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Listed below are publications from the last 10 years. For a complete list of all publications please visit: Google Scholar ID;\u00a0<\/a>ORCID iD<\/a><\/p>\n

If you need access to one of these articles, please email treelab1@ualberta.ca with your request<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Eduardo P Cappa, Charles Chen, Andy Benowicz, Barb R Thomas, and Yousry A El-Kassaby. Integrating machine learning with single-step GBLUP for enhanced genomic prediction in white spruce.\u00a0Tree Genetics & Genomes<\/i>\u00a022<\/b>, 19 (2026). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11295-026-01746-9<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Raiany Dias de Andrade Silva and Barb R Thomas, Family and sex-related responses of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) seedlings to drought stress,
    \nForest Ecology and Management, Volume 619, 2026, 124064, ISSN 0378-1127,https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2026.124064(https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0378112726005621)<\/li>\n
  3. Eduardo P Cappa, Jennifer G Klutsch, Andy Benowicz, Sebasti\u00e1n Munilla, Shawn D Mansfield, Nadir Erbilgin, Barb R Thomas, Yousry A El-Kassaby, Bayesian networks and structural equation models reveal genetic causal relationships between productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in interior lodgepole pine, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026, jkaf308, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/g3journal\/jkaf308<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Dykstra,\u00a0E.<\/span>,\u00a0J. Stobbs<\/span>,\u00a0E. Galeano<\/span>, and\u00a0B. Thomas<\/span>.\u00a02025<\/span>. \u201c\u00a0Revealing the Application of Synchrotron-Based X-Ray Computed Tomography in Healthy Versus Unhealthy Interior Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta<\/i>\u00a0var.\u00a0latifolia<\/i>) Conelets<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0Plant Direct<\/i>\u00a09<\/span>, no.\u00a011<\/span>: e70117.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pld3.70117<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Kennedy L. Mitchell<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Barb. R. Thomas<\/span>. 2025. Interior lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia<\/i>) and white spruce (Picea glauca<\/i>) orchard capacity and demand in Alberta, Canada.\u00a0The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a0101<\/b>(1): 85-92. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2024-031\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0Appendix A Mitchell and Thomas Seed production decision tree TFC_FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Sebastian-Azcona, J., Cappa, E.P., Da Ros, L., Ratcliffe, B., Chen, C., Wei, X., Liu, Y., Mansfield, S.D., Hamann, A., El-Kassaby, Y.A. and Thomas, B.R. (2025), Short- and Long-Term Growth Response to Multiple Drought Episodes: Evidence of Genetic Adaptation in a Conifer Species. Ecology and Evolution, 15: e71398. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.71398<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Cappa, E.P., Chen, C., Klutsch, J.G.\u00a0et al.<\/i>\u00a0Revealing stable SNPs and genomic prediction insights across environments enhance breeding strategies of productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in white spruce.\u00a0Heredity<\/i>\u00a0(2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41437-025-00747-z<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Luo, D., O\u2019Neill, G.A., Thomas, B.R., Ukrainetz, N., and Wang, T.\u00a0Evaluating the effectiveness of climate-based seed transfer and assisted migration: a case study of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta<\/i>\u00a0var.\u00a0latifolia<\/i>\u00a0Dougl.) and interior spruce (Picea engelmanii x glauca<\/i>\u00a0(Moench) Voss and their hybrids) in western Canada.\u00a0Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a082<\/b>, 7 (2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01275-w<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Bhandari, S.K., Pinno, B.D., and Thomas, B.R., Tree improvement increases the growth of white spruce (Picea glauca): Evidence from 15-year-old operational plantations in Alberta. 2024. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol 561. Bhandari-et-al-2024 Forest Ecology and Mgmt <\/a>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2024.121855<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Luo, D., O\u2019Neill, G.A., Yang, Y., Galeano, E., Wang, T., and Thomas, B.R.\u00a0Population-specific climate sensitive top height curves and their applications to assisted migration.