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JDI research covers a broad range of subject areas which can be divided into the following categories:

• Forest Health

• Forest Communities and Landscapes

• Biodiversity

• Wildlife Habitat

• Fresh Water Fisheries and Fish Habitat

• Hydrology

• Silviculture Growth and Yield

• Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement

• Carbon Sequestration

• Climate Change

JDI’s long term commitment to R&D has included investment of $17 million in the last decade. A large portion of this research is conducted in collaboration with a number of universities. Projects seek to build our knowledge which is integrated into adaptive forest management.

The following summarizes graduate student projects supervised by leading academic experts across five universities and represents 84 students and 28 academic advisors. This also results in training of high quality biological science and forest management professionals.

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Forest HealtH

Dr. D. Maclean – UNBAmanda Colford. MScF UNB. 2005-2010. Effects of spruce budworm on balsam fir and red spruce mixedwood stand dynamics.

Dr. V. lantz – UNBGreg Slaney. MScF UNB. 2004-2008. Benefits and costs of pest management investments: application to forested landbases in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.

Wei-Yew Chang. PhD UNB. 2006-2010. Socio-economic impact analysis of forest pest outbreaks and control options.

Dr. D. Miller – Carleton UniversitySabrina Mackenzie. MSc Carleton. 1999-2002. Studies of white spruce seedlings inoculated with endophytic fungi.

Mark Foto. MSc Carleton. 2000-2003. Studies of white spruce inoculation methods with endophytic fungi.

Mark Sumarah. PhD Carleton. 2004-2010. Detection methods for endophytes and identification of new strains in other species.

Forest CoMMUNities aND laNDsCapes

Dr. D. Maclean – UNBJeff Higdon. MScF UNB. 2000-2004. A spatially explicit assessment of vertebrate species risk on an industrial forest landbase in New Brunswick, Canada.

Brendan Hemens. MScF UNB. 2001-2008. Spatial and temporal patterns of natural forest disturbance at Black Brook, northern New Brunswick.

David Etheridge. MScF UNB. 2002-2005. Influence of forest management on the spatial and temporal patterns of forest structure in northwestern, New Brunswick.

Mike Montigny. MScF UNB. 2002-2005. TRIAD forest management: scenario planning analysis on an industrial forest in New Brunswick.

Luke Amos-Binks. MScF UNB. 2006-2010. Dynamics of mixedwood stands in northwestern New Brunswick.

Dr. G. Moreau – UdeMFranck Gandiaga. PhD UdeM. 2012-2015. Beetles populations across forest stands.

Paryse Nadeau. MSc UdeM. 2012-2014. Beetle species and distribution in plantations.

Monic Thibault. MSc UdeM. 2013-2015. Beetle response to deadwood abundance.


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Forest CoMMUNities aND laNDsCapes (cont’d)

D. s. sader – UMaineKasey Legaard. PhD UMaine. 2011-2014. Predicting Responses of Forest Landscape Change on Wildlife Umbrella Species.

D. r. seymour – UMainePhilip Hofmeyer. PhD UMaine. 2005-2008. Ecology and Silviculture of Northern White-Cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) in Maine.

BioDiVersity

Dr. K. Frego – UNB-sJAmy Witkowski. MSc UNB-SJ. 2005-2010. Effects of pre-commercial thinning on forest bryophyte diversity.

Sean Haughian. PhD UNB-SJ. 2010-2014. Herbaceous plant and bryophyte studies in plantations under management regimes.

Dr. M. roberts – UNBKeri La France. MScF UNB. 2005-2010. Effects of pre-commercial thinning and plantation management on ground vegetation.

WilDliFe HaBitat

Dr. M.-a. Villard – UdeMJean-Sébastien Guénette. MSc UdeM. 2001-2003. Thresholds in the tolerance of forest birds to habitat alteration.

Jérôme Lemaître. MSc UdeM. 2001-2004. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) distribution and foraging in a managed forest landscape.

Anne-Sophie Bertrand. MSc UdeM. 2002-2006. Selection of indicators biological integrity applicable to managed forest landscapes.

Aurore Pérot. MSc UdeM. 2005-2007. Density versus productivity as indicators of habitat quality.

Jean-Francois Poulin. MSc UdeM. 2006-2007. Investigating mechanisms underlying thresholds in the response of an indicator species (Brown Creeper) to forest structure.

Stéphane Thériault. MSc, UdeM. 2008-2012. Private information, conspecific attraction, and habitat selection in the Ovenbird.

Émilie D’Astous. MSc, UdeM. 2009-2011. Relative influence of food abundance and nest predation on reproductive success in the Brown Creeper.

