Yan Boulanger

Chercheur associé
Écologie et changements climatiques

Chercheur scientifique, écologie forestière
Centre de foresterie des Laurentides
Service canadien des forêts
1055, rue Du P.E.P.S., C.P. 10380
Québec, QC, G1V 4C7

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PROJETS DE RECHERCHE EN COURS
  • Modélisation des paysages forestiers futurs au Canada à l’aide d’un modèle spatialement explicite LANDIS-II.
  • Évaluation des habitats futurs des oiseaux et du caribou dans le contexte du changement climatique et des perturbations anthropogéniques
  • Prédiction des perturbations naturelles des forêts du Canada (feux, infestation de tordeuses des bourgeons de l’épinette, chablis).
  • Caractérisation des exodes aériens de tordeuses des bourgeons de l’épinette à l’aide des radars de surveillance météo.
FORMATION
  • Baccalauréat en biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 2002
  • Maîtrise en gestion de la faune et de ses habitats, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 2004
  • Doctorat en biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 2010

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PUBLICATIONS
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Chapitres de livre


  1. Grondin, P., Brice, M.-H., Boulanger, Y., Morneau, C., Couillard, P.-L., Richard, P.J.H., Chalumeau, A., Poirier, V. (2023) Ecological Classification in Forest Ecosystem Management: Links Between Current Practices and Future Climate Change in a Qu\'ebec Case Study. In Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change: Sustainable Management. (Montoro Girona, M., Morin, H., Gauthier, S. and Bergeron, Y., Eds.) Cham, Springer International Publishing, pages 219-246
  2. Drapeau, P., Leduc, A., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., Kneeshaw, D.D., Bergeron, Y. (2022) L’avenir incertain de la forêt boréale commerciale et de sa biodiversité dans un contexte de changements climatiques; le rôle clé des forêts âgées. (Chap. 5) In Une économie écologique pour le Québec : comment opérationaliser une nécessaire transition. (Dupras, J., Bissonnette, J.-F. and Zaga Mendez, A., Eds.) Presses de l’Université du Québec (PUQ) Pages 105-132
  3. Kneeshaw, D.D., Burton, P.J., De Grandpre, L., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y. (2019) Is management or conservation of old growth possible in North American boreal forests? In Ecology and recovery of eastern old-growth forests. (Barton, A.M., Keeton, W.S. and Spies, T.A., Eds.) Island Press-Center for Resource Economics, pages 139-157


Livres, numéros spéciaux et actes de colloques publiés à titre d'éditeur


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Articles révisés par un comité de lecture


