Adam Ali

Chercheur associé
Fonctionnement pluriséculaire des écosystèmes boréaux, paléoécologie

Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution
Université de Montpellier
France

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FORMATION

• 2007-2008-Chercheur postdoctoral, Université du Québec à Montréal, GEOTOP (Canada)
• 2005-2007-Chercheur postdoctoral, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Canada)
• 2004-2005-ATER, École Pratique des Hautes Études (France)
• 2003 doctorat en Biologie, Écologie et Évolution, Université de Montpellier 2

THÈMES DE RECHERCHE

Depuis une quinzaine d’année, mes travaux de recherche s’articulent essentiellement autour de la caractérisation du fonctionnement à long terme (pluriséculaires) des écosystèmes boréaux. La forêt boréale constitue un des plus grands domaines forestiers de la planète, avec plus d’un milliard hectares de forêt qui ceinture l’hémisphère Nord de l’Océan Atlantique au Pacifique, au niveau du cercle polaire. Elle joue un rôle fondamental dans l’équilibre climatique de la planète en constituant notamment le plus grand réservoir terrestre de carbone, accumulé principalement dans des tourbières plurimillénaires. En corollaire, les incendies de forêt constituent l’une des perturbations majeures qui façonnent les paysages de la forêt boréale. Un des objectifs de mes travaux de recherche est de caractériser la variabilité naturelle des régimes de perturbation par le feu dans le contexte des changements climatiques en cours. Dans cette optique j’ai recours aux outils et approches de la paléoécologie. Je développe cette activité de recherche au sein de l’IRN (International Research Network) Forêts Froides. Notre consortium regroupe des chercheurs canadiens, russes, scandinaves et français. L’IRN est notamment le siège de formations d’étudiants de masters et doctorats en écologie forestière et gestion de la biodiversité, fondées notamment sur de nombreux stages de perfectionnement au sein du consortium.

A. Ali est aussi membre du Réseau de Recherche International Forêts froides  qui regroupe maintenant plusieurs pays (France, Canada, Chine, Russie, Suède, Norvège).

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1. Waito, J., Girardin, M.P., Tardif, J.C., Hely, C., Blarquez, O., Ali, A.A. (2015) Fire and climate: Using the past to predict the future. In Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. (Peh, K.S.-H., Corlett, R.T. and Bergeron, Y., Eds.) Pages 473-487

