The D'Orangeville Lab | Publications

Publications

2026

Spafford L*, Duchesne L, Sainte Fare Garnot V, Ravn J*, D’Orangeville L, 2026. Leveraging Foundation Models and Time-Lapse Photography for Semi-Automated Tracking of Tree Apical Growth. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 98: 103973.

Vaughn WR, Taylor AR, MacLean DA, D’Orangeville L, Edge CB, Buchkowski RW, 2026. In situ warming causes thermal divergence in photosynthetic capacity between two boreal conifers classified as the same plant functional type. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 9: 1814554.

Zhang X, Liu H, Manzanedo RD, Maxwell JT, D'Orangeville L, Du M, Rademacher T. 2026. Hydraulic Adaptation Governs Opposing Range Shifts of Montane Trees Under Warming. Nature Climate Change 16: 1084-1091

Wang J*, Taylor AR, Bouchard M, D’Orangeville L, 2026. Climate change projected to increase rates of background tree mortality across eastern North America. Global Change Biology 32: e70995

Smith J*, D’Orangeville L, Hoepting MK, Thiffault N, 2026. Assessing main and interactive effects of early silvicultural treatments and local competition on drought response in planted white spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 56: 1-13.

Moreau G, D’Orangeville L, Dumont* S, Morin-Bernard A, Jactel H, Gardiner B, Robin C, Banos V, Thiffault E, Hassegawa M, Achim A, 2026. Forest management must shift from profit to prevention. Nature - Communications Sustainability 1: 99.

Broom J*, D’Orangeville L and Taylor AR, 2026. Stand development and topographic position strongly influence drought-related tree mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 617: 123948.

Ravn J*, Moreau G, Mayrinck R, Itter MS, Albert C*, Spafford L*, Kneeshaw D, Achim A, Perron MP*, Dumont S*, Rogers G*, D’Orangeville L, 2026. The TransX project: A latitudinal network of provenance trials across eastern North America to test the climatic vulnerability of northeastern tree species and their potential for assisted migration. Forestry Chronicle 102: 6-14.

Vaughn WR, Taylor AR, MacLean DA, D’Orangeville L, Edge CB and Buchkowski RW, 2026. Geographic range is a poor predictor of high-temperature responses of conifers in the boreal-temperate ecotone. Tree Physiology 46: tpag014.

2025

Spafford L*, MacDonald M*, Taylor AR, Steenberg J, MacDougall A, Kellman L and D’Orangeville L, 2025. The Acadian Phenocam Network: Monitoring Leaf and Radial Growth Phenology to Anticipate Climate Change Impacts on Forests. Forestry Chronicle 101: 266-281.

Wotherspoon A, D’Orangeville L, Thiffault N, Pedlar JH, Raymond P, Ravn* J, Spearing* M, McPhee D, Godbout J, Gravel-Grenier J, Issac-Renton M, 2025. Challenges and opportunities for the operationalization of forest assisted migration in Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 55: 1-14.

Wang* J, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L, 2025. Boreal tree growth may be more tolerant to warming than previously considered: implications for future modeling studies. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e70034.

Khlifa R, Renaudin M, Houle D, D’Orangeville L, Duchesne L, Kembel SW, 2025. Conifer epiphytic phyllosphere bacterial communities respond more strongly to rain exclusion and host species identity than to soil water content. Forest Ecology and Management 581, 122554.

D’Orangeville L, Itter M, Moura Dos Santos* J and Taylor AR. 2025. Can tree-rings inform assisted migration? Revisiting provenance trials across Atlantic Canada to compare local adaptation between red spruce populations. Forest Ecology and Management 578, 122482.

Albert* C, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L. 2025. Integrating climate change into strategic forest management planning using processed-based models. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 55: 1-17.

*article highlighted by the Editors-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Editor’s choice)

2024

Broom* J, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L. 2024. Investigating climate anomalies associated with the sudden mortality of balsam fir trees in Eastern Canada. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 7.

Ravn* J, Lavigne MB, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L. 2024. Local adaptation of balsam fir seedlings improved growth resilience to heat stress. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 331-343.

