
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
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Book chapters
- 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
- 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
- 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
Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings
Peer-reviewed articles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Cyr, D., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., Bergeron, Y. (2016) Quantifying Fire Cycle from Dendroecological Records Using Survival Analyses. Forests, 7(7):131
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 published in proceedings
Scientific reports, manuals and others
- 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
Theses, dissertations and essays
- Boulanger, Y. (2010) Colonisation initiale des coléoptères saproxyliques et décomposition des débris ligneux grossiers d'épinette noire après feu en milieu boréal. PhD thesis, Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Boulanger, Y. (2005) Succession saproxylique et cyclage du bois après feu dans le nord de la forêt boréale du Québec. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Supervised theses, dissertations and essays
Non peer-reviewed articles