Summer stage: Sylvain Delagrange

During the last weeks, Sylvain Delagrange, professor at the Univeristé de Québec en Outaouais (UQO) and researcher at the IQAFF and CEF, has  visited our group. Sylvain's fields of interest include the study of the response of regeneration of broadleaves after disturbances and the use of terrestrial LiDAR to model and assess growth of trees. He is specially interested in the phenotypic plasticity of individuals as a response to changes in their environment. During his stage he has collaborated with us in the study of plasticty and eco-physiological adaptations of mountain species to a gradient of environmental conditions, in the frame of DINAMIX and MONTES projects.

Merci Sylvain, et à bientôt!

Autumn visits

Christian Messier and Michael Papaik recently visited our group in the context of different collaborations. In late September, Dr. Michael Papaik spent a few days with us working on the parametrization of the SORTIE model that we are using to analyse the dynamics of mountain mixed forests in the view of global change (Aitor Ameztegui's PhD). In mid-October, we also received Dr Christian Messier, from the Centre for Forest Research, who is also collaborating with us in different projects.

Both visits were highly profitable for us! As you can see in the picture, there was also time for a bit of mushroom hunting!