Collier* J, MacLean DA, Taylor AR, & D’Orangeville L. 2024. Warming adversely affects density but not growth of balsam fir regeneration across a climatic gradient in the Acadian Forest Region of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 54: 134-146.

2023

Albert* C, Erdle T, Taylor AR, Logan T, D’Orangeville L. 2023. The Acadian Forest of New Brunswick in the 21th century: what shifting heat and water balance implies for future stand dynamics and management. Environmental Reviews 31: 690-707.

Lima* VP, Ferreira de Lima RA, Joner F, D’Orangeville L, Raes N, Siddique I, & ter Steege H. 2023. Integrating climate change into agroforestry conservation: A case study on native plant species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(9), 1977–1994.

Tremblay JD, Smith RF & D’Orangeville L. 2023. Integrating rate of moisture loss into needle retention testing for improved selection of Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) for use as Christmas trees. Forests 14, 1626.

Willis* S, Taylor AR, Thom D, & D’Orangeville L. 2023. Calibrating a process-based simulation model for the Acadian forest region. Forestry Chronicle 99(2), 226-240.

Wang* J, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L. 2023. Tree species growth response to climate warming varies by forest canopy position in boreal and temperate forests. Global Change Biology 29(18), 5397-5414.

Chagnon C, Moreau G, D’Orangeville L, Caspersen J, Labrecque-Foy J-P, & Achim A. 2023. Strong latitudinal gradient in temperature-growth coupling near the treeline of the Canadian subarctic forest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6.

Soubeyrand M, Gennaretti F, Blarquez O, Bergeron Y, Taylor AR, D’Orangeville L, Marchand P. 2023. Competitive interactions under current climate allow temperate tree species to grow and survive in boreal mixedwood forest. Ecography 2023: e06525.

Wang* J, Taylor A, D’Orangeville L. 2023. Warming-induced tree growth may help offset impacts of increasing disturbance across the Canadian boreal forest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 120: e2212780120.

* Featured in EOS (Sidik SM, Boreal trees may grow faster due to climate change, Eos, 104, 21 February 2023)

D’Orangeville L, St-Laurent M-H, Boisvert-Marsh L, Zhang X, Bastille-Rousseau G, & Itter M. 2023. Current Symptoms of Climate Change in Boreal Forest Trees and Wildlife. In M. M. Girona, H. Morin, S. Gauthier, & Y. Bergeron (Eds.), Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change: Sustainable Management (pp. 747–771). Springer International Publishing.

Girona MM, Aakala T, Aquilué N, Bélisle A-C, Chaste E, Danneyrolles V, Díaz-Yáñez O, D’Orangeville L, Grosbois G, Hester A, Kim S, Kulha N, Martin M, Moussaoui L., Pappas C, Portier J, Teitelbaum S, Tremblay J-P, Svensson J, … Gauthier S. 2023. Challenges for the Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest Under Climate Change. In M. M. Girona, H. Morin, S. Gauthier, & Y. Bergeron (Eds.), Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change: Sustainable Management (pp. 773–837). Springer International Publishing.

2022

Dow C, Kim AY, D’Orangeville L, Gonzalez-Akre EB, Helcoski R, Herrmann V, Harley GL, Maxwell JT, McGregor I, McShea W, McMahon SM, Orwig DA, Pederson N, Tepley AJ, Anderson-Teixeira KJ. 2022. Warmer spring temperatures in temperate deciduous forests advance the timing of tree growth but have little effect on annual woody productivity. Nature 608: 555-557.

*Featured in the News and Views section of journal Nature (August 10, 2022).

Ravn* J, D’Orangeville L, Lavigne MB, Taylor AR. 2022. Phenotypic plasticity enables considerable acclimation to heat and drought in a cold-adapted boreal forest tree species. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5.

Pappas C, Bélanger N, Bastien-Beaudet G, Couture C, D’Orangeville L, Duchesne L, Gennaretti F, Houle D, Hurley AG, Klesse S, Desrosiers SL, Girona MM, Peters RL, Rossi S, St-Amand K, Kneeshaw D. 2022. Xylem porosity, sapwood characteristics, and uncertainties in temperate and boreal forest water use. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 323:109092.

