JEAN-PIERRE TREMBLAY

Research project : Regeneration strategies of balsam fir forest stands under heavy browsing pressure. This project made use of a controlled browsing experiment to study boreal forest plant responses in relation with white-tailed deer density levels. It aimed at determining deer density level compatible with natural regeneration of balsam fir stands. The experimental design allowed us to test alternate hypotheses about the nature of the relation between the state of the forest system and white-tailed deer stocking level : H1) a negative linear and reversible relation, H2) a negative non-linear and reversible relation or H3) a non-linear, discontinuous relation with alternate stable regimes.

Ph. D. Thesis (PDF 1499 Ko)

Academic training and work experience : Jean-Pierre Tremblay received is M. Sc. (1994-96) and B. Sc. degrees in biology (1991-94) from Laval University. His M. Sc. thesis investigated foraging strategies of rural and forest coyotes in recently colonized areas of eastern Québec, Canada. Jean-Pierre occupied the position of wildlife management counsellor for the Québec Wildlife Federation from 1996 to 2000 and he contributed to the redaction of the proposal that lead to the creation of NSERC-PFA Industrial Research Chair. His research project was supported by NSERC, FQRNT, Produits forestiers Anticosti inc. and Laval University. In 2006-2007, Jean-Pierre worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim) where is was conducting a comparative study on moose (Alces alces) population dynamics of Norway and Eastern Canada. He is now a professor at the biology department of Laval University and the co-holder of the Chair.

Research interests : Natural resources management, plant-herbivore interactions, forest ecology, population dynamics, ecological modelling.

Other links : Personal page from the biology department