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1. Suranyi, T., Talbot, J., Francis, D., Feussom Tcheumeleu, A., Grondin, P., Rius, D., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Millet, L. (2025) Chironomid assemblages in surface sediments from 182 lakes across New England and Eastern Canada: Development and validation of a new summer temperature transfer function. Quaternary Science Reviews, 357:109333
2. Ryzhkova, N., Asselin, H., Ali, A.A., Kryshen, A., Bergeron, Y., Robles, D., Pineda-Zapata, S., Drobyshev, I. (2025) PDO Dynamics Shape the Fire Regime of Boreal Subarctic Landscapes in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130(2):e2024JG008178
3. Vogel, M.F., Ali, A.A., Joannin, S., Bergeron, Y., Asselin, H. (2024) Postglacial vegetation migration facilitated by outposts on proglacial lake islands in eastern North America. Quaternary Science Advances, 13:100164
4. Girardin, M.P., Gaboriau, D.M., Ali, A.A., Gajewski, K., Briere, M.D., Bergeron, Y., Paillard, J., Waito, J., Tardif, J.C. (2024) Boreal forest cover was reduced in the mid-Holocene with warming and recurring wildfires. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1):176
5. Tcheumeleu, A.F., Millet, L., Rius, D., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Grondin, P., Gauthier, S., Blarquez, O. (2023) An 8500-year history of climate-fire-vegetation interactions in the eastern maritime black spruce–moss bioclimatic domain, Québec, Canada. Écoscience
6. Remy, C.C., Magne, G., Stivrins, N., Aakala, T., Asselin, H., Seppa, H., Luoto, T., Jasiunas, N., Ali, A.A. (2023) Climatic and vegetational controls of Holocene wildfire regimes in the boreal forest of northern Fennoscandia. Journal of Ecology, 111(4):845-860
7. Gaboriau, D., Chaste, E., Girardin, M.P., Asselin, H., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Hely, C. (2023) Interactions within the climate-vegetation-fire nexus may transform 21st century boreal forests in northwestern Canada. iScience, 26:106807
8. Lacand, M., Asselin, H., Magne, G., Aakala, T., Remy, C.C., Seppa, H., Ali, A.A. (2023) Multimillennial fire history of northern Finland along a latitude/elevation gradient. Quaternary Science Reviews, 312:108171
9. Vogel, M.F., Asselin, H., Joannin, S., Bergeron, Y., Leclercq, S., Latapy, C., Ali, A.A. (2023) Early afforestation on islands of proglacial Lake Ojibway as evidence of post-glacial migration outposts. Holocene, 33(8):975-985
10. Ryzhkova, N., Kryshen, A., Niklasson, M., Pinto, G., Aleinikov, A., Kutyavin, I., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A., Drobyshev, I. (2022) Climate drove the fire cycle and humans influenced fire occurrence in the East European boreal forest. Ecological Monographs, 92(4):e1530
11. Gaboriau, D.M., Asselin, H., Ali, A.A., Hély, C., Girardin, M.-P. (2022) Drivers of extreme wildfire years in the 1965–2019 fire regime of the Tłı̨chǫ First Nation territory, Canada. Écoscience, 3(29):249-265
12. Hely, C., Chaste, E., Girardin, M.P., Remy, C., Blarquez, O., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2020) A Holocene Perspective of Vegetation Controls on Seasonal Boreal Wildfire Sizes Using Numerical Paleo-Ecology. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3:106
13. Hennebelle, A., Aleman, J.C., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Carcaillet, C., Grondin, P., Landry, J., Blarquez, O. (2020) The reconstruction of burned area and fire severity using charcoal from boreal lake sediments. Holocene, 30(10):1400-1409
14. Gaboriau, D., Remy, C., Girardin, M.P., Asselin, H., Hely, C., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2020) Temperature and fuel availability control fire size/severity in the boreal forest of central Northwest Territories, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews
15. Girardin, M.P., Portier, J., Remy, C., Ali, A.A., Paillard, J., Blarquez, O., Asselin, H., Gauthier, S., Grondin, P., Bergeron, Y. (2019) Coherent signature of warming-induced extreme sub-continental boreal wildfire activity 4800 and 1100 years BP. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12):124042
16. Bajolle, L., Larocque-Tobler, I., Ali, A.A., Lavoie, M., Bergeron, Y., Gandouin, E. (2019) A chironomid-inferred Holocene temperature record from a shallow Canadian boreal lake: potentials and pitfalls. Journal of Paleolimnology, 61(1):69-84
17. Bastianelli, C., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Hely, C., Pare, D. (2019) Tracking Open Versus Closed-Canopy Boreal Forest Using the Geochemistry of Lake Sediment Deposits. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(5):1278-1289
18. Remy, C., Senici, D., Chen, H.Y.H., Bergeron, Y., Lavoie, M., Paradis, L., Ali, A.A. (2019) Coniferization of the mixed-wood boreal forests under warm climate. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34(7):509-518
19. Bajolle, L., Larocque-Tobler, I., Gandouin, E., Lavoie, M., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2018) Major postglacial summer temperature changes in the central coniferous boreal forest of Quebec (Canada) inferred using chironomid assemblages. Journal of Quaternary Science, 33(4):409-420