\u00a0Eur J Forest Res<\/i> (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10342-024-01694-w<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Barb R. Thomas<\/span>,\u00a0Michael Stoehr<\/span>,\u00a0Stefan G. Schreiber<\/span>,\u00a0Andy Benowicz<\/span>,\u00a0William R. Schroeder<\/span>,\u00a0Raju Soolanayakanahally<\/span>,\u00a0Chris Stefner<\/span>,\u00a0Ken A. Elliott<\/span>,\u00a0Newton Philis<\/span>,\u00a0Ngaire Rubal<\/span>,\u00a0Pierre P\u00e9rinet<\/span>,\u00a0Martin Perron<\/span>,\u00a0Dale Simpson<\/span>,\u00a0Michele Fullarton<\/span>,\u00a0Josh Sherrill<\/span>,\u00a0Mary Myers<\/span>,\u00a0David Steeves<\/span>,\u00a0Simon Bockstette<\/span>,\u00a0Basil English<\/span>, and\u00a0John Kort<\/span>. 2024. Tree Improvement in Canada \u2013 past, present and future, 2023 and beyond. 2024. The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a0100<\/b>(1): 59-87.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2024-004<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Bhandari<\/span>, S.K., Pinno B.D., Stadt<\/span>, K.J., and Thomas, B.R.<\/span>\u00a0Growth response to pre-commercial thinning of lodgepole pine is short-term but the effects on size distribution persist for decades.\u00a0The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a0e-First\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2024-002<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Niemczyk, M., Thomas, B.R. & Jastrz\u0119bowski, S. Strategies for difficult times: physiological and morphological responses to drought stress in seedlings of Central European tree species.\u00a0Trees<\/i>\u00a037<\/b>, 1657\u20131669 (2023). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00468-023-02450-0<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Dawei Luo, Gregory A. O\u2019Neill, Yuqing Yang et al. Climate-Sensitive Growth and Yield Models and Their Application to Assisted Migration, 21 November 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-3627309\/v1<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Galeano E, Cappa EP, Bousquet J, Thomas BR. Optimizing a Regional White Spruce Tree Improvement Program: SNP Genotyping for Enhanced Breeding Values, Genetic Diversity Assessment, and Estimation of Pollen Contamination.\u00a0Forests<\/em>. 2023; 14(11):2212. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f14112212<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Xinli Chen, Barb R. Thomas, Sarah Pattison, Zhengfeng An, Scott X. Chang. 2023. Pulp mill biosolids mitigate soil greenhouse gas emissions from applied urea and improve soil fertility in a hybrid poplar plantation. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 344, 2023, 118474, ISSN 0301-4797. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2023.118474<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Galeano, E. and Thomas, B.R. 2023. Unraveling genetic variation among white spruce families generated through different breeding strategies: Heritability, growth, physiology, hormones and gene expression. Front. Plant Sci.<\/i> 14:1052425. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2023.1052425<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Esteban Galeano<\/span>,\u00a0Simon Bockstette<\/span>, and\u00a0Barb R. Thomas<\/span>. 2023. An economic analysis and seed yield assessment of alternative breeding strategies in a white spruce tree improvement program.\u00a0The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a099<\/b>(1): 52-66.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2023-001<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Stephanie B. Rudnew<\/span>,\u00a0Esteban Galeano<\/span>, and\u00a0Barb R. Thomas<\/span>. 2023. Effect of soil warming on growth and physiology of aspen seedlings from Alberta, Canada.\u00a0The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a099<\/b>(1): 67-79.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2023-002<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Yang Liu, Nadir Erbilgin, Eduardo Pablo Cappa, Charles Chen, Blaise Ratcliffe, Xiaojing Wei, Jennifer G Klutsch, Aziz Ullah, Jaime Sebastian Azcona, Barb R Thomas, Yousry A El-Kassaby, Decoupling of height growth and drought or pest resistance tradeoffs is revealed through multiple common-garden experiments of lodgepole pine,\u00a0Evolution<\/em>, Volume 77, Issue 3, 1 March 2023, Pages 893\u2013906,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/evolut\/qpad004<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Szyp-Borowska I, Ukalska J, Niemczyk M, Wojda T, Thomas BR. Effects of Water Deficit Stress on Growth Parameters of\u00a0Robinia pseudoacacia<\/i>\u00a0L. Selected Clones under In Vitro Conditions.\u00a0Forests<\/em>. 2022; 13(12):1979. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f13121979<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Cappa, E.P., Chen, C., Klutsch, J.G.