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Jacques Régnière

Jacques Régnière

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
10363
World Ranking
5450
National Ranking
351

Overview

Jacques Régnière is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans significant subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental concerns, with notable emphasis on:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Jacques Régnière has published several papers in various academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Large-scale genome-wide study reveals climate adaptive variability in a cosmopolitan pest", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Ecology of outbreak populations of the western spruce budworm", 2021, Ecosphere
  • "A Web API for weather generation and pest development simulation in North America", 2022, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • "Modeling weather-driven long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura fumiferana). Part 1: Model description", 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Modeling Climatic Influences on Three Parasitoids of Low-Density Spruce Budworm Populations. Part 3: Actia interrupta (Diptera: Tachinidae)", 2021, Forests

J. Régnière frequently publishes in several venues, most notably:

  • Forests
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Insects

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Rémi Saint-Amant, Véronique Martel, Yan Boulanger, Alain Dupont, and Sara Edwards. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary cooperation in the study of forest insect ecology and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects

    Barbara J. Bentz;Jacques Régnière;Christopher J Fettig;E. Matthew Hansen

  • Assessing the impacts of global warming on forest pest dynamics

    Jesse A. Logan;Jacques Régnière;James A. Powell

  • Effect of climate change on range expansion by the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia

    Allan L Carroll;Steve W Taylor;Jacques Regniere;Les Safranyik

  • Effects of temperature on development, survival and reproduction of insects: experimental design, data analysis and modeling.

    Jacques Régnière;James Powell;Barbara Bentz;Vincent Nealis

  • Potential for Range Expansion of Mountain Pine Beetle into the Boreal Forest of North America

    L. Safranyik;A.L. Carroll;J. Régnière;D.W. Langor

  • Measured and predicted air temperatures at basin to regional scales in the southern Appalachian mountains

    Paul V. Bolstad;Lloyd Swift;Fred Collins;Jacques Régnière

  • Process-Based Models of Phenology for Plants and Animals

    Isabelle Chuine;Jacques Régnière

  • Predicting insect distributions under climate change from physiological responses: spruce budworm as an example

    Jacques Régnière;Rémi St-Amant;Pierre Duval

  • Generalized Approach to Landscape-Wide Seasonal Forecasting with Temperature-Driven Simulation Models

    Jacques Régnière

  • Spruce budworm impact, abundance and parasitism rate in a patchy landscape.

    Naomi Cappuccino;Denis Lavertu;Yves Bergeron;Jacques Régnière

  • Modeling cold tolerance in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae.

    Jacques Régnière;Barbara Bentz

  • 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

  • Insect-host relationships influencing disturbance by the spruce budworm in a boreal mixedwood forest

    V. G. Nealis;J. Régnière

  • IMPACT OF MINIMUM WINTER TEMPERATURES ON THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS

    J. Khai Trân;Tiina Ylioja;Ronald F. Billings;Jacques Régnière

  • Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences

    Barbara Bentz;Jesse Logan;Jim MacMahon;Craig D. Allen

  • Statistical Simulation of Daily Air Temperature Patterns Eastern North America to Forecast Seasonal Events in Insect Pest Management

    Jacques RÉGniÈRe;Paul Bolstad

  • Stochastic simulation of daily air temperature and precipitation from monthly normals in North America north of Mexico

    Jacques Régnière;Rémi St-Amant

  • Ecological mechanisms of population change during outbreaks of the spruce budworm

    J. Régnière;V. G. Nealis

  • Analysis and use of historical patterns of spruce budworm defoliation to forecast outbreak patterns in Quebec.

    David R Gray;Jacques Régnière;Bruno Boulet

  • Climate suitability and management of the gypsy moth invasion into Canada

    Jacques Régnière;Vince Nealis;Kevin Porter

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara J. Bentz
Barbara J. Bentz US Forest Service
Jesse A. Logan
Jesse A. Logan US Forest Service
Allan L. Carroll
Allan L. Carroll University of British Columbia
Olivier Dangles
Olivier Dangles Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
David Paré
David Paré Natural Resources Canada
Christian Hébert
Christian Hébert Natural Resources Canada
Steven J. Seybold
Steven J. Seybold US Forest Service
Martin P. Girardin
Martin P. Girardin Natural Resources Canada
Isabelle Chuine
Isabelle Chuine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David A. MacLean
David A. MacLean University of New Brunswick

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