Canadian Forest Service employee directory
André Arsenault
Forest Ecologist
Atlantic Forestry Centre
26 University Drive, P.O. Box 960
Corner Brook,
Newfoundland and Labrador,
A2H 6J3
Tel: (709) 638-2365
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 2010
Areas of Interest:
- Forest ecology and management
- Disturbance ecology and forest dynamics
- Old-growth forest
- Coarse woody debris and bio-fuel
- Lichen ecology
- Conservation biology
- Silviculture systems
Academic Awards
- Tuckernan award (best paper in lichenology) honourable mentions to Trevor Goward and André Arsenault for “Cyanolichen distribution in young unmanaged forests: a dripzone effect?”
- BC Forest Service re-classification from Bio4 to Bio5 based on merit 2005-2006
- BC Forest Service re-classification from Bio3 to Bio4 based on merit 2000-2001
- Award of excellence for 1st place among papers presented at the 76th annual meeting of the Pacific Division of AAAS 1995
- Honourable mention for 2nd place (Lionel Cinq-Mars Award) among papers presented at an annual meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association 1994
- University of British Columbia Fellowship (Ph.D.) 1991-1992
- NSERC Post-graduate scholarship (Ph.D.) 1989-1991
- NSERC Post-graduate scholarship (M.Sc.) 1987-1989
- NSERC University undergraduate award (B.Sc.) 1985
Current Research Projects
- The ecology and management of ponderosa pine forests: an endangered ecosystem in Canada
- Distribution, ecology, and restoration of epiphytic cyanolichen habitats in Canada: a multi-disciplinary approach
- Forest productivity and dynamics of the Humber River Valley: a reconnaissance study
- Historical reconstruction of forest dynamics and climates of dominant forest types in Newfoundland and Labrador across a climatic gradient.
- Vegetation and tree regeneration response to anthropogenic and natural disturbances in Canadian forests
- Ecology and management of deadwood in Canadian forests
Education
- B.Sc. in Biology/Ecology (1987), Université du Québec à Montréal
- M.Sc. in Biology/Ecology (1990), Université du Québec à Montréal
- Ph.D. in Botany (1995), University of British Columbia