses to diversity. Functional Ecology, 37(10):2621 – 2633
17. Hordijk, I., Maynard, D.S., Hart, S.P., Lidong, M., ter Steege, H., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P.B., Abegg, M. et al. (2023) Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology, 111(6):1308-1326
18. Fahey, C., Parker, W., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Antunes, P. (2023) Soil fungal communities contribute to the positive diversity–productivity relationship of tree communities under contrasting water availability. Journal of Ecology, 111(9):2023 – 2037
19. Sousa-Silva, R., Lambry, T., Cameron, E., Belluau, M., Paquette, A. (2023) Urban forests – Different ownership translates to greater diversity of trees. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 88:128084
20. Ma, H., Crowther, T.W., Mo, L., Maynard, D.S., Renner, S.S., van den Hoogen, J., Zou, Y., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J. et al. (2023) The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit. Nature Plants
21. Delavaux, C.S., Crowther, T.W., Zohner, C.M., Robmann, N.M., Lauber, T., van den Hoogen, J., Kuebbing, S., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J. et al. (2023) Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions. Nature, 621(7980):773 – 781
22. Delavaux, C.S., Crowther, T.W., Zohner, C.M., Robmann, N.M., Lauber, T., van den Hoogen, J., Kuebbing, S., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J. et al. (2023) Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions (Nature, (2023), 621, 7980, (773-781), 10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7). Nature, 622(7982):E2
23. Mo, L., Zohner, C.M., Reich, P.B., Liang, J., de Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Renner, S.S., van den Hoogen, J., Araza, A., Herold, M. et al. (2023) Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential. Nature
24. Di Maurizio, V., Searle, E., Paquette, A. (2023) It takes a village to grow a tree: Most tree species benefit from dissimilar neighbors. Ecology and Evolution, 13(12):e10804
25. Schuster, M.J., Williams, L.J., Stefanski, A., Bermudez, R., Belluau, M., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Gravel, D., Reich, P.B. (2023) Patterns of belowground overyielding and fine-root biomass in native and exotic angiosperms and gymnosperms. Oikos, 2023:e08877
26. Urgoiti, J., Messier, C., Keeton, W.S., Reich, P.B., Gravel, D., Paquette, A. (2022) No complementarity no gain—Net diversity effects on tree productivity occur once complementarity emerges during early stand development. Ecology Letters, 25(4):851 – 862
27. Messier, C., Bauhus, J., Sousa-Silva, R., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Barsoum, N., Bruelheide, H., Caldwell, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Dhiedt, E. et al. (2022) For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! Conservation Letters, 15(1):e12829
28. Waring, B.G., Smith, K.R., Belluau, M., Khlifa, R., Messier, C., Munson, A.D., Paquette, A. (2022) Soil carbon pools are affected by species identity and productivity in a tree common garden experiment. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5
29. Searle, E.B., Chen, H.Y.H., Paquette, A. (2022) Higher tree diversity is linked to higher tree mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(19):e2013171119
30. {Liang, J., Gamarra, J.G.P., Picard, N., Zhou, M., Pijanowski, B., Jacobs, D.F., Reich, P.B., Crowther, T.W., Nabuurs, G.-J, de-Miguel, S. et al. (2022) Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution
31. Gatti, R.C, Reich, P.B., Gamarra, J.G.P., Crowther, T., Hui, C., Morera, A., Bastin, J.-F, de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J, Svenning, J.-C et al. (2022) Erratum: The number of tree species on Earth (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2022) 119 (e2115329119) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115329119). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(13)
32. Stemmelen, A., Paquette, A., Benot, M.-L., Kadiri, Y., Jactel, H., Castagneyrol, B. (2022) Insect herbivory on urbantrees: Complementary effects of tree neighbours and predation. Peer Community Journal, 2(e22)
