SORTIE-ND Publications

Beaudet, M., C. Messier, and C. D. Canham. 2002. Predictions of understory light conditions in northern hardwood forests following parameterization, sensitivity analysis, and tests of the SORTIE light model. For. Ecol. Manage. 165:231-244.

Beaudet, M., and C. Messier. 2002. Variation in canopy openness and light transmission following selection cutting in northern hardwood stands: an assessment based on hemispherical photographs. Agric. For. Meteorol. 110: 217-228.

Belsky, A. J., and C. D. Canham. 1994. Forest gaps and isolated savanna trees: an application of patch dynamics in two ecosystems. BioScience 44:77-84.

Bigelow, S. W., and C. D. Canham. 2002. Community organization of tree species along soil gradients in a northeastern USA forest. J. Ecol. 90:188-200.

Bolker, B. M., S. W. Pacala, F. A. Bazzaz, C. D. Canham, and S. A. Levin. 1995. Species diversity and ecosystem response to carbon dioxide fertilization: conclusions from a temperate forest model. Global Change Biol. 1:373-381.

Canham, C. D., P. T. LePage, and K. D. Coates. 2004. A neighborhood analysis of canopy tree competition: effects of shading versus crowding. Can. J. For. Res. 34:778-787.

Canham, C. D., J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2003. The Role of Modeling in Ecosystem Science. pp 1-12. In: Canham, C. D., J. S. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth (eds.). Models in Ecosystem Science. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Canham, C. D., M. J. Papaik, and E. F. Latty. 2001. Interspecific variation in susceptibility to windthrow as a function of tree size and storm severity for northern temperate tree species. Can. J. For. Res. 31:1-10.

Canham, C. D., K. D. Coates, P. Bartemucci, and S. Quaglia. 1999. Measurement and modeling of spatially-explicit variation in light transmission through interior cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 29:1775-1783.

Canham, C. D., and S. W. Pacala. 1995. Linking tree population dynamics and forest ecosystem processes. In: C. G. Jones and J. H. Lawton (eds.). Linking Species and Ecosystems. Chapman and Hall, Inc., New York. pp. 84-93.

Canham, C. D., A. C. Finzi, S. W. Pacala, and D. H. Burbank. 1994. Causes and consequences of resource heterogeneity in forests: interspecific variation in light transmission by canopy trees. Can. J. For. Res. 24:337-349.

Canham, C. D., J. S. Denslow, W. J. Platt, J. R. Runkle, T. A. Spies, and P. S. White. 1990. Light regimes beneath closed canopies and tree-fall gaps in temperate and tropical forests. Can. J. For. Res. 20:620-631.

Canham, C. D. 1989. Different responses to gaps among shade-tolerant trees species. Ecology 70(3):548-550.

Canham, C. D. 1988. An index for understory light levels in and around canopy gaps. Ecology 69:1634-1638.

Casperson, J. P., J. A. Silander, Jr., C. D. Canham, and S. W. Pacala. 1999. Modeling the competitive dynamics and distribution of tree species along moisture gradients. In: D. Mladenoff and W. Baker (eds.). Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change. Cambridge University Press. pp. 14-41.

Coates, K. D., C. D. Canham, M. Beaudet, D. L. Sachs, and C. Messier. 2003. Use of a spatially-explicit individual-tree model (SORTIE/BC) to explore the implications of patchiness in structurally complex forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 186:297-310.

Coates, K.D., and P. J. Burton. 1999. Growth of planted tree seedlings in response to ambient light levels in northwestern interior cedar - hemlock forests of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 29:1374-1382.

Condit, R., P. S. Ashton, P. Baker, S. Bunyavejchewin, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, S. P. Hubbel, R. B. Foster, A. Itoh, J. V. LaFrankie, H. S. Lee, E. Losos, N. Manokaran, R. Sukumar, and T. Yamakura. 2000. Spatial Patterns in the Distribution of Tropical Tree Species. Science 288:1414-1418.

