Proud cloud shoveler @UQAM @CEF and @PaqLab.bsky.social
Also cyclist and xc-skier. Born in 320ppm.
Alain Paquette
Our paper is out! 🌳
We extend the functional group approach from urban forest diversification to temperate managed forests. Exciting times to see urban research stepping out of the understory and into the light.
pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/...
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Mettant en valeur les travaux sur les expériences IDENT, dont celle de Montréal. Plus d'infos sur IDENT par ici!
paqlab.uqam.ca/ident.php
Belle vulgarisation de notre dernier papier dans Nature Reviews Biodiversity - une synthèse internationale sur le lien entre biodiversité et intégrité des écosystèmes forestiers 👇
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actualites.uqam.ca/2026/luqam-p...
📢New release in Nature Reviews Biodiversity bringing together 30 years of experimental research on the effect of biodiversity in forests, and including sites for the IDENT network
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Very proud that what we've developed for cities in Québec will now be used in 🇧🇷! How to diversify native trees in cities: a trait-based approach in the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil.
doi.org/10.1590/1519...
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January issue: Review from Keping Ma on the effects of forest biodiversity on ecosystem function. 🧪🌎
Web link: go.nature.com/4pNeQJ0
Readcube: rdcu.be/eZInL
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A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
The fossil, more than 400 million years old, offers hints about the origin of one of the greatest partnerships in the history of life on Earth.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Venez nous voir à l’Expo QuébecVert!
Trois étudiant.e.s au Paqlab—Ambre Burnou, Jérémy Fraysse, et Sarah Tardif— feront une présentation intitulée “Pourquoi s’intéresser à nos forêts urbaines?” de 11h30 à 12h15 vendredi le 21 novembre.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez expoquebecvert.com.
Des nouvelles du projet URBIRDS
En juin 2025, nous avons collecté des centaines de photos d'oiseaux à l’observatoire urbain de Montréal grâce à des caméras innovantes conçues par le PaqLab et l’INRAE BIOGECO.
Pour en savoir plus, consultez les nouvelles du PaqLab :
paqlab.uqam.ca/news.php?lan...
Alain Paquette
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Hanusch et al.
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Effective forest management in the context of climate change requires adaptive approaches. One key strategy is increasing diversity to mitigate the associated risks. This study employs a functional ap...
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 02 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00112-2Experiments manipulating tree species diversity and measuring effects on ecosystem function have been important tools for assessing how biodiverse forests can accumulate biomass, store carbon and help to meet climate goals. This Review summarizes key findings from global tree biodiversity experiments.