33. Hajek, P., Link, R.M., Nock, C.A., Bauhus, J., Gebauer, T., Gessler, A., Kovach, K., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Saurer, M. et al. (2022) Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality. Global Change Biology, 28(10):3365 – 3378
34. Cesarz, S., Craven, D., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Gutknecht, J., Hector, A., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Messier, C. et al. (2022) Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(5):872 – 885
35. Liang, J., Gamarra, J.G.P., Picard, N., Zhou, M., Pijanowski, B., Jacobs, D.F., Reich, P.B., Crowther, T.W., Nabuurs, G.-J., de-Miguel, S. et al. (2022) Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(10):1423 – 1437
36. Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Gessner, M.O., Beisner, B.E., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Petermann, J.S., Soininen, J., Nock, C.A. (2022) Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(5):454 – 467
37. Gatti, R.C., Reich, P.B., Gamarra, J.G.P., Crowther, T., Hui, C., Morera, A., Bastin, J.-F., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Svenning, J.-C. et al. (2022) The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(6)
38. Zhao, N., Prieur, J.-F., Liu, Y., Kneeshaw, D.D., Morasse Lapointe, E., Paquette, A., Zinszer, K., Dupras, J., Villeneuve, P. J., Rainham, D. G. et al. (2021) Tree characteristics and environmental noise in complex urban settings – A case study from Montreal, Canada. Environmental Research, 202:111887
39. Williams, L.J., Butler, E.E., Cavender-Bares, J., Stefanski, A., Rice, K.E., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Reich, P.B. (2021) Enhanced light interception and light use efficiency explain overyielding in young tree communities. Ecology Letters, 24(5):996-1006
40. Poeydebat, C., Jactel, H., Moreira, X., Koricheva, J., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Francisco, M., Gottschall, F. et al. (2021) Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships. Functional Ecology, 35(1):67-81
41. Belluau, M., Vitali, V., Parker, W.C., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2021) Overyielding in young tree communities does not support the stress-gradient hypothesis and is favoured by functional diversity and higher water availability. Journal of Ecology, 109(4):1790-1803
42. Ayotte-Beaudet, J.-P., Chastenay, P., Beaudry, M.-C., L’Heureux, K., Giamellaro, M., Smith, J., Desjarlais, E., Paquette, A. (2021) Exploring the impacts of contextualised outdoor science education on learning: the case of primary school students learning about ecosystem relationships. Journal of Biological Education
43. Belluau, M., Paquette, A., Gravel, D., Reich, P.B., Stefanski, A., Messier, C. (2021) Exotics are more complementary over time in tree biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments. Functional Ecology, 35(11):2550-2561
44. Sousa-Silva, R., Cameron, E., Paquette, A. (2021) Prioritizing Street Tree Planting Locations to Increase Benefits for All Citizens: Experience From Joliette, Canada. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:630
45. Paquette, A., Sousa-Silva, R., Maure, F., Cameron, E., Belluau, M., Messier, C. (2021) Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 62:127157
46. Francoeur, X.W., Dagenais, D., Paquette, A., Dupras, J., Messier, C. (2021) Complexifying the urban lawn improves heat mitigation and arthropod biodiversity. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 60
47. Sousa-Silva, R., Smargiassi, A., Kneeshaw, D.D., Dupras, J., Zinszer, K., Paquette, A. (2021) Strong variations in urban allergenicity riskscapes due to poor knowledge of tree pollen allergenic potential. Scientific Reports, 11(1):10196
48. Cook-Patton, S. C., Leavitt, S M., Gibbs, D., Harris, N. L., Lister, K., Anderson-Teixeira, K.J., Briggs, R.D., Chazdon, R.L., Crowther, T.W., Ellis, P.W. et al. (2020) Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth. Nature, 585(7826):545-550