  1. Robles, D., Boulanger, Y., Pascual, J., Danneyrolles, V., Bergeron, Y., Drobyshev, I. (2025) Timber harvesting was the most important factor driving changes in vegetation composition, as compared to climate and fire regime shifts, in the mixedwood temperate forests of Temiscamingue since AD 1830. Landscape Ecology, 40(2):26
  2. Labadie, G., Boulanger, Y., Drapeau, P., Stralberg, D., Tremblay, J.A. (2025) Projecting bird assemblage responses to climate-driven changes in managed boreal forest landscapes of Québec. Biological Conservation, 302:110956
  3. Boulanger, Y., Desaint, A., Martel, V., Marchand, M., Tonye, S.M., Saint-Amant, R., Regniere, J. (2025) Recent climate change strongly impacted the population dynamic of a North American insect pest species. PLOS Climate, 4(2)
  4. Mulverhill, C., Coops, N.C., Boulanger, Y., Hoffman, K.M., Cardinal Christianson, A., Daniels, L.D., Flamand-Hubert, M., Wotherspoon, A.R., Achim, A. (2024) Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future. Nature, 633(8029):282 – 285
  5. Leston, L., Denes, F.V., Docherty, T.D.S., Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Van Wilgenburg, S.L., Stralberg, D., Solymos, P., Hache, S., Laurent, K.S. et al. (2024) A framework to support the identification of critical habitat for wide-ranging species at risk under climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(2):603 – 628
  6. Labadie, G., Cadieux, P., Moreau, L., Bognounou, F., Thiffault, E., Cyr, D., Boulanger, Y., Stralberg, D., Grondin, P., Tremblay, J.A. (2024) Are forest management practices to improve carbon balance compatible with maintaining bird diversity under climate change? A case study in Eastern North America. Plos Climate, 3(4)
  7. Labadie, G., Bouderbala, I., Boulanger, Y., Beland, J.-M., Hebert, C., Allard, A., Hebblewhite, M., Fortin, D. (2024) The umbrella value of caribou management strategies for biodiversity conservation in boreal forests under global change. Science of the Total Environment, 907:168087
  8. Leston, L., Denes, F.V., Docherty, T.D.S., Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Van Wilgenburg, S.L., Stralberg, D., Solymos, P., Hache, S., Laurent, K.S. et al. (2024) A framework to support the identification of critical habitat for wide-ranging species at risk under climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(2):603 – 628
  9. MacPherson, M., Crosby, A., Graff, S., Rowse, L., Miller, D., Raymundo, A., Saturno, J., Sleep, D., Solarik, K.A., Venier, L. et al. (2024) A modified co-production framework for improved cross-border collaboration in sustainable forest management and conservation of forest bird populations. The Forestry Chronicle, 100(2):180-193
  10. Thomas, M., Boulanger, Y., Asselin, H., Lamara, M., Fenton, N.J. (2024) How will climate change and forest harvesting influence the habitat quality of two culturally salient species? Science of the Total Environment, 927:172148
  11. MacQuarrie, C.J.K., Derry, V., Gray, M., Mielewczyk, N., Crossland, D., Ogden, J.B., Boulanger, Y., Fidgen, J.G. (2024) Effect of a severe cold spell on overwintering survival of an invasive forest insect pest. Current Research in Insect Science, 5
  12. Jain, P., Barber, Q.E., Taylor, S.W., Whitman, E., Castellanos Acuna, D., Boulanger, Y., Chavardes, R.D., Chen, J., Englefield, P., Flannigan, M. et al. (2024) Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada. Nature Communications, 15(1)
  13. Guindon, L., Manka, F., Correia, D.L., Villemaire, P., Smiley, B., Bernier, P., Gauthier, S., Beaudoin, A., Boucher, J., Boulanger, Y. (2024) A new approach for spatializing the Canadian National Forest Inventory (SCANFI) using Landsat dense time series. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 54(7):793 – 815
  14. Kirchmeier-Young, M.C., Malinina, E., Barber, Q.E., Garcia Perdomo, K., Curasi, S.R., Liang, Y., Jain, P., Gillett, N.P., Parisien, M.-A., Cannon, A.J. et al. (2024) Human driven climate change increased the likelihood of the 2023 record area burned in Canada. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1)
  15. Garcia, M., Sturtevant, B.R., Boulanger, Y., Regniere, J. (2024) Modeling weather-driven long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura fumiferana). Part 2: Flight model calibration using radar data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 357
  16. McMonagle, G., Lantz, V., Taylor, A.R., Boulanger, Y., Sharma, C., Withey, P., Hennigar, C. (2024) Economic impacts of climate change on forests: a PICUS–LANDIS–CGE modeling approach. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 54(10):1057 – 1075
  17. Morineau, C., Boulanger, Y., Gachon, P., Plante, S., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2023) Climate change alone cannot explain boreal caribou range recession in Quebec since 1850. Global Change Biology, 29(23):6661-6678
  18. Labadie, G., Hardy, C., Boulanger, Y., Vanlandeghem, V., Hebblewhite, M., Fortin, D. (2023) Global change risks a threatened species due to alteration of predator–prey dynamics. Ecosphere, 14(3):e4485
  19. Bouderbala, I., Labadie, G., Beland, J.-M., Boulanger, Y., Hebert, C., Desrosiers, P., Allard, A., Fortin, D. (2023) Effects of global change on bird and beetle populations in boreal forest landscape: An assemblage dissimilarity analysis. Diversity and Distributions, 29(6):757-773
