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boreal forest, understory plant communities, disturbance, forest stand dynamics

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Canada

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University of Alberta: Edmonton, AB, CA

1989-07 to present | Professor (Renewable Resources)
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S. Ellen Macdonald

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University of Calgary: Calgary, AB, CA

1988-06 | PhD (Biological Sciences)
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S. Ellen Macdonald

University of Calgary: Calgary, AB, CA

1983-06 | BSc (Biological Sciences)
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S. Ellen Macdonald

Works (18)

Collection: Changing wildfire regimes, their impacts, and the path forward

Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2025-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2024-0227
Contributors: S. Ellen Macdonald; Sylvie Gauthier
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Functional responses of understory plants to natural disturbance‐based management in eastern and western Canada

Ecological Applications
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/eap.3011
Contributors: Marion Noualhaguet; Timothy T. Work; Charles A. Nock; S. Ellen Macdonald; Isabelle Aubin; Nicole J. Fenton
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Rate of permafrost thaw and associated plant community dynamics in peatlands of northwestern Canada

Journal of Ecology
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14339
Contributors: Ruth C. Errington; S. Ellen Macdonald; Jagtar S. Bhatti
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Edge effects of a linear disturbance on the abundance and reproduction of an annual, Melampyrum lineare, in the boreal forest

Plant Ecology
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-023-01352-y
Contributors: Laureen F. I. Echiverri; S. Ellen Macdonald; Scott E. Nielsen
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Poor regeneration of pine after mountain pine beetle attack in colder boreal regions of Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2024-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2023-0113
Contributors: Victor J. Lieffers; Julie Benedik; Ken Stadt; S. Ellen Macdonald
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Data on vegetation across forest edges from the FERN (Forest Edge Research Network)

Ecology
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4098
Contributors: Karen A. Harper; Logan Gray; S. Ellen Macdonald; Daniel Lesieur; Danielle DeFields; Pavel Dodonov; Caroline Mary Adrianne Franklin; Sean R. Haughian; Liliana Mascarúa López; Alexandra Heathcote et al.
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Growth responses of 20 boreal forest species to oil sands non‐segregating tailings: significance for reclamation

Restoration Ecology
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/rec.13874
Contributors: Wen‐Qing Zhang; Killian Fleurial; Michelle Moawad; Robert Vassov; S. Ellen Macdonald; Janusz J. Zwiazek
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Dynamics and recovery of forest understory biodiversity over 17 years following varying levels of retention harvesting

Journal of Applied Ecology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14366
Contributors: Samuel F. Bartels; S. Ellen Macdonald
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Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
2022-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2022.2082263
Contributors: Ruth Catherine Errington; S. Ellen Macdonald; Natalka A. Melnycky; Jagtar S. Bhatti
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Seasonal and annual dynamics of western Canadian boreal forest plant communities: A legacy data set spanning four decades

Ecology
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3805
Contributors: Amelia V. Hesketh; Jenna A. Loesberg; Ellen K. Bledsoe; Justine Karst; S. Ellen Macdonald
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Neighboring edges: Interacting edge effects from linear disturbances in treed fens

Applied Vegetation Science
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12645
Contributors: Laureen F. I. Echiverri; S. Ellen Macdonald; Scott E. Nielsen; Ralf Ohlemuller
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“These Trees Have Stories to Tell”: Linking Dënesǫ́łıné Oral History of Caribou Use with Trample Scar Frequency on Black Spruce Roots at Ɂedacho Kué

ARCTIC
2021-10-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14430/arctic73160
Contributors: Kelsey L. Dokis-Jansen; Brenda L. Parlee; Łutsël K’e Dëne First Nation; David S. Hik; Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume; Ellen Macdonald; Christina Stinn
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The impact of atmospheric acid deposition on tree growth and forest understory vegetation in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

Science of The Total Environment
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133877
Contributors: Samuel F. Bartels; Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume; S. Ellen Macdonald
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Depth‐to‐water mediates bryophyte response to harvesting in boreal forests

Journal of Applied Ecology
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13359
Contributors: Samuel F. Bartels; Ryan S. James; Richard T. Caners; S. Ellen Macdonald; Zhongling Yang
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Experimental test of assisted migration for conservation of locally range-restricted plants in Alberta, Canada

Global Ecology and Conservation
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00572
Contributors: Yuzhuo Wang; Jennine L.M. Pedersen; S. Ellen Macdonald; Scott E. Nielsen; Jian Zhang
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Bryophyte abundance, diversity and composition after retention harvest in boreal mixedwood forest

Journal of Applied Ecology
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12999
Contributors: Samuel F. Bartels; S. Ellen Macdonald; Derek Johnson; Richard T. Caners; John R. Spence; Cate Macinnis‐Ng
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Survival and growth of residual trees in a variable retention harvest experiment in a boreal mixedwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.026
Contributors: Dingliang Xing; Scott E. Nielsen; S. Ellen Macdonald; John R. Spence; Fangliang He
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Extracting ecological information from oblique angle terrestrial landscape photographs: Performance evaluation of the WSL Monoplotting Tool

Applied Geography
2015-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.012
Contributors: Christopher A. Stockdale; Claudio Bozzini; S. Ellen Macdonald; Eric Higgs
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