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Line Rochefort

Line Rochefort

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
10311
World Ranking
2344
National Ranking
157

Overview

Line Rochefort is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on peatlands and wetlands ecology, with significant contributions to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including ecology, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The main topics of Line Rochefort's work include:

  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Botany and plant ecology studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Bryophyte studies and records
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies

Among frequent publication venues are:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Botany
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Acta Horticulturae
  • Journal of Ecology

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Mélina Guêné-Nanchen (17 joint works)
  • Sandrine Hugron (8 joint works)
  • Maria Strack (6 joint works)
  • Christian Dunn (5 joint works)
  • Chris Freeman (5 joint works)

Line Rochefort's recent papers include:

  • Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale, 2023, Biogeochemistry
  • Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Water Table Fluctuation in Peatlands Facilitates Fungal Proliferation, Impedes Sphagnum Growth and Accelerates Decomposition, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Meta-analysis reveals that enhanced practices accelerate vegetation recovery during peatland restoration, 2023, Restoration Ecology
  • Plant reintroduction in restored peatlands: 80% successfully transferred - Does the remaining 20% matter?, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • North American approach to the restoration of Sphagnum dominated peatlands

    Line Rochefort;François Quinty;Suzanne Campeau;Kurt Johnson

  • Sphagnum—A Keystone Genus in Habitat Restoration

    Line Rochefort

  • Growth, Production, and Decomposition Dynamics of Sphagnum under Natural and Experimentally Acidified Conditions

    Line Rochefort;Dale H. Vitt;Suzanne E. Bayley

  • Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Melanie A. Vile;Ab P. Grootjans;Ab P. Grootjans;Mike C. Acreman

  • Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids

    B. D. A. Naafs;G. N. Inglis;Y. Zheng;M. J. Amesbury

  • Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown

    M Strack;J. M Waddington;L Rochefort;Eeva-Stiina Tuittila

  • Energy and moisture considerations on cutover peatlands: surface microtopography, mulch cover and Sphagnum regeneration

    Jonathan Price;Line Rochefort;Francois Quinty

  • Peatland restoration: A brief assessment with special reference to Sphagnum bogs.

    Eville Gorham;Line Rochefort

  • Sphagnum regeneration on bare peat surfaces : field and greenhouse experiments

    Suzanne Campeau;Line Rochefort

  • LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE POND OCCUPANCY BY FROGS AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR DETECTABILITY

    M. J. Mazerolle;A. Desrochers;L. Rochefort

  • Trophic Interactions in a High Arctic Snow Goose Colony

    Gilles Gauthier;Joël Bêty;Jean-François Giroux;Line Rochefort

  • Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis

    J. Limpens;Gustaf Granath;Urban Gunnarsson;R. Aerts

  • An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper;Frederic C. Wurster;Line Rochefort

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

    Daniel R. Campbell;Line Rochefort;Claude Lavoie

  • Polytrichum strictum as a Nurse-Plant in Peatland Restoration

    Elisabeth V. G. Groeneveld;Ariane Massé;Line Rochefort

  • Spontaneous revegetation of mined peatlands in eastern Canada

    Monique Poulin;Line Rochefort;François Quinty;Claude Lavoie

  • Water and peat chemistry comparisons of natural and post-harvested peatlands across Canada and their relevance to peatland restoration

    Heather L. Wind-Mulder;Line Rochefort;Dale H. Vitt

  • Effect of grazing by greater snow geese on the production of graminoids at an arctic site (Bylot Island, NWT, Canada)

    Gilles Gauthier;R. John Hughes;Austin Reed;Julien Beaulieu

  • Restoration techniques for Sphagnum-dominated peatlands

    Chantale Ferland;Line Rochefort

  • Restoration of Degraded Boreal Peatlands

    Line Rochefort;Elve Lode;Elve Lode

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

    Claude Lavoie;Line Rochefort

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan S. Price
Jonathan S. Price University of Waterloo
Maria Strack
Maria Strack University of Waterloo
Gilles Gauthier
Gilles Gauthier Université Laval
Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
Claude Lavoie
Claude Lavoie Université Laval
Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Håkan Rydin
Håkan Rydin Uppsala University
James M. Waddington
James M. Waddington McMaster University
André Desrochers
André Desrochers Université Laval
Juul Limpens
Juul Limpens Wageningen University & Research

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