\u00a0et al.<\/i>\u00a0Multiple-trait analyses improved the accuracy of genomic prediction and the power of genome-wide association of productivity and climate change-adaptive traits in lodgepole pine.\u00a0BMC Genomics<\/i>\u00a023,\u00a0<\/b>536 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12864-022-08747-7<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Liu, Y.,\u00a0Erbilgin, N.,\u00a0Ratcliffe, B.,\u00a0Klutsch, J. G.,\u00a0Wei, X.,\u00a0Ullah, A.,\u00a0Cappa, E. P., et al.\u00a0<\/span>Pest defenses under weak selection exert a limited influence on the evolution of height growth and drought avoidance in marginal pine populations.\u00a0<\/span>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2022.1034<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Cappa, E.P., Ratcliffe, B., Chen, C., Thomas, B.R., Liu, Y., Klustch, J., Wei, X., Azcona, J. S., Benowicz, A., Sadoway, S., Erbilgin, N., El-Kassaby, Y.A. 2022. Improving lodgepole pine genomic evaluation using spatial correlation structure and SNP selection with single-step GBLUP. Heredity<\/i> (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41437-022-00508-2 <\/a>\u00a0Supplemental data: Heredity paper supplemental data Cappa et al. 2022<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Wei, X., Benowicz, A., Sebastian-<\/span>Azcona, J., & Thomas, B. R. (2022). Genetic variation in leaf <\/span>traits and gas exchange responses to vapour pressure deficit <\/span>in contrasting conifer species. <\/span>Functional Ecology<\/span>, 00, 1\u2013<\/span>11. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1365-<\/span>2435.14007<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  26. Cappa EP, Klutsch JG, Sebastian-Azcona J, Ratcliffe B, Wei X, Da Ros L, Liu Y, Chen C, Benowicz A, Sadoway S, Mansfield SD, Erbilgin N, Thomas BR, El-Kassaby YA. (2022) Integrating genomic information and productivity and climate-adaptability traits into a regional white spruce breeding program. PLOS ONE 17(3): e0264549. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0264549<\/a><\/li>\n
  27. Dawei Luo<\/span>,\u00a0Phil G. Comeau<\/span>, and\u00a0Barb R. Thomas<\/span>. Effects of interspecific competition on early growth of genetically improved white spruce in mixedwood stands in northeastern Alberta.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Forest Research<\/i>.\u00a052<\/b>(5): 819-833.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2021-0300<\/a><\/li>\n
  28. \n
    Luo, Dawei, and Barb R. Thomas. “An analysis of age-age correlations in white spruce and lodgepole pine and how it applies to the growth and yield projection system (GYPSY) in Alberta (vol 482, pg 1, 2021).”\u00a0FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT<\/i> 503 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2020.118865<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  29. Pappas, C.\u00a0et al.<\/i>\u00a0(2022).\u00a0Smartforests<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Canada: 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. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 40. Springer, Cham. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-80767-2_16<\/a><\/li>\n
  30. Niemczyk, M., Chmura, D.J., Socha, J.\u00a0et al.<\/i>\u00a0 How geographic and climatic factors affect the adaptation of Douglas-fir provenances to the temperate continental climate zone in Europe. Eur J Forest Res<\/i>\u00a0(2021). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10342-021-01398-5<\/a><\/li>\n
  31. Letitia M. Da Ros, Barb R. Thomas, Shawn D. Mansfield. Wood quality trait associations with climate: Room for improvement in two northern commercial tree species?. Forest Ecology and Management. Volume 497, 2021, 119492, ISSN 0378-1127, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2021.119492<\/a><\/li>\n
  32. Wang, S., An, H., Chang, W-Y., Gaston, C., Thomas, B.R. Economic potential of adopting genomic technology in Alberta\u2019s tree improvement sector. The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>. 97<\/b>(3): 277-299. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2021-032<\/a><\/li>\n
  33. Pinno, Bradley D., T<\/span>homas<\/span>, Barb R. and Lieffers, Victor J<\/span>. 2021. Wood supply challenges in Alberta \u2013 Growing more timber is the only sustainable solution. The Forestry Chronicle<\/i>.\u00a0e-First\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2021-013<\/a><\/li>\n
  34. Hu, Y.; Kamelchuk, D., Krygier, R., Thomas, B.R. Field Testing of Selected Salt-Tolerant Screened Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera<\/i>\u00a0L.) Clones for Use in Reclamation around End-Pit Lakes Associated with Bitumen Extraction in Northern Alberta.\u00a0Forests<\/em>\u00a02021<\/b>,\u00a012<\/em>, 572. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f12050572<\/a><\/li>\n