20. Waito, J., Girardin, M.P., Tardif , J., Conciatori, F., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2018) Recent fire activity in the boreal eastern interior of North America is below that of the past 2000 yr. Ecosphere, 9(6):e02287
21. Hennebelle, A., Grondin, P., Aleman, J.C., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y., Borcard, D., Blarquez, O. (2018) Using paleoecology to improve reference conditions for ecosystem-based management in western spruce-moss subdomain of Québec. Forest Ecology and Management, 430:157 - 165
22. Remy, C.C., Fouquemberg, C., Asselin, H., Andrieux, B., Magnan, G., Brossier, B., Grondin, P., Bergeron, Y., Talon, B., Girardin, M.P. et al. (2018) Guidelines for the use and interpretation of palaeofire reconstructions based on various archives and proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 193:312 - 322
23. Remy, C.C., Hely, C., Blarquez, O., Magnan, G., Bergeron, Y., Lavoie, M., Ali, A.A. (2017) Different regional climatic drivers of Holocene large wildfires in boreal forests of northeastern America. Environmental Research Letters, 12(3)
24. Remy, C.C., Lavoie, M., Girardin, M.P., Hely, C., Bergeron, Y., Grondin, P., Oris, F., Asselin, H., Ali, A.A. (2017) Wildfire size alters long-term vegetation trajectories in boreal forests of eastern North America. Journal of Biogeography, 44(6):1268-1279
25. Bastianelli, C., Ali, A.A., Beguin, J., Bergeron, Y., Grondin, P., Hely, C., Pare, D. (2017) Boreal coniferous forest density leads to significant variations in soil physical and geochemical properties. Biogeosciences, 14(14):3445-3459
26. Drobyshev, I., Bergeron, Y., Vernal, A.D., Moberg, A., Ali, A.A., Niklasson, M. (2016) Atlantic SSTs control regime shifts in forest fire activity of Northern Scandinavia. Scientific Reports, 6
27. Ouarmim, S., Paradis, L., Asselin, H., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A., Hely, C. (2016) Burning potential of fire refuges in the boreal mixedwood forest. Forests, 7(10):246
28. Senici, D., Chen, H.Y.H., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2015) The effects of forest fuel connectivity on spatiotemporal dynamics of Holocene fire regimes in the central boreal forest of North America. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(4):365-375
29. Blarquez, O., Ali, A.A., Girardin, M.P., Grondin, P., Frechette, B., Bergeron, Y., Hely, C. (2015) Regional paleofire regimes affected by non-uniform climate, vegetation and human drivers. Scientific Reports, 5:13356-
30. Ouarmim, S., Ali, A.A., Asselin, H., Hely, C., Bergeron, Y. (2015) Evaluating the persistence of post-fire residual patches in the eastern Canadian boreal mixedwood forest. Boreas, 44(1):230-239
31. El Guellab, A., Asselin, H., Gauthier, S., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2015) Holocene variations of wildfire occurrence as a guide for sustainable management of the northeastern Canadian boreal forest. Forest Ecosystems, 2(1):15
32. Ouarmim, S., Asselin, H., Hely, C., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2014) Long-term dynamics of fire refuges in boreal mixedwood forests. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29:123-129
33. Ouarmim, S., Asselin, H., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A., Hely, C. (2014) Stand structure in fire refuges of the eastern Canadian boreal mixedwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 324:1-7
34. Brossier, B., Oris, F., Finsinger, W., Asselin, H., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2014) Using tree-ring records to calibrate peak detection in fire reconstructions based on sedimentary charcoal records. Holocene, 24(6):635-645
35. Oris, F., Asselin, H., Finsinger, W., Hely, C., Blarquez, O., Ferland, M.-E., Bergeron, Y., Ali, A.A. (2014) Long-term fire history in northern quebec: Implications for the northern limit of commercial forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51(3):675-683
36. Oris, F., Asselin, H., Ali, A.A., Finsinger, W., Bergeron, Y. (2014) Effect of increased fire activity on global warming in the boreal forest. Environmental Reviews, 22(3):206-219
37. Oris, F., Ali, A.A., Asselin, H., Paradis, L., Bergeron, Y., Finsinger, W. (2014) Charcoal dispersion and deposition in boreal lakes from 3 years of monitoring: Differences between local and regional fires. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(19):6743-6752
38. Oris, F., Lamentowicz, M., Genries, A., Mourier, B., Blarquez, O., Ali, A.A., Bremond, L., Carcaillet, C. (2013) Holocene changes in climate and land use drove shifts in the diversity of testate amoebae in a subalpine pond. Journal of Paleolimnology, 49(4):633-646
39. Senici, D., Lucas, A., Chen, H.Y.H., Bergeron, Y., Larouche, A., Brossier, B., Blarquez, O., Ali, A.A. (2013) Multi-millennial fire frequency and tree abundance differ between xeric and mesic boreal forests in central Canada. Journal of Ecology, 101(2):356-367