Samuel Haché. MSc UdeM. 2006-2008. Effects of experimental selection harvesting on productivity and recruitment of two warbler species.PhD. UofA. 2009-2014. Local and regional demography in a migratory forest songbird and effects of forest management intensity. (cosupervised by MAV and Erin Bayne)


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WilDliFe HaBitat (cont’d)

Dr. M.-a. Villard – UdeM (cont’d)Allison MacKay. MSc UdeM. 2010-2013. Potential contribution of black spruce plantations to the conservation of forest bird assemblages at stand and landscape scales.

Alizée Vernouillet. M.Sc. UdeM. 2010-2013. Influence of habitat selection in the Ovenbird on habitat selection over the short- and long-term.

Marie-Line Fiola. M.Sc. UdeM. 2014-present Effects of harvesting in adjacent patches on local bird populations in intact tolerant hardwood stands.

Dr. G. Forbes – UNBJulie Henderson. MScF UNB. 2005-2010. Vertebrate response to precommercial thinning in New Brunswick.

Matt Smith. PhD UNB. 2006-2010. Population viability of a mixed-wood indicator in managed landscapes.

Dr. D. Keppie – UNBEvan Dracup. MSc UNB. 2010-2013. Small mammal studies in plantations under different management regimes.

Tiffany Thornhill. MSc UNB. 2005-2011. Ruffed grouse habitat management in a heavily managed conifer forest.

Dr. C. samson – UdeMPascale Forget. MSc UdeM. 2005-2008. Influence of stand and landscape structure on occurrence and population dynamics of pine marten.

Dr. D. Harrison – U MaineDavid Mallett. MSc UMaine. 2012-2014. Spatial Responses of Canada lynx to changing hare densities.

Sheryn Olson. MSc UMaine. 2012-2014. Seasonal Variation in Snowshoe Hare Spatial Ecology with Implications for Canada Lynx in Managed Forests.

Stephen Dunham. MSc UMaine. 2012-2014. Patch Occupancy, Habitat Use, and Population Performance of Spruce Grouse in Commercially Managed Conifer Stands.

Shonene Scott. MSc UMaine. 2007-2009. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Snowshoe Hare Density and Relationships to Canada Lynx Occurrence in Northern Maine.

Erin Simons. PhD UMaine. 2006-2009. Influences of Past and Future Forest Management on the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Habitat Supply for Canada Lynx and American Martens in Northern Maine.

Angela Fuller. PhD UMaine. 2003-2006. Influence of Forest Practices on Sub-Stand Scale Habitat Selection and Movements of Canada Lynx.


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FresH Water FisHeries aND FisH HaBitat

Dr. r. a. Curry – UNBSean Rogers. MSc UNB. 1998–2000. Population genetics of Brook trout Inhabiting the Miramichi River system.

Eric Chernoff. MSc UNB. 1998-2000. Early development characteristics of anadromous and resident Brook trout.

Dr. r. Cunjak – UNBChris Connell. MSc UNB. 2000 – 2004. Fry stocking and adult translocation as strategies to address patchiness in Atlantic salmon distributions within Clearwater Brook.

Megan Matthews. MSc UNB. 2001 – 2005. Atlantic salmon autumn and spring movements in two tributaries of the Miramichi River.

HyDroloGy

Dr. p. arp – UNBShane Furze. PhD Candidate UNB. 2013-2016. Soil productivity mapping, verification.

Marie-France Jutras. PhD Candidate UNB. 2013-2016. Hydrology, trafficabilitity verification, trafficability forecasting.

Kim Wen. MScF UNB. 2012-2014. Wet-areas mapping, LiDAR, road-stream crossings, verification.

Jae Ogilvie. MScF UNB. 2011-2014. Wet-areas mapping, algorithm developments.

Kyle Chisholme. MScF UNB. 2013-2015. Wet-areas delineation, verification.

Monique Goguen. MScF UNB. 2013-2015. Wetlands delineation, verification.

Doug Hiltz. MScF UNB. 2001-2014. WAM-based vegetation community mapping, verification.

Jeanne Moore. MScF UNB. 2009- 2012. Refining detail of forest site classification for the Fundy Model Forest in New Brunswick.

David Campbell. MScF UNB. 2009-2012. Forest trails: Optimizing trails locations by terrain conditions and other considerations, at high resolution.

Joshua Noseworthy. MScF UNB. 2009-2011. A mass balance, biogeochemical framework for assessing forest biomass harvest sustainability.

Xinyan Chi. MScF UNB. 2006- 2008. Hydrogeological assessment of stream water in forested watershed: temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and electrical conductivity.

Dr. W. Cronon – UMaineDarlene Siegel. MSc UMaine. A Comparison of the Ecological Integrity of Headwater Streams Draining Harvested and Un-Harvested Watersheds in the Western Mountains of Maine, U.S.A.