  35. Galeano, E., Bousquet, J. & Thomas, B.R. 2021. SNP-based analysis reveals unexpected features of genetic diversity, parental contributions and pollen contamination in a white spruce breeding program. Sci Rep<\/i>\u00a011,\u00a0<\/b>4990. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-84566-2<\/a><\/li>\n
  36. Galeano, E., Thomas, B.R. 2020 Effect of elevated gibberellic acid application on growth and gene expression patterns in white spruce families from a tree improvement program in Alberta, Canada. Tree Physiology. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/treephys\/tpaa133<\/a><\/li>\n
  37. Luo, D., Thomas, B.R. 2021. An analysis of age-age correlations in white spruce and lodgepole pine and how it applies to the growth and yield projection system (GYPSY) in Alberta. Forest Ecology and Management. 482. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2020.118865\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  38. Bockstette, S., de la Mata, R., Thomas, B.R. 2021. Best of both worlds: hybrids of two commercially important pines (Pinus contorta \u00d7 P. banksiana) combine increased growth potential and high drought tolerance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 51 (10) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2020-0420<\/a><\/li>\n
  39. Chang, S.X., Zheng, S., Thomas, B.R. 2020 Soil respiration and net ecosystem productivity in a chronosequence of hybrid poplar plantations. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 1-15. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjss-2020-0006<\/a><\/li>\n
  40. Niemczyk, M., Thomas, B.R. 2020 Growth parameters and resistance to Sphaerulina musiva-induced canker are more important than wood density for increasing genetic gain from selection of Populus spp. hybrids\u00a0\u2026 Annals of Forest Science 77 (2), 1-14 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13595-020-0931-y<\/a><\/li>\n
  41. Lieffers, V.J., Pinno, B.D., Beverly, J.L., Thomas, B.R., Nock, C. 2020 Reforestation policy has constrained options for managing risks on public forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2019-0422<\/a><\/li>\n
  42. Klutsch, J., Kee, C., Cappa, E., Ratcliffe, B., Thomas, B.R., & Erbilgin, N. 2020 Increment coring induced traumatic resin ducts in white spruce but not in lodgepole pine. Tree-Ring Research: January 2020, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 54-58. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3959\/TRR2019-5<\/a><\/li>\n
  43. Niemczyk, M., Hu, Y. & Thomas, B.R. 2019. Selection of poplar genotypes for adapting to climate change. Forests 10(11), 1041. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f10111041<\/a><\/li>\n
  44. Bockstette, S. & Thomas, B.R. 2019. Impact of genotype and parent origin on the efficacy and optimal timingof GA4\/7 stem injections in a lodgepole pine seed orchard. New For. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11056-019-09733-w<\/a><\/li>\n
  45. Arshad, M., Biswas, K., Bisgrove, S., Schroeder, W., Thomas, B.R., Mansfield, S., Mattson, J. & Plant, A. 2019. Differences in drought tolerance revealed in nine North American hybrid poplars. Trees \u2013 Struct. Funct. Pp. 1-18. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00468-019-01846-1<\/a><\/li>\n
  46. Chang, W-Y, Gaston, C. Cool, J., & Thomas, B.R. A financial analysis of using improved planting stock or white spruce and lodgepole pine in Alberta, Canada: Genomic selection versus traditional breeding. Forestry: An International J of For Res. 92(3), 297-310.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  47. Hu, Y. & Thomas, B.R. 2019. Hormones and heterosis in hybrid balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). Forests 10(2): 143. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f10020143 OA (featured manuscript)<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  48. Chang, W-Y., Wang, S., Gaston, C., Cool, J., An, H., & Thomas, B.R. 2019. Economic evaluations of tree improvement for planted forests: a systematic review. BioProducts Business\u00a04(1),\u00a0 1-14.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  49. Goehing, J., Henkel-Johnson, D., Macdonald, E.S., Bork, E.W., & Thomas, B.R. 2019. Spatial partitioning of competitive effects from neighbouring herbaceous vegetation on establishing hybrid poplars in plantations. Can J For Res.\u00a0doi:10.1139\/cjfr-2018-0410 OA<\/a><\/li>\n
  50. Khan, S., Thomas, B.R., de la Mata, R., Randall, M.J., Zhang, W. & Zwiazek, J.J. 2019. Variation in aquaporin and physiological responses among\u00a0Pinus contorta\u00a0families under different moisture conditions. Plants 8, 13.\u00a0doi:10.3390\/plants8010013 OA<\/a><\/li>\n
