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Claude Lavoie

Claude Lavoie

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
5399
World Ranking
4190
National Ranking
178

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5538
World Ranking
6176
National Ranking
386

Overview

Claude Lavoie is an academic affiliated with Université Laval in Canada, specializing primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research contributions include a focus on plant science, ecology, insect science, nature and landscape conservation, and environmental chemistry.

They have published extensively on topics related to ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, ecology and conservation studies, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, and biological control of invasive species. Other areas of interest in their work are aeolian processes and effects, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

Claude Lavoie's recent publication record includes the following papers:

  • Japanese knotweed increases soil erosion on riverbanks (2021) published in River Research and Applications
  • A 2233-year tree-ring chronology of subarctic black spruce (Picea mariana): growth forms response to long-term climate change (2021) published in Ecoscience
  • Efficient and rapid control of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) by combining benthic mats and hand pulling (2023) published in Invasive Plant Science and Management
  • Effectiveness and cost of a rapid response campaign against Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) along a Canadian river (2023) published in Invasive Plant Science and Management
  • Plant cover restoration to inhibit seedling emergence, growth or survival of an exotic invasive plant species (2020) published in Ecoscience

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Rébecca Matte, Maxime Boivin, Vincent Gagné, Ann Delwaide, and Hugo Asselin.

Claude Lavoie often publishes in the following venues:

  • Le Naturaliste canadien
  • Invasive Plant Science and Management
  • Ecoscience
  • River Research and Applications
  • Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biological collections in an ever changing world: Herbaria as tools for biogeographical and environmental studies

    Claude Lavoie

  • Reconstructing the spread of invasive plants: taking into account biases associated with herbarium specimens

    Fanny Delisle;Claude Lavoie;Martin Jean;Daniel Lachance

  • Biological Flora of the British Isles: Ambrosia artemisiifolia.

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Krisztina Biró;Dietmar Brandes;Olivier Broennimann

  • Highways as corridors and habitats for the invasive common reed Phragmites australis in Quebec, Canada.

    Yvon Jodoin;Claude Lavoie;Paul Villeneuve;Marius Theriault

  • Determining the immigration potential of plants colonizing disturbed environments: the case of milled peatlands in Quebec

    Daniel R. Campbell;Line Rochefort;Claude Lavoie

  • Spontaneous revegetation of mined peatlands: An useful restoration tool?

    C. Lavoie;P. Grosvernier;M. Girard;K. Marcoux

  • Spontaneous revegetation of mined peatlands in eastern Canada

    Monique Poulin;Line Rochefort;François Quinty;Claude Lavoie

  • Exotic plant species of the St Lawrence River wetlands: a spatial and historical analysis

    Claude Lavoie;Martin Jean;Fanny Delisle;Guy Létourneau

  • Expansion pathways of the exotic common reed (Phragmites australis): a historical and genetic analysis

    Benjamin Lelong;Claude Lavoie;Yvon Jodoin;François Belzile

  • Black spruce growth forms as a record of a changing winter environment at treeline, Quebec, Canada

    Claude Lavoie;Serge Payette

  • A new herbarium-based method for reconstructing the phenology of plant species across large areas.

    Claude Lavoie;Daniel Lachance

  • Paving the Way for Invasive Species: Road Type and the Spread of Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

    Martin Joly;Pascale Bertrand;Roland Y. Gbangou;Marie-Catherine White

  • How did common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) spread in Québec? A historical analysis using herbarium records

    Claude Lavoie;Yvon Jodoin;Albane Goursaud De Merlis

  • The natural revegetation of a harvested peatland in southern Québec: A spatial and dendroecological analysis

    Claude Lavoie;Line Rochefort

  • The Regeneration of a Highly Disturbed Ecosystem: A Mined Peatland in Southern Québec

    Marc Girard;Claude Lavoie;Marius Thériault

  • Wind erosion and surface stability in abandoned milled peatlands

    Daniel R. Campbell;Claude Lavoie;Line Rochefort

  • Recent fluctuations of the lichen-spruce forest limit in subarctic Quebec.

    Claude Lavoie;Serge Payette

  • Roadside as Invasion Pathway for Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

    Jacques Brisson;Sylvie de Blois;Claude Lavoie

  • The arctic tree line as a record of past and recent climatic changes

    Serge Payette;Claude Lavoie

  • Seeds contribute strongly to the spread of the invasive genotype of the common reed (Phragmites australis).

    François Belzile;Julie Labbé;Marie-Claire LeBlanc;Claude Lavoie

  • Reconstructing the recent dynamics of mires using a multitechnique approach

    Stéphanie Pellerin;Claude Lavoie

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Payette
Serge Payette Université Laval
François Belzile
François Belzile Université Laval
Line Rochefort
Line Rochefort Université Laval
Jacques Brisson
Jacques Brisson University of Montreal
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
André Desrochers
André Desrochers Université Laval
Scott A. Elias
Scott A. Elias Royal Holloway University of London
Robert Vautard
Robert Vautard École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Michael E. J. Masson
Michael E. J. Masson University of Victoria
Matt Smith
Matt Smith University of Worcester

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