  20. Bouderbala, I., Labadie, G., Beland, J.-M., Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Hebert, C., Desrosiers, P., Allard, A., Fortin, D. (2023) Long-term effect of forest harvesting on boreal species assemblages under climate change. PLOS Climate, 2(3):1-20
  21. Yemshanov, D., Dawe, D.A., Bakalarczyk, A., Liu, N., Boulanger, Y., Boucher, J., Beauchemin, A., Arseneault, D., Leblond, M., Parisien, M.-A. (2023) Balancing wildlife protection and wildfire threat mitigation using a network optimization approach. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6
  22. Hardy, C., Messier, C., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Filotas, E. (2023) Land sparing and sharing patterns in forestry: exploring even-aged and uneven-aged management at the landscape scale. Landscape Ecology, 38(11):2815 – 2838
  23. Boulanger, Y., Puigdevall, J.P., Belisle, A.C., Bergeron, Y., Brice, M.-H., Cyr, D., De Grandpre, L., Fortin, D., Gauthier, S., Grondin, P. et al. (2023) A regional integrated assessment of the impacts of climate change and of the potential adaptation avenues for Quebec's forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 53(8):556-578
  24. Pau, M., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., Ouzennou, H., Girardin, M.P., Bergeron, Y. (2023) Response of forest productivity to changes in growth and fire regime due to climate change. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 53(9):663-676
  25. Nenzen, H., Boulanger, Y., Campbell, E., Price, D., Mallon, C., Petty, A., Stralberg, D. (2023) Oil sands restoration with warm-adapted trees improves outcomes under moderate but not severe warming scenarios. Ecosphere, 14(12)
  26. St-Laurent, M.-H., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Manka, F., Drapeau, P., Gauthier, S. (2022) Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 838(156244)
  27. Leblond, M., Boulanger, Y., Pascual Puigdevall, J., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2022) There is still time to reconcile forest management with climate-driven declines in habitat suitability for boreal caribou. Global Ecology and Conservation, 39:e02294
  28. Dawe, D.A., Parisien, M.-A., Boulanger, Y., Boucher, J., Beauchemin, A., Arseneault, D. (2022) Short- and long-term wildfire threat when adapting infrastructure for wildlife conservation in the boreal forest. Ecological Applications, 32(6)
  29. Sanchez-Pinillos, M., Mina, M., D'Orangeville, L., Boulanger, Y., Comeau, P., Wang, J., Taylor, A.R., Kneeshaw, D.D. (2022) Sequential droughts: A silent trigger of boreal forest mortality. Global Change Biology, 28(2):542-556
  30. Molina, E., Valeria, O., De Grandpre, L., Andres Ramirez, J., Cyr, D., Boulanger, Y. (2021) Projecting future aboveground biomass and productivity of managed eastern Canadian mixedwood boreal forest in response to climate change. Forest Ecology and Management, 487:119016
  31. Erni, S., Johnston, L., Boulanger, Y., Manka, F., Bernier, P., Eddy, B., Christianson, A., Swystun, T., Gauthier, S. (2021) Exposure of the canadian wildland–human interface and population to wildland fire, under current and future climate conditions. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 51(9):1357-1367
  32. Cadieux, P., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., Sólymos, P., Stralberg, D., Chen, H.Y.H., Brecka, A., Tremblay, J.A. (2020) Projected effects of climate change on boreal bird community accentuated by anthropogenic disturbances in western boreal forest, Canada. Diversity and Distributions, 26(6):668-682
  33. Johnston, L.M., Wang, X., Erni, S., Taylor, S.W., McFayden, C.B., Oliver, J.A., Stockdale, C., Christianson, A., Boulanger, Y., Gauthier, S. et al. (2020) Wildland fire risk research in Canada. Environmental Reviews, 28(2):164-186
  34. Stralberg, D., Arseneault, D., Baltzer, J.L., Barber, Q.E., Bayne, E.M., Boulanger, Y., Brown, C.D., Cooke, H.A., Devito, K., Edwards, J. et al. (2020) Climate-change refugia in boreal North America: what, where, and for how long? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18(5, SI):261-270
  35. Seidl, R., Honkaniemi, J., Aakala, T., Aleinikov, A., Angelstam, P., Bouchard, M., Boulanger, Y., Burton, P.J., De Grandpre, L., Gauthier, S. et al. (2020) Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems. Ecography, 43(7):967-978
  36. Nenzen, H.K., Price, D.T., Boulanger, Y., Taylor, A.R., Cyr, D., Campbell, E. (2020) Projected climate change effects on Alberta's boreal forests imply future challenges for oil sands reclamation. Restoration Ecology, 28(1):39 – 50
  37. Cadieux, P., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., Tremblay, J.A. (2019) Spatially explicit climate change projections for the recovery planning of threatened species: The Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus Bicknelli) as a case study. Global Ecology and Conservation, 17
  38. Boulanger, Y., Arseneault, D., Boucher, Y., Gauthier, S., Cyr, D., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., Dupuis, S. (2019) Climate change will affect the ability of forest management to reduce gaps between current and presettlement forest composition in southeastern Canada. Landscape Ecology, 34(1):159-174