  51. Mamashita, T., Larocque, G. R., DesRochers, A., Beaulieu, J., Thomas, B. R., Mosseler, A., Major, J. and Sidders, D. 2017. Accelerating the selection process for Populus and Salix clones using short-term photosynthetic acclimation responses under greenhouse conditions. \u00c9coscience, 24(1-2), 59-73. DOI: 10.1080\/11956860.2017.1361508<\/a><\/li>\n
  52. Schreiber, S. G., & Thomas, B. R. 2017. Forest industry investment in tree improvement\u2013a wise business decision or a bottomless pit? Answers from a new tree improvement valuation model for Alberta, Canada. The Forestry Chronicle, 93(1), 38-43.\u00a0 Excel Model to download: S2 TIIFA valuation modelR1<\/a> Paper: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2017-009<\/a><\/li>\n
  53. Goehing, J., Thomas, B.R., Macdonald, and S.E., Bork, E.W. 2017. Effects of alternative establishment systems on resource availability, understorey, composition, and tree performance in juvenile hybrid poplar plantations. Forestry, 90(4), 515-529. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/forestry\/cpx005<\/a><\/li>\n
  54. Lupi, C., Larocque, G. R., DesRochers, A., Labrecque, M., Mosseler, A., Major, J., Beaulieu, J., Tremblay, F., Gordon, A. M., Thomas, B. R. 2017. Biomass from young hardwood stands on marginal lands: Allometric equations and sampling methods. Biomass and Bioenergy, 98, 172-181. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biombioe.2017.01.023<\/a><\/li>\n
  55. Thomas, B. R., Schreiber, S. G., & Kamelchuk, D. P. 2016. Impact of planting container type on growth and survival of three hybrid poplar clones in central Alberta, Canada. New Forests, 47(6), 815-827. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11056-016-9546-4<\/a><\/li>\n
  56. Henkel-Johnson, D., Macdonald, S. E., Bork, E. W., & Thomas, B. R. 2016. Influence of weed composition, abundance, and spatial proximity on growth in young hybrid poplar plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 362, 55-68.<\/a> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2015.11.010<\/li>\n
  57. Grenke, J. S., Macdonald, S. E., Thomas, B. R., Moore, C. A., & Bork, E. W. 2016. Relationships between understory vegetation and hybrid poplar growth and size in an operational plantation. The Forestry Chronicle, 92(4), 469-476. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5558\/tfc2016-083<\/a><\/li>\n
  58. Gray, L. K., Rweyongeza, D., Hamann, A., John, S., & Thomas, B. R. 2016. Developing management strategies for tree improvement programs under climate change: Insights gained from long-term field trials with lodgepole pine. Forest Ecology and Management, 377, 128-138. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2016.06.041<\/a><\/li>\n
  59. Gray, L. K., Hamann, A., John, S., Rweyongeza, D., Barnhardt, L., & Thomas, B. R. 2016. Climate change risk management in tree improvement programs: selection and movement of genotypes. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 12(2), 1-12. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11295-016-0983-1<\/a><\/li>\n
  60. Chang, S. X., Shi, Z., & Thomas, B. R. 2016. Soil respiration and its temperature sensitivity in agricultural and afforested poplar plantation systems in northern Alberta. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 52(5), 629-641. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00374-016-1104-x<\/a><\/li>\n
  61. Adonsou, K. E., DesRochers, A., Tremblay, F., Thomas, B. R., & Isabel, N. 2016. The clonal root system of balsam poplar in upland sites of Quebec and Alberta. Ecology and Evolution, 6(19), 6846-6854. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.2441<\/a><\/li>\n
  62. Lupi, C., Larocque, G., DesRochers, A., Labrecque, M., Mosseler, A., Major, J., Beaulieu, J., Tremblay, F., Gordon, A. M., Thomas, B. R. 2015. Evaluating sampling designs and deriving biomass equations for young plantations of poplar and willow clones. Biomass and Bioenergy, 83, 196-205. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biombioe.2015.09.019<\/a><\/li>\n
  63. Mamashita, T., Larocque, G. R., DesRochers, A., Beaulieu, J., Thomas, B. R., Mosseler, A., Major, J., Sidders, D. 2015. Short-term growth and morphological responses to nitrogen availability and plant density in hybrid poplars and willows. Biomass and Bioenergy, 81, 88-97. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biombioe.2015.06.003<\/a><\/li>\n
  64. Schreiber, S. G., Hacke, U. G., Chamberland, S., Lowe, C. W., Kamelchuk, D., Br\u00e4utigam, K., Campbell, M., Thomas, B. R. 2015. Leaf size serves as a proxy for xylem vulnerability to cavitation in plantation trees. Plant, cell & environment, 39(2), 272-281.<\/a> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/pce.12611<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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