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silViCUltUre GroWtH aND yielD

Dr. t. erdle – UNBChris Ward. MScF UNB. 2005-2009. Forecasts of Triad Zoning Scenario on New Brunswick Crown License 1.

Dr. D. Maclean – UNBJean-Francois Carle. MScF UNB. 2006-2010. Design and implementation of bio-energy strategies in forest management scenario.

Kwadwo Omari. PhD UNB. 2011-2015. Vegetation, light, and stand structure studies in plantations.

Dr. J. Kershaw – UNBAdam Dick. MScF UNB. 2003-2010. Stand structure before and after harvest inspired by natural disturbance: assessment by photo-based techniques.

Dr. M. Béland – UdeMBruno Chicoine. MSc UdeM. 2006-2009. Natural regeneration response in stands of tolerant and mixed hardwood after various partial cuttings.

Dr. r. Wagner – UMaineBenjamin Rice. PhD UMaine. 2011-2014. Improved sampling methods and growth & yield models for partially harvested stands.

Patrick Clune. MScF UMaine. 2011-2013. Growth and Development of Maine Spruce-Fir Forests Following Commercial Thinning.

Andrew Nelson. PhD UMaine. 2009-2013. Production ecology and stand dynamics of young Acadian forest stands in response to silvicultural intensity and compositional objectives.

Michael Saunders. PhD UMaine. 2003-2006. Dynamics of Forest Structure under Different Silvicultural Regimes in the Acadian Forest.

Dawn Opland, MF UMaine. 2002-2004. Projected response of spruce-fir forests to commercial thinning in Maine.

Howard Daggett. MScF UMaine. 2001-2003. Long-Term Effects of Herbicide and Precommercial Thinning Treatments on Young Spruce-Fir Stands: The Austin Pond Study.

Dr. a. Weiskittel – UMaineMatthew Russell. PhD UMaine. 2008-2012. Modeling individual tree dynamics in the mixed species Acadian Forest.

Joseph Pekol. MScF UMaine. 2009-2011. The influence of commercial thinning on stand- and tree-level mortality patterns of balsam fir and red spruce forests in Maine that have or have not received pre-commercial thinning.

Dr. J. Benjamin – UMaineCharles Coup. MScF UMaine. 2007-2009. A Case Study Approach for Assessing Operational and Silvicultural Performance of Whole-Tree Biomass Harvesting in Maine.


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silViCUltUre GroWtH aND yielD (cont’d)

Dr. r. seymour – UMaineChristopher Zellers. MScF UMaine. 2008-2010. The Growth, Yield, and Financial Performance of Isolated Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) Reserve Trees.

Kate Zellers. MScF UMaine. 2008-2010. Patterns of Regeneration of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) as Influenced by Large Isolated Reserve Trees and Precommercial Thinning.

Christopher Guiterman. MScF UMaine. 2007-2009. The Influences of Conventional and Low Density Thinning on Leaf Area, Growth, and Growing Space Relationships of Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus L.).

Justin DeRose. MScF UMaine. 2002-2004. Leaf Area Index - Relative Density Relationships in Even-Aged Abies Balsamea - Picea Rubens Stands in Maine.

Spencer Meyer. MScF UMaine. 2002-2004. Leaf Area as a Growth Predictor for Red Spruce and Balsam Fir in Managed Stands in Maine.

Dr. M. Greenwood – UMaineCristin O’Brien. MScF UMaine. 2001-2003. Factors Affecting the Regeneration of Red Spruce and Balsam Fir.

Forest GeNetiCs aND tree iMproVeMeNt

Dr. D. Quiring – UNBAlice Verez. Student Exchange UNB. 2007-2009. Genetic resistance to white pine weevil attack in pines.

Dr. Marek Kraswoski – UNBDr. y. s. park – UNB adjunct

Yuhui Weng. PhD UNB. 2006-2010. Non-additive genetic variation in white spruce multi-varietal tests and tree improvement implications.


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CarBoN seQUestratioN

Dr. D. Maclean – UNBEric Neilson. MScF UNB. 2003-2007. Integration of carbon sequestration objectives into forest management planning.

Chris Hennigar. PhD. 2004-2009. Modeling the influence of forest management and spruce budworm epidemics on timbersupply and carbon sequestration.

Jonathan Leggo. PhD. part-time UNB. 2004-2010. Black spruce growth allocation in response to insect defoliation.

Ryan Cameron. MScF UNB. 2010-2012. Comprehensive carbon accounting across J.D. Irving, Limited forest management, forest products processing, and product fate.

CliMate CHaNGe

Dr. e. reekie – acadia UniversityErin Mycroft. MSc Acadia. 2006-2008. Growth response of white spruce to elevated carbon dioxide levels.


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