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Jean-Claude Ruel

Jean-Claude Ruel

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
4748
World Ranking
7374
National Ranking
456

Overview

Jean-Claude Ruel is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, mechanical engineering, and earth-surface processes. The work spans a range of topics linked to ecological dynamics and forest management.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Tree root and stability studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Jean-Claude Ruel has published research extensively in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Forests
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent publications show a consistent focus on forest dynamics and ecological processes. Examples of their recent papers include:

  • The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis (2021), published in Biogeosciences
  • Testing an individual tree wind damage risk model in a naturally regenerated balsam fir stand: potential impact of thinning on the level of risk (2020), published in Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Wind and Snow Loading of Balsam Fir during a Canadian Winter: A Pioneer Study (2020), published in Forests
  • Ecological issues related to second-growth boreal forest management in eastern Quebec, Canada: Expert perspectives from a Delphi process (2020), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • Reduction in local white-tailed deer abundance allows the positive response of northern white cedar regeneration to gap dynamics (2022), published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Olivier Villemaire-Côté, Jean-Pierre Tremblay, Barry Gardiner, Marine Duperat, and Kaysandra Waldron. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications, reflecting interdisciplinary work within forest ecology and conservation.

Best Publications

  • Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests

    Christian Messier;Rene Doucet;Jean Claude Ruel;Yves Claveau

  • A review of mechanistic modelling of wind damage risk to forests

    Barry Gardiner;Ken Byrne;Sophie Hale;Kana Kamimura

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Understanding windthrow: silvicultural implications.

    Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Factors influencing windthrow in balsam fir forests: from landscape studies to individual tree studies

    Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Modelling the vulnerability of balsam fir forests to wind damage

    A. Achim;J.-C. Ruel;B.A. Gardiner;G. Laflamme

  • Windthrow in riparian buffer strips: effect of wind exposure, thinning and strip width.

    Jean-Claude Ruel;Daniel Pin;Kevin Cooper

  • Spatial patterns of soil microclimate, light, regeneration, and growth within silvicultural gaps of mixed tolerant hardwood white pine stands

    Patricia Raymond;Alison D Munson;Jean-Claude Ruel;K David Coates

  • Establishment, growth and survival of natural regeneration after clearcutting and drainage on forested wetlands

    Vincent Roy;Jean Claude Ruel;Andre P. Plamondon

  • Effect of topography on wind behaviour in a complex terrain

    J.-C. Ruel;D. Pin;K. Cooper

  • Morphological indicators of growth response of coniferous advance regeneration to overstorey removal in the boreal forest

    J. C. Ruel;C. Messier;R. Doucet;Y. Claveau

  • Windthrow hazard modelling in boreal forests of black spruce and jack pine

    Jean-Gabriel Elie;Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Windthrow after group and dispersed tree retention in eastern Canada

    Sébastien Lavoie;Jean-Claude Ruel;Yves Bergeron;Brian D. Harvey

  • Effect of drainage and microtopography in forested wetlands on the microenvironment and growth of planted black spruce seedlings

    Vincent Roy;Pierre-Y. Bernier;André P Plamondon;Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Stand-replacing windthrow in the boreal forests of eastern Quebec.

    Mathieu BouchardM. Bouchard;David PothierD. Pothier;Jean-Claude RuelJ.-C. Ruel

  • Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging

    Kaysandra Waldron;Jean-Claude Ruel;Sylvie Gauthier

  • A GIS Based Approach to Map Wind Exposure for Windthrow Hazard Rating

    Jean-Claude Ruel;Stephen J. Mitchell;Michel Dornier

  • Influence of Stand Density on Ring Width and Wood Density at Different Sampling Heights in Black Spruce ( Picea Mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.)

    Jérôme Alteyrac;S. Y. Zhang;Alain Cloutier;Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Post-cutting Mortality Following Experimental Silvicultural Treatments in Unmanaged Boreal Forest Stands

    Miguel Montoro Girona;Miguel Montoro Girona;Hubert Morin;Jean-Martin Lussier;Jean-Claude Ruel

  • Using null model analysis of species co‐occurrences to deconstruct biodiversity patterns and select indicator species

    Ermias T. Azeria;Ermias T. Azeria;Daniel Fortin;Christian Hébert;Pedro Peres‐Neto

  • Short term response of small mammals and forest birds to silvicultural practices differing in tree retention in irregular boreal forests.

    Mélanie-Louise Le Blanc;Daniel Fortin;Marcel Darveau;Jean-Claude Ruel

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alexis Achim
Alexis Achim Université Laval
Christian Hébert
Christian Hébert Natural Resources Canada
Sylvie Gauthier
Sylvie Gauthier Natural Resources Canada
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Alison D. Munson
Alison D. Munson Université Laval
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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