Sara Bastien-Henri

Research professional, Messier's Laboratory

Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon des sciences biologiques (SB-2665)
Département des sciences biologiques
141 Président-Kennedy
Montréal (Québec) H2X 1Y4
Canada

514-987-3000 ext 5048
Fax: 514-987-4647
Skype: sara_uqam


ACADEMIC BACKGROUND | MASTER PROJECT | PUBLICATIONS | COMMUNICATIONS

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • M.Sc. Sciences biologiques, UQAM (2008)
  • B.Sc. Sciences biologiques-Orientation Écologie, Environnement et Évolution, Université de Montréal (2004)

Complementary course

  • 2006: Graduate course: International policy and politics of the environment: from negotiation to implementation, Université Mcgill (ENVR-610)

GRANTS

  • 2006-2007: Bourse d'excellence de l'UQAM - Fond à l'accessibilité et à la réussite des études - FARE
  • 2005-2006: Bourse d'excellence de l'UQAM - Fond à l'accessibilité et à la réussite des études - FARE
  • Summer 2003: Undergraduate Student Research Awards Program (USRA) - NSERC

MASTER PROJECT

Above-ground biomasse in tropical tree plantations
As part of my master's project, I had the chance to visit a very diverse ecosystem, the tropical forest. Until recently, however, a large majority of plantations used non-native fast-growing species such as teck, acacia and eucalyptus. An effort led by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Yale School of Forestry in Panama, is being evaluating native and non-native tree species for their potential to re-establish tree cover on degraded land. In this study we evaluated by destructive sampling above-ground biomass accumulation and distribution of 16 native and 2 non-native tree species. Although numerous trial plantations have been established, comparative information on the performance of native trees under different regional environments is generally lacking. For this reason, trees were studied in two locations with soil quality and rainfall very distincts (2226 mm rain yr-1 [wet site] and 1107 mm rain yr-1 [dry site]).

Seven of the 18 species accumulated greater total biomass at the humid site than at the dry site over a two year period. Species-specific biomass partitioning among leaves, branches and trunks was observed. However, a wide range of total biomass represent among species (from 1.06 kg for Dipteryx panamensis to 29.84 kg for Acacia mangium) justified the used of an Aitchison log ratio transformation to adjust for size. When biomass partitioning was adjusted for size, a majority of these differences proved to be a result of the ability of the tree to support biomass components rather than the result of differences in the regional environments at the two sites. Furtermore, basal diameter, height and diameter at breast height are robust predictors of biomass for the pooled data from both sites.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Bastien-Henri, S., A. Park, M. Ashton et C. Messier. 2010. Biomass distribution among tropical tree species grown under differing regional climates. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 403-410.

OTHERS PUBLICATIONS

  • Bastien-Henri, S. et C. Messier. 2010. État de la recherche dans le cadre du projet TRIADE en Mauricie (2e partie). Progrès forestier 192 : 14-18.
  • Bastien-Henri, S. and C. Messier. 2010. État de la recherche dans le cadre du projet TRIADE en Mauricie (1ère partie). Progrès forestier 191 : 8-13.

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • Bastien-Henri, S., C. Messier and A. Park. 2008. Allocation de la biomasse en plantation d’arbres tropicales: Comparaison entre 23 espèces indigènes et exotiques au Panama. Centre d’étude de la forêt, Québec, Canada.

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

  • Bastien-Henri, S., C. Messier and A. Park. 2008. Crown morphological traits vary among 23 tropical tree species with reforestation potential on wetter vs drier sites to explain some differences in biomass. Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, États-Unis.
  • Bastien-Henri, S., C. Messier and A. Park. 2007. Biomass allocation in tropical tree plantations : Comparison among 23 native and non-native species of Panama. Northern American Forest Ecology Workshop, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Messier, C., D. Kneeshaw, M.-J. Fortin, A. Munson, P. Drapeau, F. Doyon, P. Lasserre, N. Gélinas, D. Paré, I. Witté, S. Bastien-Henri and N. Bélanger. 2007. L’initiative TRIADE de l’UAF 042-5 : Une stratégie productive et alternative du milieu forestier en Mauricie. Carrefour de la recherche forestière, Québec, Canada.
  • Sturtevant, B.R., A. Fall, D. D. Kneesahw, Neal P.P. Simon, M. J. Papaik, K. Berninger, F. Doyon, D.G. Morgan, S. Bastien-Henri and C. Messier. 2007. Développement d’outils d’aide à la décision afin d’évaluer différents scénarios sylvicoles. Carrefour de la recherche forestière, Québec, Canada.

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