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3808
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262

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Hubert Morin is affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences as well as earth and planetary sciences. The subfields of expertise include global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science.

Their research covers key topics such as tree-ring climate responses, fire effects on ecosystems, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and lichen and fungal ecology.

Hubert Morin has published frequently in recognized journals, including Ecosphere, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Forests, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and the Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hubert Morin include:

  • Tree-related microhabitats and deadwood dynamics form a diverse and constantly changing mosaic of habitats in boreal old-growth forests (2021), published in Ecological Indicators
  • Driving factors of conifer regeneration dynamics in eastern Canadian boreal old-growth forests (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • Does the type of silvicultural practice influence spruce budworm defoliation of seedlings? (2021), published in Ecosphere
  • Environmental and developmental factors driving xylem anatomy and micro-density in black spruce (2021), published in New Phytologist
  • Compared to Wildfire, Management Practices Reduced Old-Growth Forest Diversity and Functionality in Primary Boreal Landscapes of Eastern Canada (2021), published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors of Hubert Morin include Miguel Montoro Girona, Maxence Martin, Yves Bergeron, Annie Deslauriers, and Sergio Rossi.

The research contributions span multiple aspects of forest science and environmental dynamics in boreal ecosystems, particularly in eastern Canada. Their work integrates disciplines to analyze impacts related to forest structure, disturbance regimes, and regeneration dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Critical temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers of cold climates

    Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Annie Deslauriers;Jozica Gricar;Jeong-Wook Seo

  • A review of the regeneration dynamics of North American boreal forest tree species

    D. F. Greene;John C. Zasada;L. Sirois;D. Kneeshaw

  • Conifers in cold environments synchronize maximum growth rate of tree-ring formation with day length.

    Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Annie Deslauriers;Tommaso Anfodillo;Hubert Morin

  • Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests

    Henri E. Cuny;Henri E. Cuny;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;David Frank;Patrick Fonti

  • Daily weather response of balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) stem radius increment from dendrometer analysis in the boreal forests of Québec (Canada)

    Annie Deslauriers;Hubert Morin;Carlo Urbinati;Marco Carrer

  • Cellular phenology of annual ring formation of Abies balsamea in the Quebec boreal forest (Canada)

    Annie Deslauriers;Hubert Morin;Yves Begin

  • Application of the Gompertz equation for the study of xylem cell development

    S. Rossi;A. Deslauriers;H. Morin

  • Pattern of xylem phenology in conifers of cold ecosystems at the Northern Hemisphere

    Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

  • Balsam fir mortality following the last spruce budworm outbreak in northwestern Quebec

    Yves Bergeron;Alain Leduc;Claude Joyal;Hubert Morin

  • Dynamics of balsam fir forests in relation to spruce budworm outbreaks in the Boreal Zone of Quebec

    Hubert Morin

  • Chronology of spruce budworm outbreaks near Lake Duparquet, Abitibi region, Quebec

    Hubert Morin;Danielle Laprise;Yves Bergeron

  • Intra-annual tracheid production in balsam fir stems and the effect of meteorological variables

    Annie Deslauriers;Annie Deslauriers;Hubert Morin

  • Climate-induced changes in host tree–insect phenology may drive ecological state-shift in boreal forests

    Deepa S. Pureswaran;Louis De Grandpré;David Paré;Anthony Taylor

  • A new automatic and interactive tree ring measurement system based on a line scan camera.

    Régent Guay;Réjean Gagnon;Hubert Morin

  • Lengthening of the duration of xylogenesis engenders disproportionate increases in xylem production.

    Sergio Rossi;Marie-Josée Girard;Hubert Morin

  • Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers

    Jian-Guo Huang;Qianqian Ma;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Franco Biondi

  • Predicting xylem phenology in black spruce under climate warming

    Sergio Rossi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers;Pierre-Y. Plourde

  • Causes and correlations in cambium phenology: towards an integrated framework of xylogenesis

    Sergio Rossi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers

  • Xylem phenology and wood production: resolving the chicken-or-egg dilemma.

    Carlo Lupi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers;Sergio Rossi

  • A meta-analysis of cambium phenology and growth: linear and non-linear patterns in conifers of the northern hemisphere

    Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Annie Deslauriers
Annie Deslauriers Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Yves Bergeron
Yves Bergeron Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Daniel Houle
Daniel Houle Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Patrick Fonti
Patrick Fonti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Katarina Čufar
Katarina Čufar University of Ljubljana
Walter Oberhuber
Walter Oberhuber University of Innsbruck
Harri Mäkinen
Harri Mäkinen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Jožica Gričar
Jožica Gričar Slovenian Forestry Institute

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