Mountain pine beetles have caused extensive tree mortality in Canadian boreal forests. In some areas, ectomycorrhizal (EM) pine stands have been replaced by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) vegetation. Giv...

Recent discussions on soil health, soil degradation, and soil security have increased awareness of Canada’s forests and their soils as national assets. Foremost is their ability to support timber prod...

Renewable Resources Admission Process

Graduate students can select from 18 thesis-based or course based degrees in five different topic areas Conservation Biology, Forest Ecology and Management, Agriculture and the Environment, Reclamatio...

We estimated boreal forest nitrogen accumulation rates in the first 200 years after wildfire and found that rates were largely driven by wildfire severity and dominant canopy type (i.e., evergreen or...

Reflecting on his experiences as a scientist, educator and beloved television host, John Acorn shared how meaningful communication can spark curiosity in ways we may never predict. His parting message...

We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like airplanes or human hearts

PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen

Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimag...