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Daniel Houle is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a total of over 190 publications across these broad fields.

Their work covers a variety of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry. A significant focus of their research lies in topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Forest Ecology and Management, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Daniel Houle has contributed to multiple research articles in prominent venues, frequently publishing in SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Forests, Forest Ecology and Management, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Recent papers include:

  • "Vapour pressure deficit and solar radiation are the major drivers of transpiration of balsam fir and black spruce tree species in humid boreal regions, even during a short-term drought" (2020), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters" (2021), Environmental Research Letters
  • "Influence of hydro-morphologic variables of forested catchments on the increase in DOC concentration in 36 temperate lakes of eastern Canada" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Impact of Climate Change on Soil Hydro-Climatic Conditions and Base Cations Weathering Rates in Forested Watersheds in Eastern Canada" (2020), Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Effects of climate and atmospheric deposition on a boreal lake chemistry: A synthesis of 36 years of monitoring data" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors associated with Daniel Houle include Louis Duchesne, Daniel Kneeshaw, Nicolas Bélanger, Shalini Oogathoo, and Suzanne Couture. These collaborations reflect repeated joint contributions across numerous studies.

Best Publications

  • Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions

    Ouajdi Felfoul;Mahmood Mohammadi;Samira Taherkhani;Samira Taherkhani;Dominic de Lanauze

  • Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory

    Loïc D’Orangeville;Loïc D’Orangeville;Daniel Houle;Louis Duchesne;Richard P. Phillips

  • Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought

    Loïc D'Orangeville;Loïc D'Orangeville;Justin Maxwell;Daniel Kneeshaw;Neil Pederson

  • Basal Area Growth of Sugar Maple in Relation to Acid Deposition, Stand Health, and Soil Nutrients

    Louis Duchesne;Rock Ouimet;Daniel Houle

  • Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forests of northeastern North America

    John L. CampbellJ.L. Campbell;Lindsey E. RustadL.E. Rustad;Elizabeth W. BoyerE.W. Boyer;Sheila F. ChristopherS.F. Christopher

  • Northeastern North America as a potential refugium for boreal forests in a warming climate

    L. D’Orangeville;L. D’Orangeville;L. Duchesne;D. Houle;D. Kneeshaw

  • Calculating Dry Deposition and Canopy Exchange with the Canopy Budget Model: Review of Assumptions and Application to Two Deciduous Forests

    Jeroen Staelens;Daniel Houle;An De Schrijver;Johan Neirynck

  • Interactions of atmospheric deposition with a mixed hardwood and a coniferous forest canopy at the Lake Clair Watershed (Duchesnay, Quebec)

    Daniel Houle;Rock Ouimet;Raynald Paquin;Jean-Guy Laflamme

  • Cystic fibrosis-adapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing lasR mutants cause hyperinflammatory responses.

    Shantelle L. LaFayette;Daniel Houle;Trevor Beaudoin;Gabriella Wojewodka

  • The relationships of soil total nitrogen concentrations, pools and C:N ratios with climate, vegetation types and nitrate deposition in temperate and boreal forests of eastern Canada

    C. Marty;C. Marty;D. Houle;C. Gagnon;F. Courchesne

  • Projections of Future Soil Temperature and Water Content for Three Southern Quebec Forested Sites

    Daniel Houle;Ariane Bouffard;Louis Duchesne;Travis Logan

  • Seasonal nutrient transfers by foliar resorption, leaching, and litter fall in a northern hardwood forest at Lake Clair Watershed, Quebec, Canada

    Louis Duchesne;Rock Ouimet;Claude Camiré;Daniel Houle

  • Response of the Lake Clair Watershed (Duchesnay, Quebec) to changes in precipitation chemistry (1988-1994)

    Daniel Houle;Raynald Paquin;Claude Camiré;Rock Ouimet

  • Increases of dissolved organic carbon in temperate and boreal lakes in Quebec, Canada

    Suzanne Couture;Daniel Houle;Christian Gagnon

  • Vapour pressure deficit and solar radiation are the major drivers of transpiration of balsam fir and black spruce tree species in humid boreal regions, even during a short-term drought

    Shalini Oogathoo;Daniel Houle;Louis Duchesne;Daniel Kneeshaw

  • Influence of climate on seasonal patterns of stem increment of balsam fir in a boreal forest of Québec, Canada

    Louis Duchesne;Daniel Houle;Loïc D’Orangeville

  • Climate change and Canada's forests: From impacts to adaptation

    Daniel Houle;Aynslie Ogden;Tim Williamson;Paul Gray

  • Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters

    Heleen A de Wit;John L Stoddard;Donald T Monteith;James E. Sample

  • Comparisons of watershed sulfur budgets in southeast Canada and northeast US: new approaches and implications

    Myron J. Mitchell;Gary Lovett;Scott Bailey;Fred Beall

  • Prediction of organic carbon content in upland forest soils of Quebec, Canada

    Sylvie Tremblay;Rock Ouimet;Daniel Houle

  • Critical Loads and Exceedances of Acid Deposition and Associated Forest Growth in the Northern Hardwood and BorealConiferous Forests in Québec, Canada

    Rock Ouimet;Louis Duchesne;Daniel Houle;Paul A. Arp

Frequent Co-Authors

Rock Ouimet
Rock Ouimet Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Christian Gagnon
Christian Gagnon Environment and Climate Change Canada
Hubert Morin
Hubert Morin Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Yves Bergeron
Yves Bergeron Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Danuta Radzioch
Danuta Radzioch McGill University
Richard Carignan
Richard Carignan University of Montreal
Daniel Kneeshaw
Daniel Kneeshaw University of Quebec at Montreal
Marcel A. Behr
Marcel A. Behr McGill University
Annie Deslauriers
Annie Deslauriers Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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