CRSNG Subvention à la Découverte/NSERC Discovery Grant (2020-2025)

Chercheur(e) : Nicolas Bélanger

Montant : 160 000 $

The long-term objective of my program is to provide a better understanding of ecosystem functioning and dynamics of eastern Canadian temperate deciduous forests under control and experimental CC, which is needed to predict future temporal and spatial changes in tree species ranges and ecosystem C. To do so, we are studying key ecological and biogeochemical processes in forests, including soil-plant interrelationships, nutrient cycling, tree growth, foliar nutrition and CO₂ sinks-sources. In the next 5 years, we will continue to strengthen the predictive framework of the response of forests to CC by conducting novel manipulative field experiments to assess how soil warming during the growing season and decreased snow cover during winter affect (1) soil C dynamics, (2) soil nutrient availability and (3) tree recruitment, juvenile growth, water use and foliar nutrients at the northern limit of temperate deciduous forests.