49. Williams, L.J., Cavender-Bares, J., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Reich, P.B. (2020) Light mediates the relationship between community diversity and trait plasticity in functionally and phylogenetically diverse tree mixtures. Journal of Ecology, 108(4):1617-1634
50. Martin-Guay, M.-O., Paquette, A., Reich, P.B., Messier, C. (2020) Implications of contrasted above- and below-ground biomass responses in a diversity experiment with trees. Journal of Ecology, 108(2):405-414
51. Sousa-Silva, R., Smargiassi, A., Paquette, A., Kaiser, D., Kneeshaw, D.D. (2020) Exactly what do we know about tree pollen allergenicity? The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 8(3):e10
52. Zohner, C.M., Mo, L., Renner, S.S., Svenning, J.-C., Vitasse, Y., Benito, B.M., Ordonez, A., Baumgarten, F., Bastin, J.-F., Sebald, V. et al. (2020) Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(22)
53. Archambault, C., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Khlifa, R., Munson, A.D., Handa, I.T. (2019) Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment. Oecologia, 189(4):1027-1039
54. Rissanen, K., Martin-Guay, M.-O., Riopel-Bouvier, A.-S., Paquette, A. (2019) Light interception in experimental forests affected by tree diversity and structural complexity of dominant canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 278
55. Kambach, S., Allan, E., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Coomes, D.A., Haase, J., Jucker, T., Kunstler, G., Muller, S., Nock, C., Paquette, A. et al. (2019) How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies? Ecology and Evolution, 9(19):11254 – 11265
56. Vitali, V., Ramirez, J.A., Perrette, G., Delagrange, S., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2019) Complex Above- and Below-Ground Growth Responses of Two Urban Tree Species Following Root, Stem, and Foliage Damage—An Experimental Approach. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10
57. Lecina-Diaz, J., Alvarez, A., Regos, A., Drapeau, P., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Retana, J. (2018) The positive carbon stocks–biodiversity relationship in forests: co-occurrence and drivers across five subclimates. Ecological Applications, 28(6):1481-1493
58. Bissonnette, J.-F., Dupras, J., Messier, C., Lechowicz, M., Dagenais, D., Paquette, A., Jaeger, J.A.G., Gonzalez, A. (2018) Moving forward in implementing green infrastructures: Stakeholder perceptions of opportunities and obstacles in a major North American metropolitan area. Cities
59. Paquette, A., Vayreda, J., Coll, L., Messier, C., Retana, J. (2018) Climate Change Could Negate Positive Tree Diversity Effects on Forest Productivity: A Study Across Five Climate Types in Spain and Canada. Ecosystems, 21(5):960-970
60. Van de Peer, T., Mereu, S., Verheyen, K., Maria Costa Saura, J., Morillas, L., Roales, J., Lo Cascio, M., Spano, D., Paquette, A., Muys, B. (2018) Tree seedling vitality improves with functional diversity in a Mediterranean common garden experiment. Forest Ecology and Management, 409:614-633
61. Paquette, A., Hector, A., Vanhellemont, M., Koricheva, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Abdala-Roberts, L., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J. et al. (2018) A million and more trees for science. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(5):763-766
62. {Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I.K., Larsen, K.S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Caliman, A., Paquette, A., Gutiérrez-Girón, A. et al. (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629:1369-1394
63. Dornelas, M., Antão, L.H., Moyes, F., Bates, A.E., Magurran, A.E., Adam, D., Akhmetzhanova, A.A., Appeltans, W., Arcos, J.M., Arnold, H. et al. (2018) BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(7):760-786
64. Magnoux, A., Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A. (2018) Growth of planted seedlings inside protective sleeves under strip openings of different widths in a post-agricultural forest. New Forests, 49(2):279-296
65. Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C.C. et al. (2018) Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology Letters, 21(1):31-42
66. Royer-Tardif, S., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Bournival, P., Rivest, D. (2018) Fast-growing hybrids do not decrease understorey plant diversity compared to naturally regenerated forests and native plantations. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(3):607-631
67. Martin-Guay, M.-O., Paquette, A., Dupras, J., Rivest, D. (2018) The new Green Revolution: Sustainable intensification of agriculture by intercropping. Science of the Total Environment, 615:767 - 772
68. Carol Adair, E., Hooper, D.U., Paquette, A., Hungate, B.A. (2018) Ecosystem context illuminates conflicting roles of plant diversity in carbon storage. Ecology Letters, 21(11):1604-1619
69. Grossman, J.J., Vanhellemont, M., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D. et al. (2018) Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 152:68 - 89
70. Pelletier, J., Paquette, A., Mbindo, K., Zimba, N., Siampale, A., Chendauka, B., Siangulube, F., Roberts, J.W. (2018) Carbon sink despite large deforestation in African tropical dry forests (miombo woodlands). Environmental Research Letters, 13(9)
71. Ameztegui, A., Paquette, A., Shipley, B., Heym, M., Messier, C., Gravel, D. (2017) Shade tolerance and the functional trait: demography relationship in temperate and boreal forests. Functional Ecology, 31(4):821-830
72. Khlifa, R., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Reich, P.B., Munson, A.D. (2017) Do temperate tree species diversity and identity influence soil microbial community function and composition? Ecology and Evolution, 7(19):7965-7974
73. Williams, L.J., Paquette, A., Cavender-Bares, J., Messier, C., Reich, P.B. (2017) Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(4)
74. Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B. et al. (2017) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology Letters, 20(11):1414-1426
75. O'Connor, M.I., Gonzalez, A., Byrnes, J.E.K., Cardinale, B.J., Duffy, J.E., Gamfeldt, L., Griffin, J.N., Hooper, D., Hungate, B.A., Paquette, A. et al. (2017) A general biodiversity–function relationship is mediated by trophic level. Oikos, 126(1):18-31
76. Di Paola, A., Paquette, A., Trabucco, A., Mereu, S., Valentini, R., Paparella, F. (2017) Coexistence trend contingent to Mediterranean oaks with different leaf habits. Ecology and Evolution, 7(9):3006-3015
77. Sittaro, F., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Nock, C.A. (2017) Tree range expansion in eastern North America fails to keep pace with climate warming at northern range limits. Global Change Biology, 23(8):3292-3301
78. Laforest-Lapointe, I., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Kembel, S.W. (2017) Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships. Nature, 546(7656):145-147
79. Jewell, M.D., Shipley, B., Low-Decarie, E., Tobner, C.M., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Reich, P.B. (2017) Partitioning the effect of composition and diversity of tree communities on leaf litter decomposition and soil respiration. Oikos, 126(7):959-971
80. Thiffault, N., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2017) Early silvicultural guidelines for intensive management of hybrid larch plantations on fertile sub-boreal sites. Silva Fennica, 51(2):article id 1716
81. Alam, M., Olivier, A., Paquette, A. (2016) Measurements and economics of carbon sequestration in temperate tree-based intercropping systems. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 12(2):125-136
82. Liang, J., Crowther, T.W., Picard, N., Wiser, S., Zhou, M., Alberti, G., Schulze, E.-D., McGuire, A.D., Bozzato, F., Pretzsch, H. et al. (2016) Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests. Science, 354(6309)
83. Aubin, I., Munson, A.D., Cardou, F., Burton, P.J., Isabel, N., Pedlar, J.H., Paquette, A., Taylor, A.R., Delagrange, S., Kebli, H. et al. (2016) Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change. Environmental Reviews, 24(2):164-186
