Kaysandra Waldron

Membre associée
Écologie des perturbations naturelles en forêts boréales

Chercheuse scientifique - Écologie forestière
Service canadien des Forêts
Centre de Foresterie des Laurentides
1055, rue du P.E.P.S.
Case postale 10380 Succ. Ste-Foy
Québec, Qc, G1V 4C7

+1 418 563-1191

Professeure associée
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)

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FORMATION ACADÉMIQUE

• Ph.D. en sciences forestières, 2013 (Université Laval)
• M.Sc. en sols et environnement, 2008 (Université Laval)
• B.Sc. en biologie, 2006 (Université Laval)
  

PUBLICATIONS

1. Pandeya, B., Girardin, M.P., Waldron, K., Boucher, D., Kneeshaw, D.D., Deslauriers, A. (2026) Early growth decline and vegetation change predict black spruce mortality following spruce budworm outbreaks. Ecological Indicators, 183:114620
2. Zhou, X., Guindon, L., Perbet, P., Gahrouei, O.R., Cote, J.-F., Waldron, K., Kneeshaw, D.D., Beland, M. (2026) Mapping the extent and severity of tree mortality and defoliation caused by spruce budworm using landsat time series. International Journal of Remote Sensing
3. Danneyrolles, V., Smetanka, C., Fournier, R., Boucher, J., Guindon, L., Waldron, K., Bourdon, J.-F., Bonfils, D., Beaudoin, M., Ibarzabal, J. et al. (2024) Assessing spatial patterns of burn severity for guiding post-fire salvage logging in boreal forests of Eastern Canada. Forest Ecology and Management, 556:121756
4. Guimond, M., Grosbois, G., Waldron, K., Montoro Girona, M. (2024) Windthrow in riparian buffers affects the water quality of freshwater ecosystems in the eastern Canadian boreal forest. Scientific Reports, 14(1):23027
5. Waldron, K., Thiffault, N., Venier, L., Bognounou, F., Boucher, D., Campbell, E., Whitman, E., Brehaut, L., Gauthier, S. (2023) A pan-Canadian assessment of empirical research on post-disturbance recovery in the Canadian Forest Service. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 53(11):823-838
6. Waldron, K., Thiffault, N., Bujold, F., Ruel, J.-C., Lussier, J.-M., Boucher, D. (2020) Ecological issues related to second-growth boreal forest management in eastern Quebec, Canada: Expert perspectives from a Delphi process. Forest Ecology and Management, 470-471:118214
7. Waldron, K., Auty, D., Tong, T., Ward, C., Pothier, D., Torquato, L.P., Achim, A. (2020) Fire as a driver of wood mechanical traits in the boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 476
8. De Grandpre, L., Waldron, K., Bouchard, M., Gauthier, S., Beaudet, M., Ruel, J.-C., Hebert, C., Kneeshaw, D.D. (2018) Incorporating Insect and Wind Disturbances in a Natural Disturbance-Based Management Framework for the Boreal Forest. Forests, 9(8)
9. Waldron, K., Lussier, J.-M., Thiffault, N., Bujold, F., Ruel, J.-C., St-Onge, B. (2016) The Delphi method as an alternative to standard committee meetings to identify ecological issues for forest ecosystem-based management: A case-study. Forestry Chronicle, 92:453-464
10. Boucher, D., De Grandpre, L., Kneeshaw, D.D., St-Onge, B., Ruel, J.-C., Waldron, K., Lussier, J.-M. (2015) Effects of 80 years of forest management on landscape structure and pattern in the eastern Canadian boreal forest. Landscape Ecology, 30(10):1913-1929
11. Waldron, K., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S., De Grandpre, L., Peterson, C. J. (2014) Effects of post-windthrow salvage logging on microsites, plant composition and regeneration. Applied Vegetation Science, 17(2):323-337
12. Waldron, K., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S., Goulet, P. (2014) Comparisons of spatial patterns between windthrow and logging at two spatial scales. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(7):740-749
13. Waldron, K., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S. (2013) Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging. Forest Ecology and Management, 289:28-37
14. Waldron, K., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S. (2013) The effects of site characteristics on the landscape-level windthrow regime in the North Shore region of Quebec, Canada. Forestry, 86(2):159-171
15. Waldron, K., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S. (2013) Corrigendum to "Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging" [Forest Ecol. Manage. 289 (2013) 28-37]. Forest Ecology and Management, 302:425-

Autres publications dans des revues avec comité de lecture

• Thorn, S., Chao, A., Georgiev, K.B., Müller, J., Bässler, C., Campbell, J.L., Castro, J., Chen, Y.-H., Choi, C.-Y., Cobb, T.P., Donato, D.C., Durska, E., Macdonald, E., Feldhaar, H., Fontaine, J.B., Fornwalt, P.J., Hernández Hernández, R.M., Hutto, R.L., Koivula, M., Lee, E.-J., Lindenmayer, D., Mikusiński, G., Obrist, M.K., Perlík, M., Rost, J., Waldron, K., Wermelinger, B., Weiß, I., Żmihorski, M and Leverkus, A.B. 2020.Estimating retention benchmarks for salvage logging to protect biodiversity. Nature communications 11(1): 1-8.
• Leverkus, A.B., Benayas, J.M.R., Castro, J., Boucher, D., Brewer, S., Collins, B.M., Donato, D., Fraver, S., Kishchuk, B.E., Lee, E.-J., Lindenmayer, D.B., Lingua, E., Macdonald, E., Marzano, R., Rhoades, C.C., Royo, A., Thorn, S., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Waldron, K., Wohlgemuth, T. and Gustafsson, L. 2018. Salvage logging effects on regulating and supporting ecosystem services — a systematic map. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0114
• Thorn, S., Bässler, C., Brandl, R., Burton, P.J., Cahall, R., Campbell, J.L., Castro, J., Choi, C.-Y., Cobb, T., Donato, D.C., Durska, E., Fontaine, J.B., Gauthier, S., Hebert, C., Hothorn, T., Hutto, R.L., Lee, E.-J., Leverkus, A.B., Lindenmayer, D.B., Obrist, M.K., Rost, J., Seibold, S., Seidl, R., Thom, D., Waldron, K., Wermelinger, B., Winter, M.-B., Zmihorski, M. and Müller J. 2018. Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity – a meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:279-289.