Coinvestigators: L. Deiss (PDF)
Funding: -
Keyword: Biogeochemistry
Tell me your ecosystem age, I'll tell you which kinds of P species occur in your soil! Leonardo conducts a data synthesis study on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method, which is used to differentiate organic P species.
Investigators: C. Watson (PDF), L. Carillan-Guillemette, Turcotte (BSc), R. Proulx
Funding: UQTR-MAO (2017)
Keyword: Urban Ecology
We explore the benefits from managing extensively your garden looking at: white worms, ragweed, soil temperature, evapotranspiration...
Coinvestigators: R. Giguère-Tremblay (MSc), H. Germain, G. Laperrière, D. Bisson
Funding: MITACS-Accélération, CRIBIQ, Progigraph Inc. and Temiskiming First Nation
Keyword: Biogeochemistry
Here we explore the multiple relationships of alpha and beta biodiversity of bacteria and fungi with the multiple functions of 160 boreal forest sites
Investigators: J. Paillassa (PhD), S. Pépin, I. Wright, G. Éthier
Funding: FRQNT-New researcher (2017-NC-198009)
Keyword: Ecophysiology
Nitrogen and water are two substitutable resources to optimise leaf photosynthesis. We explore how plants manage this optimisation according to climate-soil interactions. (more...)
Coinvestigators: Laurent Lamarque (PDF), Jim Felix-Faure (PDF), E. Lévesque
Funding: NSERC-Discover (2016-05716), UQTR-RIVE (2016)
Keyword: Ecosystem Ecology
Arctic tundra is greening because of shrubification! We investigate the impact of erect shrubs on soil old carbon within the landscape of prostrate arctic tundra in Bylot Island, Nunavut.
Investigators: L. Deschamps (MSc), R. Proulx, N. Gross
Funding: NSERC-Discover (2016-05716)
Keyword: Community Ecology
An exploration of the variation of wetland functional structure in response to plant species richness gradient (richness gradient being nested within soil fertility gradient encompassing bog, fen, meadow and marsh ecosystems).