Olivier Villemaire-Cote- PhD
- Assistant professor at Université Laval
Olivier Villemaire-Cote
- PhD
- Assistant professor at Université Laval
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Introduction
I am an assistant professor at Université Laval at the Department of forest and wood sciences. I focus on silviculture and forest ecology, more specifically on adaptive silviculture and how changes in disturbance regimes will affect forest regeneration, with a particular interest for ungulate browsing.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2023 - August 2023
September 2018 - October 2018
Position
- Teaching Assistant - Silviculture (FOR-4035)
Description
- Full teaching duties for one-third of a 3-credit silviculture course.
September 2016 - December 2020
Position
- Teaching Assistant - Various courses
Description
- Teaching assistant: - Silviculture (2016, 2017, 2020) - Practical training in hardwoods silviculture (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) - Methodology of scientific research (2018) - Wildlife conservation and management (2020)
Education
January 2018 - December 2021
May 2015 - September 2017
September 2012 - April 2014
Publications
Publications (12)
Gap dynamics facilitate recruitment of late-successional species such as northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.). For this reason, harvests that result in partial rather than complete canopy removal have been suggested for cedar. However, success of regenerating cedar following partial harvests is uncertain, especially where there is heavy bro...
Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) is a species of high ecological and economic value whose abundance has been declining since the pre-industrial period. It is an important element of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) habitat, but its regeneration can be compromised by excessive browsing. This situation is especially cr...
Effective restoration planning tools are needed to mitigate global carbon and biodiversity crises. Published spatial assessments of restoration potential are often at large scales or coarse resolutions inappropriate for local action. Using a Tanzanian case study, we introduce a systematic approach to inform landscape restoration planning, estimatin...
Understanding climate as a driver of low- to moderate-severity fires in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone of Canada is a priority given predicted and observed increases in frequency and severity of large fires due to climate change. We characterised historical fire-climate associations using 14 crossdated fire-scar records and tree-ring proxy reconstr...
Gap dynamics play a crucial role in forest regeneration by creating favourable regeneration and survival niches for some plant species. Nonetheless, potentially overriding factors, such as ungulate browsing, could limit or eliminate this gap dynamic-related regeneration. The deleterious effects of browsing may be exacerbated for slow-growing specie...
Understanding climate as a driver of low- to moderate-severity fires in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone of Canada is a priority given predicted and observed increases in frequency and severity of large fires due to climate change. We characterised historical fire-climate associations using 14 crossdated fire-scar records and tree-ring proxy reconstr...
Regional surveys done over the last decades show a clear decline in abundance of Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) throughout its range. A lack of seed trees, difficulties in the establishment of natural regeneration and high browsing pressure caused by increasing deer populations have been identified as plausible causes. Current silvicu...
