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Charles P.-A. Bourque

Charles P.-A. Bourque

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
33
Citations
3945
World Ranking
9567
National Ranking
451

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Charles P.-A. Bourque is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada and focuses on research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of study include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Cryospheric studies and observations, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles P.-A. Bourque are:

  • Xin Jia
  • Chuan Jin
  • Tianshan Zha
  • Yun Tian
  • Xinhao Li

Key publication venues where their research appears include:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • CATENA
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Forests

Selected recent papers by Charles P.-A. Bourque are:

  • A multiple-temporal scale analysis of biophysical control of sap flow in Salix psammophila growing in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem of northwest China, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Interannual variation in sap flow response in three xeric shrub species to periodic drought, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Biophysical control on nighttime sap flow in Salix psammophila in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Evaluation of the suitability of six drought indices in naturally growing, transitional vegetation zones in Inner Mongolia (China), 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Multi-year trends and interannual variation in ecosystem resource use efficiencies in a young mixedwood plantation in northern China, 2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Recognition for their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • How climate and vegetation type influence evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in Canadian forest, peatland and grassland ecosystems

    Christian Brümmer;T. Andrew Black;Rachhpal S. Jassal;Nicholas J. Grant

  • Photosynthetic light use efficiency of three biomes across an east–west continental-scale transect in Canada

    Christopher R. Schwalm;T. Andrew Black;Brian D. Amiro;M. Altaf Arain

  • Assessing the impacts of flow diversion terraces on stream water and sediment yields at a watershed level using SWAT model

    Qi Yang;Fan-Rui Meng;Zhengyong Zhao;Thien Lien Chow

  • Late-summer carbon fluxes from Canadian forests and peatlands along an east-west continental transect

    Carole Coursolle;Hank A Margolis;Alan G Barr;T Andrew Black

  • Characterizing spatial representativeness of flux tower eddy-covariance measurements across the Canadian Carbon Program Network using remote sensing and footprint analysis

    Baozhang Chen;Baozhang Chen;Nicholas C. Coops;Dongjie Fu;Hank A. Margolis

  • Potential surface temperature and shallow groundwater temperature response to climate change: an example from a small forested catchment in east-central New Brunswick (Canada)

    Barret L. Kurylyk;C. P. A. Bourque;Kerry T. B. MacQuarrie

  • Spatial extent of winter thaw events in eastern North America: historical weather records in relation to yellow birch decline

    Charles P.-A. Bourque;Roger M. Cox;Darren J. Allen;Paul A. Arp

  • Dry deposition and heavy acid loading in the vicinity of Masaya Volcano, a major sulfur and chlorine source in Nicaragua.

    Pierre Delmelle;John Stix;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Peter J. Baxter

  • Ecosystem water use efficiency in a young plantation in Northern China and its relationship to drought

    Jingyong Ma;Xin Jia;Tianshan Zha;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Charles P.-A. Bourque

  • Spatial mapping of growing degree days: an application of MODIS-based surface temperatures and enhanced vegetation index

    Quazi K. Hassan;Charles P.A. Bourque;Fan-Rui Meng;William Richards

  • Assessing eddy-covariance flux tower location bias across the Fluxnet-Canada Research Network based on remote sensing and footprint modelling

    Baozhang Chen;Baozhang Chen;Nicholas C. Coops;Dongjie Fu;Hank A. Margolis

  • A Wetness Index Using Terrain-Corrected Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Derived from Standard MODIS Products: An Evaluation of Its Use in a Humid Forest-Dominated Region of Eastern Canada.

    Quazi K. Hassan;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Fan-Rui Meng;Roger M. Cox

  • Effects of forest harvesting on summer stream temperatures in New Brunswick, Canada: an inter-catchment, multiple-year comparison

    C. P.-A. Bourque;J. H. Pomeroy

  • Ten-year variability in ecosystem water use efficiency in an oak-dominated temperate forest under a warming climate

    Jing Xie;Jiquan Chen;Ge Sun;Tianshan Zha

  • A new soil-temperature module for SWAT application in regions with seasonal snow cover

    Junyu Qi;Sheng Li;Sheng Li;Qiang Li;Zisheng Xing;Zisheng Xing

  • A multiple-temporal scale analysis of biophysical control of sap flow in Salix psammophila growing in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem of northwest China

    Muhammad Hayat;Tianshan Zha;Xin Jia;Sundas Iqbal

  • Seasonal variation in ecosystem water use efficiency in an urban-forest reserve affected by periodic drought

    Jing Xie;Tianshan Zha;Caixian Zhou;Xin Jia;Xin Jia

  • Simulations of pre- and post-harvest soil temperature, soil moisture, and snowpack for jack pine: comparison with field observations

    J.S Bhatti;R.L Fleming;N.W Foster;F.-R Meng

  • Variation in ecosystem water use efficiency along a southwest-to-northeast aridity gradient in China

    Yujie Bai;Tianshan Zha;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Xin Jia

  • A Novel Modelling Approach for Predicting Forest Growth and Yield under Climate Change.

    M. Irfan Ashraf;Fan-Rui Meng;Charles P.-A. Bourque;David A. MacLean

  • The Nashwaak Experimental Watershed Project: Analysing effects of clearcutting on soil temperature, soil moisture, snowpack, snowmelt and stream flow

    F. R. Meng;C. P. A. Bourque;K. Jewett;D. Daugharty

Frequent Co-Authors

Fan-Rui Meng
Fan-Rui Meng University of New Brunswick
Tianshan Zha
Tianshan Zha Beijing Forestry University
Paul A. Arp
Paul A. Arp University of New Brunswick
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon Wilfrid Laurier University
Hank A. Margolis
Hank A. Margolis National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Heli Peltola
Heli Peltola University of Eastern Finland
Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
M. Altaf Arain
M. Altaf Arain McMaster University
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Lawrence B. Flanagan
Lawrence B. Flanagan University of Lethbridge

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