
Martin Simard
Regular Member
Landscape ecology, forest dynamics and disturbances
Université Laval
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Département de géographie
Pavillon Abitibi-Price
2405 rue de la Terrasse
Québec (QC) Canada, G1V 0A6
(418) 656-2131 poste 408400
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
- Ph.D. Zoology, 2009 (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
- Ph.D. Biology, 1999 (Laval University)
- B.Sc. Biology, 1996 (Laval University)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Natural and anthropogenic disturbances in boreal and subalpine forest (fires, insect outbreaks and logging)
- Forest ecosystem dynamics
- Ecosystem forest management
- Paludification and boreal forest productivity
- Ecosystem stability and resilience
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Book chapters
- Simard, M., Dorion, H. (2018) Feux de forêt: agent de régénération. In Le Québec d'une carte à l'autre. (Brousseau, Y. and Mercier, G., Eds.) Département de géographie, Presses de l’Université du Québec. Québec, Québec, Canada, pages 36-37
- Simard, M., Monteil, L. (2018) Tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette: des épidémies cycliques. In Le Québec d'une carte à l'autre. (Brousseau, Y. and Mercier, G., Eds.) Département de géographie, Presses de l’Université du Québec. Québec, Québec, Canada, pages 34-35
- Turner, M.G., Simard, M. (2017) Using spatial statistics and landscape metrics to compare disturbance mosaics. (Chap. 11) In Learning landscape ecology. (Gergel, S.E. and Turner, M.G., Eds.) Springer, pages 175-190
- Simard, M., Lecomte, N., Bergeron, Y., Bernier, P.Y., Pare, D. (2009) Ecosystem Management of Québec’s Northern Clay Belt Spruce Forest: Managing the Forest… and Especially the Soils. (Chap. 11) In Ecosystem management in the boreal forest. (Gauthier, S., Vaillancourt, M.-A., Leduc, A., De Grandpre, L., Kneeshaw, D.D., Morin, H., Drapeau, P. and Bergeron, Y., Eds.) Québec, QC, Canada, Presses de l’Université du Québec, pages 229-256
- Simard, M., Lecomte, N., Bergeron, Y., Bernier, P.Y., Pare, D. (2008) Un aménagement écosystémique de la pessière du nord de la ceinture d’argile québécoise : gérer la forêt… mais surtout les sols. (Chap. 11) In Aménagement écosystémique en forêt boréale. (Gauthier, S., Vaillancourt, M.-A., Leduc, A., De Grandpre, L., Kneeshaw, D.D., Morin, H., Drapeau, P. and Bergeron, Y., Eds.) Québec, QC, Canada, Presses de l’Université du Québec, pages 269-300
Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings
Peer-reviewed articles
- Labrecque-Foy, J.-P., Angers-Blondin, S., Ropars, P., Simard, M., Boudreau, S. (2023) The Use of Basal Area Increment to Preserve the Multi-Decadal Climatic Signal in Shrub Growth Ring Chronologies: A Case Study of Betula glandulosa in a Rapidly Warming Environment. Atmosphere, 14
- De Grandpre, L., Marchand, M., Kneeshaw, D.D., Pare, D., Boucher, D., Bourassa, S., Gervais, D., Simard, M., Griffin, J.M., Pureswaran, D.S. (2022) Defoliation-induced changes in foliage quality may trigger broad-scale insect outbreaks. Communications Biology, 5(1):463
- Marquis, B., Duval, P., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Thiffault, N., Tremblay, M.F. (2021) Height growth stagnation of planted spruce in boreal mixedwoods: Importance of landscape, microsite, and growing-season frosts. Forest Ecology and Management, 479:118533
- Chagnon, C., Simard, M., Boudreau, S. (2021) Patterns and determinants of lichen abundance and diversity across a subarctic to arctic latitudinal gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 48(11):2742-2754
- Marquis, B., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Tremblay, M.F. (2021) Disentangling the effect of topography and microtopography on near-ground growing-season frosts at the boreal-temperate forest ecotone (Québec, Canada). New Forests
- Ropars, P., Simard, M., Boudreau, S. (2020) Le rôle des herbivores vertébrés sur la dynamique des communautés végétales au Nunavik. Le Naturaliste canadien, 144:24-36