  39. Lafontaine, A., Drapeau, P., Fortin, D., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2019) Exposure to historical burn rates shapes the response of boreal caribou to timber harvesting. Ecosphere, 10(5)
  40. Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2018) Harvesting interacts with climate change to affect future habitat quality of a focal species in eastern Canada's boreal forest. PLOS ONE, 13(2)
  41. Aubin, I., Boisvert-Marsh, L., Kebli, H., McKenney, D., Pedlar, J., Lawrence, K., Hogg, E.H., Boulanger, Y., Gauthier, S., Ste-Marie, C. (2018) Tree vulnerability to climate change: Improving exposure-based assessments using traits as indicators of sensitivity: Improving. Ecosphere, 9(2)
  42. Boucher, D., Boulanger, Y., Aubin, I., Bernier, P.Y., Beaudoin, A., Guindon, L., Gauthier, S. (2018) Current and projected cumulative impacts of fire, drought, and insects on timber volumes across Canada. Ecological Applications, 28(5):1245-1259
  43. Boulanger, Y., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., Cyr, D., Sainte-Marie, G. (2018) Stand-level drivers most important in determining boreal forest response to climate change. Journal of Ecology, 106(3):977 – 990
  44. Boulanger, Y., Girardin, M., Bernier, P.Y., Gauthier, S., Beaudoin, A., Guindon, L. (2017) Changes in mean forest age in Canada’s forests could limit future increases in area burned but compromise potential harvestable conifer volumes. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47(6):755-764
  45. Saad, C., Boulanger, Y., Beaudet, M., Gachon, P., Ruel, J.-C., Gauthier, S. (2017) Potential impact of climate change on the risk of windthrow in eastern Canada's forests. Climatic Change, 143(3):487-501
  46. Boulanger, Y., Taylor, A.R., Price, D.T., Cyr, D., McGarrigle, E., Rammer, W., Sainte-Marie, G., Beaudoin, A., Guindon, L., Mansuy, N. (2017) Climate change impacts on forest landscapes along the Canadian southern boreal forest transition zone. Landscape Ecology, 32(7):1415 – 1431
  47. Taylor, A.R., Boulanger, Y., Price, D.T., Cyr, D., McGarrigle, E., Rammer, W., Kershaw, J.A. (2017) Rapid 21st century climate change projected to shift composition and growth of Canada's Acadian Forest Region. Forest Ecology and Management, 405:284 – 294
  48. Bernier, P.Y., Gauthier, S., Jean, P.-O., Manka, F., Boulanger, Y., Beaudoin, A., Guindon, L. (2016) Mapping local effects of forest properties on fire risk across Canada. Forests, 7(8)
  49. Cyr, D., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., Bergeron, Y. (2016) Quantifying Fire Cycle from Dendroecological Records Using Survival Analyses. Forests, 7(7):131
  50. Gauthier, S., Bernier, P.Y., Boulanger, Y., Guo, J., Guindon, L., Beaudoin, A., Boucher, D. (2015) Vulnerability of timber supply to projected changes in fire regime in Canada's managed forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45(11):1439-1447
  51. Boulanger, Y., Gauthier, S., Burto, P.J. (2014) A refinement of models projecting future Canadian fire regimes using homogeneous fire regime zones. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(4):365-376
  52. Mansuy, N., Boulanger, Y., Terrier, A., Gauthier, S., Robitaille, A., Bergeron, Y. (2014) Spatial attributes of fire regime in eastern Canada: influences of regional landscape physiography and climate. Landscape Ecology, 29(7):1157-1170
  53. Boulanger, Y., Sirois, L., Hebert, C. (2013) Distribution patterns of three long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Shortly after fire in boreal forest: Adults colonizing stands versus progeny emerging from trees. Environmental Entomology, 42(1):17-28
  54. Boulanger, Y., Gauthier, S., Gray, D.R., Le Goff, H., Lefort, P., Morissette, J. (2013) Fire regime zonation under current and future climate over eastern Canada. Ecological Applications, 23(4):904-923
  55. Boulanger, Y., Gauthier, S., Burton, P.J., Vaillancourt, M.-A. (2012) An alternative fire regime zonation for Canada. Int. J. Wildland Fire, 21(8):1052-1064
  56. Boulanger, Y., Arseneault, D., Morin, H., Jardon, Y., Bertrand, P., Dagneau, C. (2012) Dendrochronological reconstruction of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) outbreaks in southern Quebec for the last 400 years. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(7):1264-1276
  57. Boulanger, Y., Sirois, L., Hebert, C. (2011) Fire severity as a determinant factor of the decomposition rate of fire-killed black spruce in the northern boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 41(2):370-379
  58. Boulanger, Y., Sirois, L., Hebert, C. (2010) Distribution of saproxylic beetles in a recently burnt landscape of the northern boreal forest of Québec. Forest Ecology and Management, 260(7):1114-1123
  59. Boulanger, Y., Sirois, L. (2007) Postfire succession of saproxylic arthropods, with emphasis on coleoptera, in the North Boreal forest of Quebec. Environmental Entomology, 36(1):128-141
  60. Boulanger, Y., Sirois, L. (2006) Postfire dynamics of black spruce coarse woody debris in northern boreal forest of Quebec. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36(7):1770-1780
  61. Boulanger, Y., Arseneault, D. (2004) Spruce budworm outbreaks in eastern Quebec over the last 450 years. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34(5):1035-1043


