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Metafor was created in 2024 as a result of the collaborative efforts of researchers Alexis Achim, Guillaume Moreau and Alexandre Morin-Bernard. With their research programs linked, metafor has created a dynamic, interdisciplinary and innovative research environment!
Since then, the research teams have been grouped together in the same premises, helping each other on a daily basis!
Research Team
Graduate students
Graduate students form the heart of metafor. As Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP), they carry out the bulk of research projects and promote the expertise developed within the team.
Here is the list of HQP currently involved in metafor. Under their project titles, you will find the Supervision team and the research project in which their research question is anchored.
Elena
Abboud
Master student
Monitoring maple syrup production potential in sugar maple stands managed by selection cutting in Quebec
Guillaume Moreau
Maple Syrup Production
Sadia
Afrin
Ph. D. Student
The response of balsam fir forests to wildfires
Alexis Achim
Pyrosylviculture
Catherine
Beaulieu
Ph. D. Student
Flexible forest management
to preserve caribou habitat
in Newfoundland
Alexis Achim
Steeve Côté (ULaval)
Silva21
Valentin
Beaufils
Master Student
Phenological adaptation potential of boreal species and its implications for assisted migration in a context of climate change
Guillaume Moreau
Loïc D'Orangeville
Climatic Stresses | TransX
Vincent
Bonin-Palardy
Ph. D. Student
Fine-scale assessment of the climate sensitivity of tree growth in the context of climate change
Loïc D'Orangeville
Daniel Kneeshaw (UQAM)
Lady
Cardona
Ph. D. Student
Geographic variations in wood characteristics of black spruce in the eastern boreal forest of Canada
Alexis Achim
Pierre-Luc Couillard (MRNF)
Daphne Rose
Courtès
Master Student
Impacts of a new tree selection system on forest stand vigor, wood quality, biodiversity and maple syrup production potential
Alexis Achim
Guillaume Moreau
João Paulo
Czarnecki de Liz
Ph. D. Student
From theory to implementation: targeted assisted migration
Alexis Achim
Nicholas Coops (UBC)
Silva21
Sarah
Desrosiers-Vaillancourt
Master Student
Ecosystem restoration using beaver dam analogues: Quantifying effects on riparian vegetation and cutthroat trout habitat with airborne LiDAR
Alexis Achim
Sébastien
Dumont
Ph. D. Student
Impact of acute climatic stresses on tree growth
in Canada
Guillaume Moreau
Loïc D'Orangeville
Silva21 | TransX
Helin
Dura
Ph. D. Student
Market valuation of forest potential in the context of climate change
Alexis Achim
Mathieu Fortin (NRCan)
Silva21
Sandy
Grimm
Ph. D. Student
Anticipating future seed availability in Quebec forests: current status and effects of climate change
Loïc D'Orangeville
Shaya
Gholami
Ph. D. Student
Investigating the expansion
of open canopy stands in managed boreal forest of Canada
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Alexis Achim
Silva21
Patricia
Hounwanou
Ph. D. Student
Changes in wildfire risk in humid balsam fir forests of Eastern Quebec (Montmorency Forest) under climate change
Alexis Achim
Pyrosylviculture
Mathieu
Leblanc
Master Student
Effects of different harvesting intensities on maple syrup yield
Guillaume Moreau
Maple Syrup Production
Florence
Leduc
Ph. D. Student
The impact of climate change on Nova Scotia's commercial species
Alexis Achim
Guillaume Moreau
Silva21
Nicolas
Legault
Master Student
Dynamic Mapping of Forest Stand Growth
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Alexis Achim
Alix
Madore-Villeneuve
Master Student
A dynamic inventoryfor a changing forest: Developing an approach for the continuous updating of forest attributes by integrating LiDAR data and satellite remote sensing
Alexis Achim
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Jeremy
Mainville-Gamache
Master Student
Impact of density and structure on the resilience of maple stands to climatic stresses
Guillaume Moreau
Maple Syrup Production
Vicky
Martin
Master Student
Vertical structure as a driver of potential fire severity in managed stands
Alexis Achim
Pyrosylviculture
Lena
Mazuryk
Master Student
Assessing the effects of forest management and disturbances to the natural environment on the habitat quality of native Alberta trout
Alexis Achim
Benjamin Kissinger (UCalgary)
Marie-Anne
Michaud-Valcourt
Master Student
Analysis of the impacts of partial disturbances in the boreal forest using an integrated dendrochronology-remote sensing approach
Guillaume Moreau
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Climatic Stresses
Laurianne
Mignault Gagnon
Master Student
Contemporary forest dynamics of eastern white ce
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Martin Lavoie (ULaval)
Rosalie
Morin
Master Student
Wound closure dynamics and their impact on the extent of compartimentalization, tapping patterns, and stem value
Guillaume Moreau
Maple Syrup Production
Martin
Pelletier
Master Student
Quality of tree marking and harvesting priorities in maple groves intended for maple syrup production
Guillaume Moreau
David Pothier (ULaval)
Maple Syrup Production
Marie-Pier
Perron
Master Student
Comparison of the functional traits of leaves between
populations of hardwood species planted along a latitudinal gradient in eastern North America
Loïc D'Orangeville
Guillaume Moreau
TransX
Philippe
Riel
Ph. D. Student
Adaptive capacity of Canadian subarctic forests to climate change
Guillaume Moreau
Alexis Achim
Climatic Stresses | TransX
Lou
Tardif-Samson
Master Student
Assessment of the biogenic carbon footprint of electricity transmission lines crossing forest environments using airborne LiDAR
Alexandre Morin-Bernard
Évelyne Thiffault (ULaval)
Robin
Tremblay
Master Student
Fuel load dynamics and fire behavior after progressive cutting: a comparison of conventional treatments and with biomass recovery
Alexis Achim
Pyrosylviculture
David
Voyer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Implementing a simplified tree-marking system in sugar maple stands in an industrial context
Alexis Achim
Guillaume Moreau
Former students (starting from 2024)
Masters
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Sandrine Paquin. Changement climatique et sylviculture adaptative : jouer pour collaborer grâce à un jeu sérieux. 2022-2024. Direction : Alexis Achim; co-direction : Maude Flammand Hubert
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Benjamin Bouthenet. Effets de Fomitiporia punctata sur la croissance et la qualité du bois du chêne rouge. 2023-2025. Direction : Alexis Achim.
Ph. D.
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Laurence Boudreault. Sélection et caractérisation des frênes noirs utilisés dans la vannerie traditionnelle W8banaki. 2021-2025.
Direction : Alexis Achim; co-direction : Maude Flammand Hubert
Research associates
Research associates assist researchers in supervising graduate students, writing grant applications and carrying out various research projects.
Emmanuelle
Baby-Bouchard
Research Associate
Alexis Achim
Catherine
Chagnon
Research Associate
Alexis Achim
Michael
Cliche
Research Associate
Guillaume Moreau
Véronique
Migué
Research Associate
Alexis Achim | William Moreau
Maxim
Parot
Research Associate
Alexis Achim
Pierre-Yves
Tremblay
Research Associate