84. Verheyen, K., Vanhellemont, M., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Baraloto, C., Barsoum, N., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Godbold, D. et al. (2016) Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations. Ambio, 45(1):29-41
85. Peck, V., Quiza, L., Buffet, J.-P., Khdhiri, M., Durand, A.-A., Paquette, A., Thiffault, N., Messier, C., Beaulieu, N., Guertin, C. et al. (2016) Towards the development of multifunctional molecular indicators combining soil biogeochemical and microbiological variables to predict the ecological integrity of silvicultural practices. Microbial Biotechnology, 9(3):316-329
86. Nguyen, N.H., Williams, L.J., Vincent, J.B., Stefanski, A., Cavender-Bares, J., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Gravel, D., Reich, P.B., Kennedy, P.G. (2016) Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and saprotrophic fungal diversity are linked to different tree community attributes in a field-based tree experiment. Molecular Ecology, 25(16):4032-4046
87. Tobner, C.M., Paquette, A., Gravel, D., Reich, P.B., Williams, L.J., Messier, C. (2016) Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities. Ecology Letters, 19(6):638-647
88. Houle, D., Paquette, A., Cote, B., Logan, T., Power, H., Charron, I., Duchesne, L. (2015) Impacts of climate change on the timing of the production season of maple syrup in Eastern Canada. PLOS ONE, 10(12)
89. Duan, B., Zhang, Y., Xu, G., Chen, J., Paquette, A., Peng, S. (2015) Long-term responses of plant growth, soil microbial communities and soil enzyme activities to elevated CO2 and neighbouring plants. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 213:91-101
90. Buitrago, M., Paquette, A., Thiffault, N., Belanger, N., Messier, C. (2015) Early performance of planted hybrid larch: effects of mechanical site preparation and planting depth. New Forests, 46(3):319-337
91. Lindenmayer, D., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Hobbs, R.J. (2015) Managing tree plantations as novel socioecological systems: Australian and North American perspectives. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45(10):1427-1433
92. Paine, C.E.T., Amissah, L., Auge, H., Baraloto, C., Baruffol, M., Bourland, N., Bruelheide, H., Dainou, K., de Gouvenain, R.C., Doucet, J.-L. et al. (2015) Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why. Journal of Ecology, 103(4):978-989
93. Paquette, A., Joly, S., Messier, C. (2015) Explaining forest productivity using tree functional traits and phylogenetic information: Two sides of the same coin over evolutionary scale? Ecology and Evolution, 5(9):1774-1783
94. Rivest, D., Paquette, A., Shipley, B., Reich. P., Messier, C. (2015) Tree communities rapidly alter soil microbial resistance and resilience to drought. Functional Ecology, 29:570-578
95. Jewell, M.D., Shipley, B., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Reich, P.B. (2015) A traits-based test of the home-field advantage in mixed-species tree litter decomposition. Annals of Botany, 116(5):781-788
96. Barrette, M., Leblanc, M., Thiffault, N., Paquette, A., Lavoie, L., Belanger, L., Bujold, F., Cote, L., Lamoureux, J., Schneider, R. et al. (2014) Issues and solutions for intensive plantation silviculture in a context of ecosystem management [Enjeux et solutions pour la sylviculture intensive de plantations dans un contexte d'aménagement écosystémique]. Forestry Chronicle, 90(6):732-762
97. Doblas-Miranda, E., Paquette, A., Work, T.T. (2014) Intercropping trees' effect on soil oribatid diversity in agro-ecosystems. Agroforestry Systems, 88(4):671-678
98. Sapijanskas, J., Paquette, A., Potvin, C., Kunert, N., Loreau, M. (2014) Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences. Ecology, 95(9):2479-2492
99. Duan, B., Paquette, A., Juneau, P., Brisson, J., Fontaine, B., Berninger, F. (2014) Nitrogen resorption in Acer platanoides and Acer saccharum: influence of light exposure and leaf pigmentation. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 36(11):3039-3050
100. Tobner, C.M., Paquette, A., Reich, P.B., Gravel, D., Messier, C. (2014) Advancing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients. Oecologia, 174(3):609-621