Articles publiés dans des actes de colloque (proceedings)


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Rapports scientifiques, manuels et autres


  1. Arsenault, D., Parisien, M.A., Boulanger, Y., Simard, M., Asselin, H., Shakeri, Z., Proulx, G., Lavoie, S. (2023) Exposition et adaptation aux incendies forestiers dans la taïga canadienne. Technical report, Rapport présenté à Ouranos.
  2. Cavard, X., Drapeau, P., Bouchard, M., Boucher, J.-F., Boulanger, Y., Doyon, F., Filotas, E., Fouqueray, T., Jutras, S., Kneeshaw, D. et al. (2021) Mémoire du Centre d’étude de la forêt concernant le projet de Stratégie d’adaptation de la gestion et de l’aménagement des forêts aux changements climatiques. Technical report Présenté au Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec du Québec, Centre d'étude de la forêt


Thèses, mémoires et essais


  1. Boulanger, Y. (2010) Colonisation initiale des coléoptères saproxyliques et décomposition des débris ligneux grossiers d'épinette noire après feu en milieu boréal. Thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec à Rimouski
  2. Boulanger, Y. (2005) Succession saproxylique et cyclage du bois après feu dans le nord de la forêt boréale du Québec. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec à Rimouski


Thèses, mémoires et essais supervisés


  1. Morineau, C. (2023) Quantification de l'importance du climat dans la rétractation vers le nord de l'aire de distribution du caribou forestier au Québec depuis 1850. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec à Rimouski


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