Loïc D'Orangeville, Université Laval

Research

vulnerability to climate change tree growth and mortality forest regeneration growth phenology wood morphology and dendroanatomy drought tolerance species traits carbon allocation

Latest funding

Vulnerability of eastern Canadian forests to climate warming: environmental drivers, plasticity and climatic thresholds
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$231,000

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Vulnerability of eastern Canadian forests to climate warming: environmental drivers, plasticity and climatic thresholds

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: D'Orangeville, Loïc

Keywords: vulnerability to climate change; tree growth and mortality; forest regeneration; growth phenology; wood morphology and dendroanatomy; drought tolerance; species traits; carbon allocation

$231,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: vulnerability to climate change Dear Professor D'Orangeville, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on vulnerability to climate change connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Vulnerability of eastern Canadian forests to climate warming: environmental drivers, plasticity and climatic thresholds" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]