101. Ruiz-Benito, P., Gomez-Aparicio, L., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Kattge, J., Zavala, M.A. (2014) Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23(3):311-322
102. Alam, M., Olivier, Al., Paquette, A., Dupras, J., Reveret, J.-P., Messier, C. (2014) A general framework for the quantification and valuation of ecosystem services of tree-based intercropping systems. Agroforestry Systems, 88(4):679-691
103. Bouttier, L., Paquette, A., Messier, C., Rivest, D., Olivier, A., Cogliastro, A. (2014) Vertical root separation and light interception in a temperate tree-based intercropping system of Eastern Canada. Agroforestry Systems, 88(4):693-706
104. Balvanera, P., Siddique, I., Dee, L., Paquette, A., Isbell, F., Gonzalez, A., Byrnes, J., O'Connor, M.I., Hungate, B.A., Griffin, J.N. (2014) Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: Current uncertainties and the necessary next steps. BioScience, 64(1):49-57
105. Hallema, D.W., Rousseau, A.N., Gumiere, S.J., Periard, Y., Hiemstra, P.H., Bouttier, L., Fossey, M., Paquette, A., Cogliastro, A., Olivier, A. (2014) Framework for studying the hydrological impact of climate change in an alley cropping system. Journal of Hydrology, 517:547-556
106. Hallema, D.W., Rousseau, A.N., Gumiere, S.J., Periard, Y., Hiemstra, P.H., Bouttier, L., Fossey, M., Paquette, A., Cogliastro, A., Olivier, A. (2014) Framework for studying the hydrological impact of climate change in an alley cropping system. Journal of Hydrology, 517:547-556
107. Nock, C.A., Paquette, A., Follett, M., Nowak, D.J., Messier, C. (2013) Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America. Ecosystems, 16:1487-1497
108. Pawson, S.M., Brin, A., Brockerhoff, E.G., Lamb, D., Payn, T.W., Paquette, A., Parrotta, J.A. (2013) Plantation forests, climate change and biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22(5):1203-1227
109. Tobner, C.M., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2013) Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4(JUL)
110. Rivest, D., Paquette, A., Moreno, G., Messier, C. (2013) A meta-analysis reveals mostly neutral influence of scattered trees on pasture yield along with some contrasted effects depending on functional groups and rainfall conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 165:74-79
111. Paquette, A., Fontaine, B., Berninger, F., Dubois, K., Lechowicz, M.J., Messier, C., Posada, J., Valladares, F., Brisson, J. (2012) Norway maple displays greater seasonal growth and phenotypic plasticity to light than native sugar maple. Tree Physiology, 32(11):1339-1347
112. Ameztegui, A., Coll, L., Benavides, R., Valladares, F., Paquette, A. (2012) Understory light predictions in mixed conifer mountain forests: Role of aspect-induced variation in crown geometry and openness. Forest Ecology and Management, 276:52-61
113. Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A. (2012) Thinning effect on light regime and growth of underplanted red oak and black cherry in post-agricultural forests of south-eastern Canada. New Forests, 43(5-6):941-954
114. Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A. (2012) Thinning effect on light regime and growth of underplanted red oak and black cherry in post-agricultural forests of south-eastern Canada. New Forests, 43(5-6):941-954
115. Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2011) The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: From temperate to boreal forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20(1):170-180
116. Boivin, F., Paquette, A., Racine, P., Messier, C. (2011) A fast and reliable method for the delineation of tree crown outlines for the computation of crown openness values and other crown parameters. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 41(9):1827-1835
117. Paquette, A., Girard, J.-P., Walsh, D. (2011) Deep planting has no short-or long-term effect on the survival and growth of white spruce, black spruce, and jack pine. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 28(3):146-151
118. Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2010) The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(1):27-34
119. Boivin, F., Paquette, A., Papaik, M.J., Thiffault, N., Messier, C. (2010) Do position and species identity of neighbours matter in 8-15-year-old post harvest mesic stands in the boreal mixedwood? Forest Ecology and Management, 260(7):1124-1131
120. Paquette, A., Fontaine, B., Messier, C., Brisson, J. (2010) Homogeneous light in shade-house experiment overestimates carbon gains in tree seedlings. Journal of Horticulture and Forestry, 2(6):117-121
121. Messier, C., Tittler, R., Kneeshaw, D.D., Gelinas, N., Paquette, A., Berninger, K., Rheault, H., Meek, P., Beaulieu, N. (2009) TRIAD zoning in Quebec: Experiences and results after 5 years. Forestry Chronicle, 85(6):885-896
122. Paquette, A., Hawryshyn, J., Senikas, A.V., Potvin, C. (2009) Enrichment Planting in Secondary Forests: a Promising Clean Development Mechanism to Increase Terrestrial Carbon Sinks. Ecology and Society, 14(1):31
123. Laliberte, E., Paquette, A., Legendre, P., Bouchard, A. (2009) Assessing the scale-specific importance of niches and other spatial processes on beta diversity: A case study from a temperate forest. Oecologia, 159(2):377-388
124. Paquette, A., Messier, C., Perinet, P., Cogliastro, A. (2008) Simulating light availability under different hybrid poplar clones in a mixed intensive plantation system. Forest Science, 54(5):481-489
125. Paquette, A. (2008) The aquarium plant trade: Missing pieces. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 6(3):123-124
126. Paquette, A., Laliberte, E., Bouchard, A., De Blois, S., Legendre, P., Brisson, J. (2007) Lac Croche understory vegetation data set (1998-2006): Ecological Archives E088-197. Ecology, 88(12):3209
127. Paquette, A., Bouchard, A., Cogliastro, A. (2007) A less restrictive technique for the estimation of understory light under variable weather conditions. Forest Ecology and Management, 242(2-3):800-804
128. Paquette, A., Bouchard, A., Cogliastro, A. (2007) Morphological plasticity in seedlings of three deciduous species under shelterwood under-planting management does not correspond to shade tolerance ranks. Forest Ecology and Management, 241(1-3):278-287
129. Paquette, A., Bouchard, A., Cogliastro, A. (2006) Successful under-planting of red oak and black cherry in early-successional deciduous shelterwoods of North America. Annals of Forest Science, 63(8):823-831
130. Paquette, A., Bouchard, A., Cogliastro, A. (2006) Survival and growth of under-planted trees: A meta-analysis across four biomes. Ecological Applications, 16(4):1575-1589
131. Vujanovic, V., Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A., Gagnon, D. (2001) Le chancre fusarien sur le chêne rouge (Quercus rubra) au Québec en 1999 et 2000. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 81:158-160
132. Vujanovic, V., Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A., Gagnon, D. (2001) Le chancre fusarien sur le chêne rouge (Quercus rubra) au Québec en 1999 et 2000. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 81:158-159

Articles published in proceedings

None

Scientific reports, manuals and others

1. Lorrain-Landry, F., Messier, C., He, J., Smargiassi, A., Kneeshaw, D.D., Paquette, A., Dupras, J. (2021) Verdir Québec pour augmenter la résilience et l’équité : Étude des préférences citoyennes à l’égard de laforêt urbaine. Technical report 31, Research Chair in Ecological Economics
2. Lorrain-Landry, F., Messier, C., He, J., Smargiassi, A., Kneeshaw, D.D., Paquette, A., Dupras, J. (2021) Verdir Montréal pour augmenter la résilience et l’équité: Étude des préférences citoyennes à l’égard de laforêt urbaine. Technical report 31, Research Chair in Ecological Economics
3. Thiffault, N., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2017) Préparation de terrain, profondeur de mise en terre et gestion de la végétation concurrente dans les plantations de mélèze hybride. Avis de recherche forestière 91. Technical report, Direction de la recherche forestière, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs.
