Restoring a peatland in its whole: Bois-des-Bel research station

Natural regeneration of mined peatlands

Peatland conservation

Restoration of Bic-Saint-Fabien peatland

Historical and palaecological analysis of the recent bog dynamics of southern Québec

On-Going Research Projects

Spontaneous revegetation of a peatland in Manitoba after peat extraction: diversity of plant assemblages and restoration perspectives.

Fen restoration: defining a reference ecosystem using paleoecological stratigraphy and present-day inventories.

Animal and vegetation patterns in natural and man-made bog pools: implication for restoration.

Bog conservation: a Canadian perspective.

Changes in plant communities over three decades on two disturbed bogs in southeastern Québec.

Liste des publications

Bachelor's: Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, 1988
Master's: Biologie, Université Laval, 1990
Doctorate: Biologie, Université Laval, 1994
Postdoral trainings: Département de phytologie, Université Laval (Canada), 1995; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado (USA), 1996

Lanscape Ecology - Paleoecology -  Invasice species
Actual research themes:

• Natural revegatation of disturbed peatlands;
• Recent dynamics of disturbed peatlands;
• Paleoecological reconstructions;
• Biological invasions.

See the information from the "Vice-rectorat à la recherche et à la création" 

Personal Web site at the "Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement"
Personal Web site at the "École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional"
Web site of Research Laboratory on Invasive Plants

Member of "Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement (CRAD)"
Associate member of "Centre d'Études nordiques"