Collier* J, MacLean DA, D’Orangeville L, Taylor AR (2022). A review of climate change effects on the regeneration dynamics of balsam fir. The Forestry Chronicle 98: 54-65.

Moreau G, Caspersen J, D’Orangeville L, Sánchez-Pinillos* M, Achim A, Thiffault N. 2022. Opportunities and limitations of thinning to adapt forests to global change. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research: cpac010.

Kneeshaw D, De Grandpré L, Robert L, D’Orangeville L, Moisan-Perrier J, Bouchard M. 2022. Forest structure and composition diverge following harvesting compared to a spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) outbreak. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.680262

O’Sullivan A, Devito KJ, D’Orangeville L, Curry A. 2022. The waterscape continuum concept: rethinking boundaries in ecosystems. WIREs Water: e1598.

Vaughn* WR, Taylor AR, MacLean DA, D’Orangeville L. 2022. Simulated winter warming has negligible effects on germination success of Acadian Forest tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52: 1-11.

Pearson* E, D’Orangeville L. 2022. Relating the growth phenology and biomass allocation in seedlings of 13 Acadian tree species with their drought tolerance. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change - Temperate and Boreal Forests 5: 2624-893X.

Boulanger Y, Pascual J, Bouchard M, D’Orangeville L, Périé C, Girardin MP. 2022. Multi-model projections of tree species performance in Quebec, Canada under future climate change. Global Change Biology 28:1884–1902.

Novick KA, Jo I, D’Orangeville L, Au T, Barnes M, Benson M, et al. 2022. The drought response strategy of eastern U.S. oaks, in the context of their declining abundance. Biosciences, biab135.

Sanchez-Pinillos* M, D’Orangeville L, Boulanger Y, Comeau PG, Wang J, Taylor AR, Kneeshaw D. 2022. Sequential droughts: the silent trigger of boreal forest mortality. Global Change Biology 28: 542-556.

D’Orangeville L, Itter MS, Kneeshaw DD, Munger JW, Richardson AD, Dyer JM, Orwig DA, Pan Y, Pederson N. 2022. Peak radial growth of diffuse-porous species occurs during periods of lower water availability than for ring-porous and coniferous trees. Tree Physiology 42: 304-316.

Pappas C, Bélanger N, Bergeron Y, Blarquez O, Chen HYH, Comeau PG, De Grandpré L, Delagrange S, DesRochers A, Diochon A, D’Orangeville L, Drapeau P, Duchesne L, Filotas E, Gennaretti F, Houle D, Lafleur B, Langor D, Lebel Desrosiers S, Lorenzetti F, Man R, Messier C, Girona MM, Nock C, Thomas BR, Work T, Kneeshaw D. 2022. Smartforests Canada: A Network of Monitoring Plots for Forest Management Under Environmental Change. In: Tognetti R, Smith M, Panzacchi P (eds) Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 521–543.

2021

Achim A, Moreau G, Coops NC, Axelson JN, Barrette J, Bédard S, Byrne KE, Caspersen J, Dick AR, D’Orangeville L, Drolet G, Eskelson BNI, Filipescu CN, Flamand-Hubert M, Goodbody TRH, Griess VC, Hagerman SM, Keys K, Lafleur B, Girona MM, Morris DM, Nock CA, Pinno BD, Raymond P, Roy V. Schneider R, Soucy M, Stewart B, Sylvain J-D, Taylor AR, Thiffault E, Thiffault N, Vepakomma U, White JC. 2021. The changing culture of silviculture. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research cpab047.

Vaughn WR, Taylor AR, MacLean DA, D’Orangeville L, Lavigne MB, 2021. Climate change experiment suggests divergent responses of tree seedlings in eastern North America’s Acadian Forest Region over the 21st century. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51: 1888-1902.

Zhang, Z., Li, X., Manzanedo, R.D., D’Orangeville, L., Lv, P., Wang, C., et al., 2021. High risk of growth cessation of planted larch under extreme drought. Environmental Research Letters 16: 014040.