- Marquis, B., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Tremblay, F. (2020) Growing-season frost is a better predictor of tree growth than mean annual temperature in boreal mixedwood forest plantations. Global Change Biology, 26(11):6537-6554
- Marquis, B., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Tremblay, M.F. (2020) Probability of Spring Frosts, Not Growing Degree-Days, Drives Onset of Spruce Bud Burst in Plantations at the Boreal-Temperate Forest Ecotone. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:1031
- Lafleur, B., Fenton, N.J., Simard, M., Leduc, A., Pare, D., Valeria, O., Bergeron, Y. (2018) Ecosystem management in paludified boreal forests: enhancing wood production, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration at the landscape level. Forest Ecosystems, 5(1):27
- Germain, D., Dagenais-Du-Fort, E., Lajeunesse, P., Simard, M. (2018) Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of the seasonal timing and rainfall threshold for debris slide occurrence in eastern Canada. Dendrochronologia, 52:57 - 66
- Cotton-Gagnon, A., Simard, M., De Grandpré, L., Kneeshaw, D.D. (2018) Salvage logging during spruce budworm outbreaks increases defoliation of black spruce regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management, 430:421 - 430
- Sadeghi, Y., St-Onge, B., Leblon, B., Prieur, J.-F., Simard, M. (2018) Mapping boreal forest biomass from a SRTM and TanDEM-X based on canopy height model and Landsat spectral indices. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 68:202 - 213
- Sadeghi, Y., St-Onge, B., Leblon, B., Simard, M. (2017) Effects of TanDEM-X Acquisition Parameters on the Accuracy of Digital Surface Models of a Boreal Forest Canopy. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(2):194-207
- Preston, C.M., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y., Bernard, G.M., Wasylishen, R.E. (2017) Charcoal in Organic Horizon and Surface Mineral Soil in a Boreal Forest Fire Chronosequence of Western Quebec: Stocks, Depth Distribution, Chemical Properties and a Synthesis of Related Studies. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5:98
- Sadeghi, Y., St-Onge, B., Leblon, B., Simard, M. (2016) Canopy Height Model (CHM) Derived from a TanDEM-X InSAR DSM and an Airborne Lidar DTM in Boreal Forest. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(1):381-397
- Lafleur, B., Renard, S.M., Leroy, C., Fenton, N.J., Simard, M., Gauthier, S., Pare, D., Leduc, A., Thiffault, N., Bergeron, Y. (2016) Silviculture to sustain productivity in black spruce paludified forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 375:172-181
- Simard, M., Lajeunesse, P. (2015) The Interaction Between Insect Outbreaks and Debris Slides in a Glacial Valley of the Eastern Canadian Shield. Ecosystems, 18(7):1281-1289
- Donato, D.C., Simard, M., Romme, W.H., Harvey, B.J., Turner, M.G. (2013) Evaluating post-outbreak management effects on future fuel profiles and stand structure in bark beetle-impacted forests of Greater Yellowstone. Forest Ecology and Management, 303:160-174
- Griffin, J.M., Simard, M., Turner, M.G. (2013) Salvage harvest effects on advance tree regeneration, soil nitrogen, and fuels following mountain pine beetle outbreak in lodgepole pine. Forest Ecology and Management, 291:228-239
- Donato, D.C., Harvey, B.J., Romme, W.H., Simard, M., Turner, M.G. (2013) Bark beetle effects on fuel profiles across a range of stand structures in Douglas-fir forests of Greater Yellowstone. Ecological Applications, 23(1):3-20
- Simard, M., Powell, E.N., Raffa, K.F., Turner, M.G. (2012) What explains landscape patterns of tree mortality caused by bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(5):556-567
- Simard, M., Romme, W.H., Griffin, J.M., Turner, M.G. (2012) Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests? Reply. Ecology, 93(4):946-950
- Griffin, J.M., Turner, M.G., Simard, M. (2011) Nitrogen cycling following mountain pine beetle disturbance in lodgepole pine forests of Greater Yellowstone. Forest Ecology and Management, 261(6):1077-1089
- Simard, M., Romme, W.H., Griffin, J.M., Turner, M.G. (2011) Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests? Ecological Monographs, 81(1):3-24
