Pierre-Luc Chagnon, Université de Montréal

Research

Decomposition Ecosystem functioning Environmental filtering Functional ecology Mycorrhizal fungi Phenotypic plasticity Root priming effect Soil aggregate stability

Latest papers

Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function.
Mycorrhiza · 2025
Structure and impact of root-associated fungi in treatment wetland mesocosms.
The Science of the total environment · 2023 · senior author
Bioaugmentation of treatment wetlands - A review.
The Science of the total environment · 2021

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Demain l'agroforêt : développement de solutions nature pour le climat dans les paysages agricoles
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$382,343
Caractérisation des vieilles forêts des Laurentides et Lanaudière par la télédétection, les attributs forestiers, la biodiversité fongique et le carbone des sols
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$154,299
How do mycorrhizal fungal traits influence ecosystem functioning?
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 5 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function.

Antunes PM, Stürmer SL, Bever JD, Chagnon PL, Chaudhary VB, Deveautour C, Fahey C, Kokkoris V, Lekberg Y, Powell JR, Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Zhang H

Mycorrhiza2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00572-025-01187-7 PMID: 40009242

02

Structure and impact of root-associated fungi in treatment wetland mesocosms.

Tondera K, Chazarenc F, Brisson J, Chagnon PL

The Science of the total environment2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159958 PMID: 36343819

03

Bioaugmentation of treatment wetlands - A review.

Tondera K, Chazarenc F, Chagnon PL, Brisson J

The Science of the total environment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145820 PMID: 33618303

04

Host identity influences nuclear dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Kokkoris V, Chagnon PL, Yildirir G, Clarke K, Goh D, MacLean AM, Dettman J, Stefani F, Corradi N

Current biology : CB2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.035 PMID: 33545043

Demain l'agroforêt : développement de solutions nature pour le climat dans les paysages agricoles

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rivest, David D

Keywords: afforestation; agroforesterie; biodiversité; coulées agricoles; économie écologique; lidar; séquestration du carbone; services écosystémiques; solutions basées sur la nature; système socio-écologique

$382,343

Caractérisation des vieilles forêts des Laurentides et Lanaudière par la télédétection, les attributs forestiers, la biodiversité fongique et le carbone des sols

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Doyon, Frédérik F

Keywords: bois mort; carbone organique du sol; communautés fongiques; dendrochronologie; groupes fongiques functionnels; lidar aéroporté; lidar terrestre mobile; microhabitats dendrologiques; typologie structurale; vieilles forêts

$154,299

How do mycorrhizal fungal traits influence ecosystem functioning?

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Chagnon, PierreLuc

$12,500

Impact du thé de compost sur les communautés microbiennes du sol

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Chagnon, PierreLuc

$25,000

How do mycorrhizal fungal traits influence ecosystem functioning?

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chagnon, Pierre-Luc

Keywords: Decomposition; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental filtering; Functional ecology; Mycorrhizal fungi; Phenotypic plasticity; Root priming effect; Soil aggregate stability; Soil carbon storage; Trait-based ecology

$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.

Frequent collaborators

Jacques Brisson

Sciences biologiques

2 shared papers, latest 2023

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