Dubé, P., M. -J. Fortin, C. D. Canham, and D. J. Marceau. 2001. Quantifying gap dynamics and spatio-temporal structures in spatially-explicit models of temperate forest ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 142:39-60.

Finzi, A. C., and C. D. Canham. 2000. Sapling growth in response to light and nitrogen availability in a southern New England forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 131:153-165.

Finzi, A. C., and C. D. Canham. 1998. Non-additive effects of litter mixtures on net N mineralization in a southern New England forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 105:129-136.

Finzi, A. C., C. D. Canham, and N. van Breemen. 1998. Canopy tree-soil interactions within temperate forests: species effects on pH and cations. Ecol. Appl. 8:447-454.

Finzi, A. C., N. van Breemen, and C. D. Canham. 1998. Canopy tree-soil interactions within temperate forests: species effects on carbon and nitrogen. Ecol. Appl. 8:440-446.

Frelich, L. E., and C. G. Lorimer. 1991. A Simulation of Landscape-Level stand dynamics in the northern hardwood region, Journal of Ecology, 79:223-233.

Goldenberg, S. B., C. W. Landsea, A. M. Mestas-Nunez, and W. M. Gray. 2001. The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications. Science 293:474-479.

Gratzer, G., C. D. Canham, U. Dieckmann, A. Fischer, Y. Iwasa, R. Law, M. J. Lexer, H. Sandmann, T. Spies, B. Splechtna, and J. Szwagrzyk. 2004. Spatio-temporal development of forests - current trends in field studies and models. Oikos 107:3-15.

Greene, D. F., C. D. Canham, K. D. Coates, and P. T. LePage. 2004. An evaluation of alternative dispersal functions for trees. J. Ecol. 92:752-766.

Hartmann, H., and C. Messier. 2008. The role of forest tent caterpillar defoliations and partial harvest in the decline and death of sugar maple. Ann. Bot. 102:377-387.

Hilborn, R., and M. Mangel. 1997. The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data. Princeton University Press.

Iqbal, M. 1983. An Introduction to Solar Radiation. Academic Press, Toronto.

Jenkins, J. C., D. C. Chojnacky, L. S. Heath, and R. A. Birdsey. 2004. Comprehensive Database of Diameter-based Biomass Regressions for North American Tree Species. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service General Technical Report NE-319. http://www.fs.fed.us/ne

Knapp, L. B., and C. D. Canham. 2000. Invasion of old-growth forests by Ailanthus altissima: sapling growth and recruitment in canopy gaps. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 127:307-315.

Kneeshaw, D.D., R. K. Kobe, K. D. Coates, and C. Messier. 2006. Sapling size influences shade tolerance ranking among southern boreal tree species. J. Ecol. 94: 471-480.

Kobe, R. K., S. W. Pacala, J. A. Silander, Jr., and C. D. Canham. 1995. Juvenile tree survivorship as a component of shade tolerance. Ecol. Appl. 5:517-532.

Kobe, R. K., and K. D. Coates. 1997. Models of sapling mortality as a function of growth to characterize interspecific variation in shade tolerance of eight tree species of northwestern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:227-236.

Lefrançois, M.-J., M. Beaudet, and C. Messier. 2008. Crown openness as influenced by tree and site characteristics for yellow birch, sugar maple and eastern hemlock. Can. J. For. Res., 38: 488-497.

Lepage, P. T., C. D. Canham, K. D. Coates, and P. Bartemucci. 2000. Seed source versus substrate limitation of seedling recruitment in northern temperate forests of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 30:415-427.

Menard, A., P. Dubé, A. Bouchard, C. D. Canham, and D. J. Marceau. 2002. Evaluating the potential of the SORTIE forest succession model for spatio-temporal analysis of small-scale disturbances. Ecol. Model. 153:81-96.

Messavage, C., and J. W. Girard. 1956. Tables for estimating board-foot volume of timber. USDA Forest Service.

