Université Laval
Postdoctoral fellow candidate
Supervisor: Alison Munson
Start: 2016-11-01
End: 2018-10-01
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Project

Effects of tree species richness and water stress on microbial communities and soil carbon and nitrogen pools in temperate plantations
This study will characterize how tree species richness and water stress affect the functional and structural diversity of microbial communities and soil carbon and nitrogen pools. Two experiments that were established within the TreeDivNet platform, namely the ORPHEE experiment in Bordeaux, and the IDENT experiment in Sault Sainte Marie, will allow us to study the interaction between tree species richness and water stress.

Keywords

Diversité des arbres, Microresp, DNA sequencing, Water stress, Communautés microbiennes du sol, TreeDivNet

Publications

1- Decomposition Patterns of Foliar Litter and Deadwood in Managed and Unmanaged Stands: A 13-Year Experiment in Boreal Mixedwoods
Strukelj, Manuella, Suzanne Brais, Marc J. Mazerolle, David Paré, Pierre Drapeau
2017 Ecosystems

2- Chemical transformations of deadwood and foliar litter of mixed boreal species during decomposition
Strukelj, Manuella, Suzanne Brais, Sylvie A. Quideau, Se-Woung Oh
2012 Canadian Journal of Forest Research

3- Ecosystem Responses to Partial Harvesting in Eastern Boreal Mixedwood Stands
Brais, Suzanne, Timothy Work, Émilie Robert, Christopher O'Connor, Manuella Strukelj, Arun Bose, Danielle Celentano, Brian Harvey
2013 Forests

4- Nine-year changes in carbon dynamics following different intensities of harvesting in boreal aspen stands
Strukelj, Manuella, Suzanne Brais, David Paré
2015 European Journal of Forest Research

5- Chemical transformations in downed logs and snags of mixed boreal species during decomposition
Strukelj, Manuella, Suzanne Brais, Sylvie A. Quideau, Virginie A. Angers, Hedi Kebli, Pierre Drapeau, Se-Woung Oh
2013 Canadian Journal of Forest Research