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Overview

Lisa A. Venier is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research predominantly focuses on ecological and environmental dynamics within forest ecosystems.

Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Soil Science. Key topics covered in their studies include fire effects on ecosystems, forest ecology and biodiversity, ecology and vegetation dynamics, forest management and policy, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and forest insect ecology and management.

Recent publications by Lisa A. Venier and collaborators illustrate these research interests:

  • "Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Scientific considerations and challenges for addressing cumulative effects in forest landscapes in Canada" (2020, Environmental Reviews)
  • "Direct and Indirect Effects of Forest Anthropogenic Disturbance on Above and Below Ground Communities and Litter Decomposition" (2021, Ecosystems)
  • "All boreal forest successional stages needed to maintain the full suite of soil biodiversity, community composition, and function following wildfire" (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • "Forest soil biotic communities show few responses to wood ash applications at multiple sites across Canada" (2022, Scientific Reports)

Lisa A. Venier has collaborated frequently with various researchers, including:

  • Dave Morris
  • Emily Smenderovac
  • Erik J. S. Emilson
  • Teresita M. Porter
  • Caroline E. Emilson

Their scholarly contributions are often published in venues that include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Forestry Chronicle
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • The use of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) as bioindicators of sustainable forest management: A review

    Jennie L. Pearce;Lisa A. Venier

  • Coarse woody debris in relation to disturbance and forest type in boreal Canada

    John H. Pedlar;Jennie L. Pearce;Lisa A. Venier;Daniel W. McKenney

  • Effects of natural resource development on the terrestrial biodiversity of Canadian boreal forests 1

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  • Small mammals as bioindicators of sustainable boreal forest management

    Jennie Pearce;Lisa Venier

  • Canada’s plant hardiness zones revisited using modern climate interpolation techniques

    Daniel McKenney;Michael Hutchinson;Jennifer Kesteven;Lisa Venier

  • Habitat availability causes the species abundance-distribution relationship

    L. A. Venier;L. Fahrig

  • Ecological Sustainability of Birds in Boreal Forests

    Gerald J Niemi;Joann Hanowski;Pekka Helle;Robert Howe

  • Why we disagree about assisted migration: Ethical implications of a key debate regarding the future of Canada's forests

    I. Aubin;C. M. Garbe;S. Colombo;C. R. Drever

  • Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

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  • Influence of habitat and microhabitat on epigeal spider (Araneae) assemblages in four stand types

    J.L. Pearce;L.A. Venier;G. Eccles;J.H. Pedlar

  • Climate and satellite-derived land cover for predicting breeding bird distribution in the Great Lakes Basin

    L. A. Venier;J. Pearce;J. E. McKee;D. W. McKenney

  • Utility of dynamic-landscape metapopulation models for sustainable forest management

    Brendan A. Wintle;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Lisa A. Venier;Jennie L. Pearce

  • Evaluation of an automated recording device for monitoring forest birds

    Lisa A. Venier;Stephen B. Holmes;George W. Holborn;Kenneth A. Mcilwrick

  • DNA metabarcoding and morphological macroinvertebrate metrics reveal the same changes in boreal watersheds across an environmental gradient.

    Caroline E. Emilson;Dean G. Thompson;Lisa A. Venier;Teresita M. Porter;Teresita M. Porter

  • Behavioural patterns of extra-pair copulation in tree swallows

    Lisa A. Venier;Peter O. Dunn;Jan T. Lifjeld;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Models of large‐scale breeding‐bird distribution as a function of macro‐climate in Ontario, Canada

    L. A. Venier;D. W. McKenney;Y. Wang;J. McKee

  • Can a trait-based multi-taxa approach improve our assessment of forest management impact on biodiversity?

    Isabelle Aubin;Lisa Venier;Jennie Pearce;Marco Moretti

  • Influence of habitat and microhabitat on carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in four stand types

    J.L. Pearce;L.A. Venier;J. McKee;J. Pedlar

  • Boreal bird community response to jack pine forest succession

    Lisa A. Venier;Jennie L. Pearce

  • Copulation behaviour of the tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor : Paternity assurance in the presence of sperm competition.

    Lisa A. Venier;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Pitfall trap designs to maximize invertebrate captures and minimize captures of nontarget vertebrates

    J.L. Pearce;D. Schuurman;K.N. Barber;M. Larrivée

  • Wood ash as a soil amendment in Canadian forests: what are the barriers to utilization?

    K.D. Hannam;L. Venier;D. Allen;C. Deschamps

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. McKenney
Daniel W. McKenney Natural Resources Canada
David P. Kreutzweiser
David P. Kreutzweiser Natural Resources Canada
Armand Séguin
Armand Séguin Natural Resources Canada
Sarah A. Bekessy
Sarah A. Bekessy RMIT University
Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Marco Moretti
Marco Moretti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
David Paré
David Paré Natural Resources Canada
Lenore Fahrig
Lenore Fahrig Carleton University
Christian Hébert
Christian Hébert Natural Resources Canada

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