Pacala, S. W., C. D. Canham, J. Saponara, J. A. Silander, Jr., R. K. Kobe, and E. Ribbens. 1996. Forest models defined by field measurements: II. Estimation, error analysis and dynamics Ecol. Monogr. 66:1-43.

Pacala, S. W., C. D. Canham, J. A. Silander, Jr., and R. K. Kobe. 1994. Sapling growth as a function of resources in a north temperate forest. Can. J. For. Res. 24:2172-2183.

Pacala, S. W., C. D. Canham, and J. A. Silander, Jr. 1993. Forest models defined by field measurements: I. The design of a northeastern forest simulator. Can. J. For. Res. 23:1980-1988.

Papaik, M. J. 1998. Effects of windstorm in northern temperate forests. Master's Thesis, Bard College. 1998.

Paquette, A., C. Messier, P. Périnet, and A. Cogliastro. 2008. Simulating light availability under different hybrid poplar clones in a mixed intensive plantation system. Forest Science (in press).

Ribbens, E., S. W. Pacala, and J. A. Silander, Jr. 1994. Recruitment in forests: calibrating models to predict patterns of seedling dispersal. Ecology 75:1794-1806.

Schnurr, J. L., C. D. Canham, R. S. Ostfeld, and R. S. Inouye. 2004. Neighborhood analyses of small mammal dynamics: Impacts on seed predation and seedling establishment. Ecology 85:741-755.

Scott, C. T. 1979. Northeastern forest survey revised cubic-foot volume equations. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station Research Note NE-304.

Sturtevant, B. R., A. Fall, D. K. Kneeshaw, N. P. P. Simon, M. J. Papaik, K. Berninger, F. Doyon, D. J. Morgan, and C. Messier. 2007. A toolkit modeling approach for sustainable forest management planning: Achieving balance between science and local needs. Ecology and Society, 12: art 7.

Tremblay, M., C. Messier, and D. J. Marceau. 2005. Analysis of deciduous tree species dynamics after a severe ice storm using SORTIE model simulations. Ecol. Modelling, 187: 297-313.

Uriarte, M., C. D. Canham, J. Thompson, J. K. Zimmerman, and N. Brokaw. 2005. Seedling recruitment in a hurricane-driven tropical forest: light limitation, density-dependence and the spatial distribution of parent trees. Journal of Ecology 93:291-304.

Uriarte, M., C. D. Canham, J. Thompson, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2004. A neighborhood analysis of tree growth and survival in a hurricane-driven tropical forest. Ecological Monographs 74(4):591-614.

Uriarte, M., R. Condit, C. D. Canham, and S. P. Hubbell. 2004. A spatially-explicit model of sapling growth in a tropical forest: Does the identity of neighbours matter? J. Ecol. 92:348-360.

van Breemen, N., A. F. Finzi, and C. D. Canham. 1997. Canopy tree-soil interactions within temperate forests: Effects of elemental composition and texture on species distributions. Can. J. For. Res. 27:1110-1116.

Vanderwel, M. C., J. P. Caspersen, and M. E. Woods. 2006. Snag dynamics in partially harvested and unmanaged northern hardwood forests. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 2769-2779.

Wilson, D. J., E. F. Wright, C. D. Canham, and W. A. Ruscoe. 2007. Neighbourhood analyses of tree seed predation by introduced rodents in a New Zealand temperate rainforst. Ecography 30:105-119.

Wright, E. F., C. D. Canham, and K. D. Coates. 2000. Effects of suppression and release on sapling growth for eleven tree species of northern, interior British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 30:1571-1580.

Wright, E. F., K. D. Coates, and P. Bartemucci. 1998. Regeneration from seed of 6 tree species in the interior cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia as affected by substrate and canopy gap position Can. J. For. Res. 28:1352-1364.

Wright, E. F., K. D. Coates, C. D. Canham, and P. Bartemucci. 1998. Species variability in growth response to light across climatic regions in northwestern British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 28:871-886.