Publications
2022
Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Gessner, M. O., Beisner, B. E., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Petermann, J. S., ... & Nock, C. A. (2022). Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Open access.
2021
Pappas, C., Bélanger, N., Bergeron, Y., Blarquez, O., Chen, H. Y., Comeau, P. G., ... & Kneeshaw, D. (2021). Smartforests Canada: A Network of Monitoring Plots for Forest Management Under Environmental Change. In Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions (pp. 521-543). Springer, Cham.
Schneider, R., Dupont-Leduc, L., Gauthray-Guyénet, V., Cattaneo, N., Simard, T., Begni, A., ... & Nock, C. (2021). Close-to-nature silviculture in eastern Quebec: Advances over the last decade. The Forestry Chronicle, 97(3), 250-262.
Van Sundert, K., Arfin Khan, M. A., Bharath, S., Buckley, Y. M., Caldeira, M. C., Donohue, I., ... & Vicca, S. (2021). Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity. Global Change Biology. PDF
Messier, C., Bauhus, J., Sousa‐Silva, R., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Barsoum, N., ... & Zemp, D. C. (2021). For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!. Conservation Letters, e12829.
Achim, A., Moreau, G., Coops, N. C., Axelson, J. N., Barrette, J., Bédard, S., ... & Montoro Girona, M. (2021). The changing culture of silviculture. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, cpab047.
Gottschall, F., Cesarz, S., Auge, H., Kovach, K. R., Mori, A. S., Nock, C. A., & Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Spatiotemporal dynamics of abiotic and biotic properties explain biodiversity–ecosystem‐functioning relationships. Ecological Monographs, e01490.
Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., ... & Gualmini, M. (2021). Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 90.
Berthelot, S., Frühbrodt, T., Hajek, P., Nock, C. A., Dormann, C. F., Bauhus, J., & Fründ, J. (2021). Tree diversity reduces the risk of bark beetle infestation for preferred conifer species, but increases the risk for less preferred hosts. Journal of Ecology, 109(7), 2649-2661.
Nock, C. A., Jones, K. F., & Greene, D. F. (2021). The effect of icing events on the death and regeneration of North American trees. In Plant Disturbance Ecology (pp. 213-252). Academic Press. PDF
2020
Poeydebat, C., H. Jactel, X. Moreira, J. Koricheva, N. Barsoum, J. Bauhus, N. Eisenhauer, O. Ferlian, M. Francisco, F. Gottschall, D. Gravel, B. Mason, E. Muiruri, B. Muys, C. Nock, A. Paquette, Q. Ponette, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, V. Stokes, M. Staab, K. Verheyen, B. Castagneyrol, and S. Rasmann. 2020. Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships. Functional Ecology 35:67-81. PDF
Patoine, G., H. Bruelheide, J. Haase, C. Nock, N. Ohlmann, B. Schwarz, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, and N. Eisenhauer. 2020. Tree litter functional diversity and nitrogen concentration enhance litter decomposition via changes in earthworm communities. Ecology and Evolution 10:6752-6768. PDF
Robinne, F.-N., J. J. Stadt, C. W. Bater, C. A. Nock, S. E. Macdonald, and S. E. Nielsen. (2020). Application of the Conservation Planning Tool Zonation to Inform Retention Planning in the Boreal Forest of Western Canada. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8.
Lieffers, V. J., Pinno, B. D., Beverly, J. L., Thomas, B. R., & Nock, C. (2020). Reforestation policy has constrained options for managing risks on public forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(9), 855-861.
2019
Schweier, J., Arranz, C., Nock, C. A., Jaeger, D., & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019). Impact of Increased Genotype or Species Diversity in Short Rotation Coppice on Biomass Production and Wood Characteristics. BioEnergy Research, 12(3), 497-508. PDF
Schnabel, F., Schwarz, J. A., Dănescu, A., Fichtner, A., Nock, C. A., Bauhus, J., & Potvin, C. (2019). Drivers of productivity and its temporal stability in a tropical tree diversity experiment. Global Change Biology 25, 4257–4272.
Kambach, S., Allan, E., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Coomes, D. A., Haase, J., Jucker, T., . . . Paquette, A. (2019). How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies? Ecology and Evolution, 1-12.
Eisenhauer, N., Schielzeth, H., Barnes, A., Barry, K., Bonn, A., Brose, U., . . . Ebeling, A. (2019). A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research. Advances in Ecological Research, 61, 1-54. PDF
2018
Van der Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., . . . Barbaro, L. (2018). Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology letters, 21(1), 31-42. PDF
Ruiz-González, C., Archambault, E., Laforest-Lapointe, I., Del Giorgio, P. A., Kembel, S. W., Messier, C., . . . Beisner, B. E. (2018). Soils associated to different tree communities do not elicit predictable responses in lake bacterial community structure and function. FEMS microbiology ecology, 94(8), fiy115.