2019

Zhang X, Manzanedo RD, D’Orangeville L, Rademacher TT, Li J, Bai X, Hou M, Chen Z, Zou F, Song F, Pederson N, 2019. Snowmelt and early to mid-growing season water availability augment tree growth during rapid warming in southern Asian boreal forests. Global Change Biology 25: 3462–3471. pdf

Itter M, D’Orangeville L, Dawson A, Kneeshaw D, Duchesne L, Whitehouse C, Finley A. 2019. Boreal tree growth exhibits decadal-scale ecosystem memory to drought and insect defoliation, but no negative response to their interaction. Journal of Ecology 107: 128--1301. pdf

Kannenberg S, Maxwell J, Pederson N, D'Orangeville L, Ficklin DL et al. 2019. Soil texture, hydrology, and drought timing control drought-induced legacy effects in temperate forests. Ecology Letters 22:119-127. pdf

Zhao S, Pederson N, D'Orangeville L, HilleRisLambers J, Boose E et al. 2019. The International Tree Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) revisited: Data availability and global ecological representativity. Journal of Biogeography 46:355-368. pdf

2018

D'Orangeville L, Houle D, Duchesne L, Phillips RP, Bergeron, Y, Kneeshaw D. 2018. Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory. Nature Communications 9: 3213.

*Selected as Discovery of the Year 2018 by Québec-Sciences magazine.* pdf

D’Orangeville L, Maxwell J, Kneeshaw D, Pederson N, Duchesne L, et al. 2018. Timing and local climate regulate temperate forest sensitivity to drought. Global Change Biology 24: 2339-2351. pdf

Tremblay, S, D'Orangeville L, Lambert MC, Houle D. 2018. Transplanting boreal soils to a warmer region increases soil heterotrophic respiration as well as its temperature sensitivity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 116: 203-212. pdf

2017

Duchesne L, D'Orangeville L, Ouimet R, Houle D, Kneeshaw D. 2017. Extracting coherent tree-ring signals across spatial scales from extensive forest inventory data. PLoS One 12(12): e0189444. pdf

2016

D’Orangeville L, Duchesne L, Houle D, Kneeshaw D, Côté B, Pederson N, 2016. Eastern North America as a potential refugium for the boreal forest in a warming climate. Science 352: 1452-1455. pdf

Phillips RP, Ibànez I, D’Orangeville L, Hanson PJ, Ryan MG, McDowell N, 2016. Review: A belowground perspective on the drought sensitivity of forests: Towards improved understanding and simulation. Forest Ecology and Management 380: 309-320. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Houle D, Duchesne L, Côté B, 2016. Can the Canadian Drought Code predict low soil moisture anomalies in the mineral soil? An analysis of 15 years of soil moisture data from three forest ecosystems in Eastern Canada. Ecohydrology 9: 238-247. pdf

2014

D’Orangeville L, Houle D, Côté B, Duchesne L. 2014. Soil response to a three-year increase in temperature and nitrogen deposition measured in a mature boreal forest using ion-exchange membranes. Soil Monitoring and Assessment 186: 8191-8202. pdf

2013

D’Orangeville L, Côté B, Houle D and Morin H, 2013. The effects of throughfall exclusion on xylogenesis of balsam fir. Tree Physiology 33: 516-526. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Houle D, Côté B, Duchesne L and Morin H. 2013. Increased soil temperature and atmospheric N deposition have no effect on the N status and growth of a mature balsam fir forest. Biogeosciences 10: 4627-4639. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Côté B, Houle D and Whalen J. 2013. Reduced mineralizable carbon in a boreal forest soil after three years of artificial warming. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 93: 567-572. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Côté B, Houle D, Morin H and Duchesne L. 2013. A three-year increase in soil temperature and atmospheric N deposition has minor effects on the xylogenesis of mature balsam fir. Trees 27: 1525-1536. pdf

Pre-2013

Duchesne L, Houle D and D’Orangeville L, 2012. Influence of climate on seasonal patterns of stem increment of balsam fir in a boreal forest of Québec, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 162-163: 108-114. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Bouchard A and Cogliastro A. 2011. Unexpected seedling growth in the understory of post-agricultural forests from Eastern Canada. Annals of Forest Science 68: 759-769. pdf

D’Orangeville L, Bouchard A and Cogliastro A. 2008. Post-agricultural forests: Landscape patterns add to stand-scale factors in causing insufficient hardwood regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1637-1646. pdf