- Drobyshev, I., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y., Hofgaard, A. (2010) Does soil organic layer thickness affect climate-growth relationships in the black spruce boreal ecosystem? Ecosystems, 13(4):556-574
- Drobyshev, I., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y., Hofgaard, A. (2010) Does soil organic layer thickness affect climate-growth relationships in the black spruce boreal ecosystem? Ecosystems, 13(4):556-574
- Lafleur, B., Fenton, N.J., Pare, D., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y. (2010) Contrasting effects of season and method of harvest on soil properties and the growth of black spruce regeneration in the boreal forested Peatlands of Eastern Canada. Silva Fennica, 44(5):799-813
- Payette, S., Delwaide, A., Simard, M. (2010) Frost-ring chronologies as dendroclimatic proxies of boreal environments. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(2)
- Simard, M., Bernier, P.Y., Bergeron, Y., Pare, D., Guerine, L. (2009) Paludification dynamics in the boreal forest of the James Bay Lowlands: effect of time since fire and topography. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39(3):546-552
- Fenton, N.J., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y. (2009) Emulating natural disturbances: The role of silviculture in creating even-aged and complex structures in the black spruce boreal Forest of eastern North America. Journal of Forest Research, 14(5):258-267
- Fenton, N.J., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y. (2009) Emulating natural disturbances: The role of silviculture in creating even-aged and complex structures in the black spruce boreal Forest of eastern North America. Journal of Forest Research, 14(5):258-267
- Simard, M., Lecomte, N., Bergeron, Y., Bernier, P.Y., Pare, D. (2007) Forest productivity decline caused by successional paludification of boreal soils. Ecological Applications, 17(6):1619-1637
- Lecomte, N., Simard, M., Bergeron, Y. (2006) Effects of fire severity and initial tree composition on stand structural development in the coniferous boreal forest of northwestern Quebec, Canada. Ecoscience, 13(2):152-163
- Lecomte, N., Simard, M., Fenton, N.J., Bergeron, Y. (2006) Fire severity and long-term ecosystem biomass dynamics in coniferous boreal forests of eastern Canada. Ecosystems, 9(8):1215-1230
- Simard, M., Payette, S. (2005) Reduction of black spruce seed bank by spruce budworm infestation compromises postfire stand regeneration. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35(7):1686-1696
- Simard, M., Payette, S. (2003) Accurate dating of spruce budworm infestation using tree growth anomalies. Ecoscience, 10(2):204-216
- Simard, M., Payette, S. (2001) Black spruce decline triggered by spruce budworm at the southern limit of lichen woodland in eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 31(12):2160-2172
- Payette, S., Bhiry, N., Delwaide, A., Simard, M. (2000) Origin of the lichen woodland at its southern range limit in eastern Canada: The catastrophic impact of insect defoliators and fire on the spruce-moss forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 30(2):288-305
Articles published in proceedings
- Sadeghi, Y., St-Onge, B., Leblon, B., Simard, M., Papathanassiou, K. (2014) Mapping forest canopy height using TanDEM-X DSM and airborne LiDAR DTM. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Pages 76-79
Scientific reports, manuals and others
- Boudreau, S., Simard, M., Levesque, E., Ropars, P., Dorion, H. (2022) Évolution de la productivité et de la structure des communautés végétales du Nunavik au 21ème siècle. Technical report, Ministère du développement durable, de l’environnement et de la lutte aux changements climatiques du Québec
- Simard, M., Delwaide, A. (2022) Confection d’une chronologie de référence d’épinette pour la région de Québec et datation de la chapelle de l’Hôpital général de Québec. Technical report, Ville de Québec. 47p.
- Simard, M., Delwaide, A. (2019) Analyse dendrochronologique de deux pièces de bois provenant du rempart palissadé de Beaucours. Technical report, Ville de Québec. 32p.