40. Girardin, M.P., Ali, A.A., Carcaillet, C., Blarquez, O., Hely, C., Terrier, A., Genries, A., Bergeron, Y. (2013) Vegetation limits the impact of a warm climate on boreal wildfires. New Phytologist, 199(4):1001-1011
41. Blarquez, O., Girardin, M.P., Leys, B., Ali, A.A., Aleman, J.C., Bergeron, Y., Carcaillet, C. (2013) Paleofire reconstruction based on an ensemble-member strategy applied to sedimentary charcoal. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(11):2667-2672
42. Girardin, M.P., Ali, A.A., Carcaillet, C., Gauthier, S., Hely, C., Le Goff, H., Terrier, A., Bergeron, Y. (2013) Fire in managed forests of eastern Canada: Risks and options. Forest Ecology and Management, 294:238-249
43. Fauvart, N., Ali, A.A., Terral, J.-F., Roiron, P., Blarquez, O., Carcaillet, C. (2012) Holocene upper tree-limits of Pinus section sylvestris in the Western Alps as evidenced from travertine archives. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 169:96-102
44. van Bellen, S., Garneau, M., Ali, A.A., Bergeron, Y. (2012) Did fires drive Holocene carbon sequestration in boreal ombrotrophic peatlands of eastern Canada? Quaternary Research, 78(1):50-59
45. Genries, A., Finsinger, W., Asnong, H., Bergeron, Y., Carcaillet, C., Garneau, M., Hely, C., Ali, A.A. (2012) Local versus regional processes: Can soil characteristics overcome climate and fire regimes by modifying vegetation trajectories? Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(7):745-756
46. Ali, A.A., Blarquez, O., Girardin, M.P., Hely, C., Tinquaut, F., El Guellab, A., Valsecchi, V., Terrier, A., Bremond, L., Genries, A. et al. (2012) Control of the multimillennial wildfire size in boreal North America by spring climatic conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(51):20966-20970
47. Mahaney, W.C., Tricart, P., Carcaillet, C., Blarquez, O., Ali, A.A., Argant, J., Barendregt, R.W., Kalm, V. (2010) Hannibal's invasion route: An age-old question revisited within a geoarchaeological and palaeobotanical context. Archaeometry, 52(6):1096-1109
48. Hely, C., Girardin, M.P., Ali, A.A., Carcaillet, C., Brewer, S., Bergeron, Y. (2010) Eastern boreal North American wildfire risk of the past 7000 years: A model-data comparison. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(14):--
49. Carcaillet, C., Richard, P.J.H., Bergeron, Y., Frechette, B., Ali, A.A. (2010) Resilience of the boreal forest in response to Holocene fire-frequency changes assessed by pollen diversity and population dynamics. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19(8):1026-1039
50. Bremond, L., Carcaillet, C., Favier, C., Ali, A.A., Paitre, C., Begin, Y., Bergeron, Y., Richard, P.J.H. (2010) Effects of vegetation zones and climatic changes on fire-induced atmospheric carbon emissions: A model based on paleodata. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19(8):1015-1025
51. Carcaillet, C., Ali, A.A., Blarquez, O., Genries, A., Mourier, B., Bremond, L. (2009) Spatial variability of fire history in subalpine forests: From natural to cultural regimes. Ecoscience, 16(1):1-12
52. Ali, A.A., Carcaillet, C., Bergeron, Y. (2009) Long-term fire frequency variability in the eastern Canadian boreal forest: the influences of climate vs. local factors. Global Change Biology, 15(5):1230-1241
53. Ali, A.A., Higuera, P.E., Bergeron, Y., Carcaillet, C. (2009) Comparing fire-history interpretations based on area, number and estimated volume of macroscopic charcoal in lake sediments. Quaternary Research, 72(3):462-468
54. Ali, A.A., Asselin, H., Larouche, A.C., Bergeron, Y., Carcaillet, C., Richard, P.J.H. (2008) Changes in fire regime explain the Holocene rise and fall of Abies balsamea in the coniferous forests of western Quebec, Canada. Holocene, 18(5):693-703

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Thèses, mémoires et essais supervisés

1. Vogel, M.F. (2023) Histoire des paléo-îles du lac proglaciaire Ojibway. Thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
2. Kouadio, E. (2021) Distinction des types de pessières à l’aide de marqueurs polliniques pour la reconstruction Holocène de la densité arborescente de la forêt boréale Nord-Américaine. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
3. Gaboriau, D. (2021) Régimes des feux holocène, contemporain et futur aux territoires du Nord-Ouest (Canada). Thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
4. Bajolle, L. (2019) Reconstitution des paléotempératures holocènes de la forêt boréale coniférienne de l’ouest du québec basée sur une approche multi-indicateurs. Thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
5. Nego Jules, A. (2018) Reconstitution de la dynamique holocène des sapinières et cédrières nordiques par l’analyse des charbons de bois enfouis dans les sols minéraux. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec à Montréal
6. Rémy, C. (2017) Spatio-temporalité des dynamiques de feux et de végétation au cours de l'hologène en forêt boréale coniférienne (Québec-Labrador). Thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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