Paquette, A., Hector, A., Castagneyrol, B., Vanhellemont, M., Koricheva, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., . . . TreeDivNet. (2018). A million and more trees for science. Nature ecology & evolution, 2, 763–766. PDF
Müller, M., Klein, A.-M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Nock, C. A., & Staab, M. (2018). Tree genetic diversity increases arthropod diversity in willow short rotation coppice. Biomass and Bioenergy, 108, 338-344. PDF
Hoeber, S., Arranz, C., Nordh, N. E., Baum, C., Low, M., Nock, C.A., . . . Weih, M. (2018). Genotype identity has a more important influence than genotype diversity on shoot biomass productivity in willow short-rotation coppices. GCB Bioenergy, 10(8), 534-547.
Henry, H. A., Abedi, M., Alados, C. L., Beard, K. H., Fraser, L. H., Jentsch, A., .Nock, C.A., . . Sun, W. (2018). Increased soil frost versus summer drought as drivers of plant biomass responses to reduced precipitation: results from a globally coordinated field experiment. Ecosystems, 21(7), 1432-1444. PDF
Grossman, J. J., Vanhellemont, M., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., . Nock, C.A,. ... Gravel, D. (2018). Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 152, 68-89. PDF
Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., . . Nock, C.A., … Gutiérrez-Girón, A. (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628, 1369-1394. PDF
2017
Sittaro, F., Paquette, A., Messier, C., & Nock, C. A. (2017). Tree range expansion in eastern North America fails to keep pace with climate warming at northern range limits. Global Change Biology, 23(8), 3292-3301. PDF
Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., …Nock, C.A.,. . . Ohse, B. (2017). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology letters, 20(11), 1414-1426. PDF
Patoine, G., Thakur, M. P., Friese, J., Nock, C., Hönig, L., Haase, J., . . . Eisenhauer, N. (2017). Plant litter functional diversity effects on litter mass loss depend on the macro-detritivore community. Pedobiologia, 65, 29-42. PDF
Nock, C. A., Baeten, L., Hector, A., Verheyen, K., Weisser, W. W., & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2017). Quantifying Relationships between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function with Experiments. In Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Infrastructures: Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 534 Pages): CRC Press. PDF
Alberti, G., Nock, C., Fornasier, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., De Nobili, M., Peressotti, A., . . . Bauhus, J. (2017). Tree functional diversity influences belowground ecosystem functioning. Applied Soil Ecology, 120, 160-168. PDF
2016
Wein, A., Bauhus, J., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Nock, C. A., & Staab, M. (2016). Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment. PLOS ONE, 11(12).
Nock, C. A., Vogt, R., & Beisner, B. (2016). Functional Traits. eLS, 1-8. PDF
Nock, C. A., Metcalfe, D. J., & Hietz, P. (2016). Examining the influences of site conditions and disturbance on rainforest structure through tree ring analyses in two Araucariaceae species. Forest Ecology and Management, 366, Pages 65–72. PDF
Nock, C. A., Lecigne, B., Taugourdeau, O., Greene, D. F., Dauzat, J., Delagrange, S., & Messier, C. (2016). Linking ice accretion and crown structure: towards a model of the effect of freezing rain on tree canopies. Annals of botany, 117(7), 1163-1173.
Follett, M., Nock, C. A., Buteau, C., & Messier, C. (2016). Testing a New Approach to Quantify Growth Responses to Pruning Among Three Temperate Tree Species. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 42(3).
2015 and older
Nock, C. A., Taugourdeau, O., Work, T., Messier, C., & Kneeshaw, D. (2014). Urban Forests on the Front Line. Science, 343, 249. PDF
Nock, C. A., Paquette, A., Follett, M., Nowak, D. J., & Messier, C. (2013). Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America. Ecosystems, 16, 1487-1497. PDF
Nock, C., Taugourdeau, O., Delagrange, S., & Messier, C. (2013). Assessing the Potential of Low-Cost 3D Cameras for the Rapid Measurement of Plant Woody Structure. Sensors, 13(12), 16216-16233.
Nock, C., Greene, D., Delagrange, S., Fournier, R., & Messier, C. (2013). In Situ Quantification of Experimental Ice Accretion on Tree Crowns Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning. PLOS ONE, 8(5), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.
Norghauer, J. M., Nock, C. A., & Grogan, J. (2011). The importance of tree size and fecundity for wind dispersal of big-leaf mahogany. PLOS ONE, 6(3), e17488.
Nock, C. A., Baker, P. J., Wanek, W., Leis, A., Grabner, M., Bunyavejchewin, S., & Hietz, P. (2011). Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand. Global Change Biology, 17(2), 1049-1063. PDF
Hietz, P., Turner, B. L., Wanek, W., Richter, A., Nock, C. A., & Wright, S. J. (2011). Long-term change in the nitrogen cycle of tropical forests. Science, 334(6056), 664-666. PDF
Wotton, B. M., Nock, C. A., & Flannigan, M. D. (2010). Forest fire occurrence and climate change in Canada. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19(3), 253-271. PDF (Virtual issue of most cited papers in 25 years)
Nock, C. A., Geihofer, D., Grabner, M., Baker, P. J., Bunyavejchewin, S., & Hietz, P. (2009). Wood density and its radial variation in six canopy tree species differing in shade-tolerance in western Thailand. Annals of botany, 104(2), 297-306. PDF
Nock, C., Caspersen, J., & Thomas, S. (2008). Large ontogenetic declines in intra-crown leaf area index in two temperate deciduous tree species. Ecology, 89(3), 744-753. PDF