- Simard, M., Lavoie, M., Bhiry, N., Delwaide, A. (2018) Rapport d’expertise : Analyse dendrochronologique et paléoécologique d’un groupe de milieux humides à Laval. Technical report, Rapport présenté au Ministère de la Justice du Québec. 33 pages + annexes
- Turner, M.G., Romme, W.H., Townsend, P.A., Renkin, R.A., Donato, D.C., Simard, M., Harvey, B.J., Griffin, J.M. (2013) Bark beetles, fuels and future fire hazard in contrasting conifer forests of Greater Yellowstone. JFSP Research Project Reports 09-1-06-3, U.S. Joint Fire Science Program
- Turner, M.G., Simard, M., Griffin, J.M., Raffa, K.F., Powell, E.N. (2011) Fire, Bark Beetles and Salvage Logging in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Technical report, USDA Forest Service Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center
- Tinker, D.B., Turner, M.G., Romme, W.H., Townsend, P.A., Raffa, K.F., Renkin, R.A., Simard, M., Bockino, N.K., Powell, E.N., Griffin, J.M. et al. (2009) Reciprocal interactions between bark beetles and wildfire in subalpine forests: landscape patterns and the risk of high-severity fire. Technical report, Joint Fire Science Program
- Bernier, P.Y, Simard, M., Pare, D., Bergeron, Y. (2008) Paludification des sites forestiers sur les basses-terres de la Baie James : un phénomène à gérer. Technical report, Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable
- Simard, M., Powell, E.N., Griffin, J.M., Raffa, K.F., Turner, M.G. (2008) Annotated bibliography for forest managers on fire-bark beetle interactions. Technical report, USDA Forest Service Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center
- Lecomte, N., Simard, M., Asselin, H., Nappi, A., Bergeron, Y., Noel, J. (2006) Similarities and differences between harvesting- and wildfire-induced disturbances in fire-mediated Canadian landscapes. Technical report 0924, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Theses, dissertations and essays
- Simard, M. (2010) Bark Beetle–Fire–Forest Interactions in The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI
- Simard, M. (2000) Dépérissement de l’épinette noire dans la pessière à lichens du parc des Grands-Jardins : une analyse dendroécologique et dendroarchitecturale. Master's thesis, Dép. de biologie, Université Laval, Québec
Supervised theses, dissertations and essays
- Migue, V. (2022) Quantification des effets à long terme d'une épidémie de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette sur les stocks de carbone forestier à l'aide de placettes-échantillons permanentes. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Beltran Carrasco, F. (2021) Identification des zones pour l'établissement de plantations d'épinette blanche (Picea glauca) améliorée dans la réserve faunique du Saint-Maurice, QC. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Beaupré, C. (2021) Évolution de la structure et de la productivité des écosystèmes subarctiques du Nunavik au 21ème siècle. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Chagnon, C. (2020) Abondance et diversité des lichens au Nunavik en contexte de changements climatiques. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Marquis, B. (2020) Impact des gelées printanières sur le développement des jeunes plantations d’épinettes blanches, noires et de Norvège à l’écotone de la forêt tempérée et boréale de l’ouest du Québec. PhD thesis, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Caouette, M. (2018) Déterminants de l'hétérogénéité du recul de la lande à lichens dans la Réserve de Parc National de l'Archipel-de-Mingan. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Lavoie, S.-K. (2017) Dynamique du pin blanc (Pinus strobus Linnaeus) dans les tourbières ombrotrophes du sud du Québec. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Durette, M.-N. (2017) Dynamique forestière des peuplements de peuplier faux-tremble et d'épinette noire de la région de la plaine du lac Matagami (Québec, Canada). Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Cotton-Gagnon, A. (2017) Effets de facteurs naturels et de la coupe de récupération sur la défoliation de la régénération préétablie pendant une épidémie de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Dorion, H. (2016) Patrons spatiaux d'une épidémie de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette sur la Côte-Nord : une approche de télédétection. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Bernier, A. (2016) Suivi de l'enffeuillement des forêts après coupe dans le nord-ouest du Québec. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Gosselin-Arseneault, A. (2015) Sévérité de la réponse d’espèces conifériennes de la réserve faunique des Laurentides aux épidémies de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette en fonction de l’altimétrie : une étude dendroécologique. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Cardona, L. (2014) Dynamique des peuplements de peuplier faux-tremble dans la forêt boréale de l’ouest du Québec. Master's thesis, Université Laval
- Demers, C. (2014) Comparaison de la croissance des érables argentés en amont et en aval d’un barrage de type inversion. Cas du barrage de Matawin (Québec, Canada). Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Non peer-reviewed articles
- Marquis, B., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Duval, P. (2021) Optimiser le reboisement des friches agricoles en plantant la bonne espèce au bon endroit. Le Couvert boréal, Printemps
- Marquis, B., Bergeron, Y., Simard, M., Duval, P. (2021) Les gelées printanières causent le retard de croissance des épinettes blanches établies sur la ceinture d’argile en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Le progrès forestier, Hiver
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