4. Lecigne, B., Follett, M., Nock, C.A., Delagrange, S., Paquette, A., Messier, C. (2014) Identification des facteurs influençant la réaction des arbres aux tailles de dégagement des réseaux électriques. Technical report, Chaire CRSNG/Hydro Quebec sur le contrôle de la croissance des arbres, UQAM
5. Belanger, L., Tremblay, J.-P., Bujold, F., Cote, L., Lamoureux, J., Thiffault, N., Lavoie, L., Paquette, A., Schneider, R. (2013) La sylviculture intensive de plantations dans un contexte d’aménagement écosystémique – Rapport du groupe d’experts, sous la direction de M. Barrette et M. Leblanc. Technical report, Ministère des Ressources naturelles. Direction de l’aménagement et de l’environnement forestiers
6. Cogliastro, A., Paquette, A., Vaillancourt, M.-A., Bouchard, A. (2003) Enrichissement des peuplements de feuillus intolérants et dégradés : succès de la régénération artificielle en feuillus nobles en fonction de la lumière disponible suite aux travaux d'éclaircie et de dégagement. Rapport final déposé à la Direction de la recherche forestière, Forêt Québec, ministère des Ressources naturelles du Québec Projet 0313 3124, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale

Theses, dissertations and essays

1. Paquette, A. (2006) Réhabilitation de forêts par la plantation sous-couvert : écologie des arbres plantés dans le sud-ouest du Québec. PhD thesis, Université de Montréal
2. Paquette, A. (2000) Étude comparative de l’efficience d’utilisation des éléments nutritifs chez deux espèces d’arbres feuillus, le chêne rouge et le frêne de Pennsylvanie, après dix années de croissance en plantation. Master's thesis, Université du Québac à Montréal

Supervised theses, dissertations and essays

1. Di Maurizio, V. (2023) De la communauté au voisinage : une approche fonctionnelle pour évaluer l'effet de la diversité sur la croissance individuelle des arbres. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
2. Couture, A.A. (2022) L'effet de la diversité sur la productivité des communautés végétales change-t-il avec le temps? Une étude basée sur un modèle expérimental simplifié. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
3. Bouliane, P.-A. (2021) Plasticité phénotypique de jeunes arbres le long d'un gradient d'urbanisation. Master's thesis, Université du Québec en Outaouais
4. Bouchard, E. (2020) Une approche fonctionnelle à l'étude de la biogéographie mondiale des arbres. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
5. Martin-Guay, M.-O. (2017) Effets de la diversité sur la croissance de jeunes arbres de la forêt tempérée : rôle de la lumière et stratégies de distribution de la biomasse. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
6. Archambault, C. (2015) Effet de la diversité spécifique et fonctionnelle des arbres sur la densité et profondeur d'enracinement. Master's thesis, UQAM
7. Garbe, C. (2014) Traits fonctionnels des arbres : de la plasticité intraspécifique aux effets de leur diversité sur le fonctionnement de l'écosystème. PhD thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
8. Buitrago, M. (2014) La variabilité des conditions du microsite affecte la réponse initiale des plants de mélèze hybride en plantation. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal
9. Boivin, F. (2010) Est-ce que la position et l'espèce des voisins comptent? une comparaison d'indices de compétition dans des peuplements âgés de huit à quinze ans de la forêt boréale mixte. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal

Non peer-reviewed articles

1. Frayssee, J., Tardif, S., Fernandez, M., Alard, D., Benot, M.-L., Carassou, L., Castagneyrol, B., Ferrandiz-Rovira, M., Paquette, A., Laforest-Lapointe, I. (2023) Biodiversité urbaine : Portraits de Montréal, Bordeaux et Barcelone. Le Climatoscope (5):54-59
2. Secours, E., Paquette, A., Ayotte-Beaudet, J.-P., Chastenay, P., Gignac, A., Castagneyrol, B. (2020) Chenilles-espionnes, un projet de sciences citoyennes pour sensibiliser les jeunes à la biodiversité. Spectre (50):27-31

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