Tree Growth and Forest Health

Summary

In collaboration with the Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Winnipeg, we have undertaken several projects related to forest growth and health. This includes understanding the impacts of a common insecticideused against spruce budworm on non-target moth species, as well as understanding how Armillaria root rot disease slows growth of black spruce trees. The dendroecological data which we collected in Manitoba was contributed to the international plant trait database (TRY). This database has been used to better understand global patterns of how tree growth slows in the years immediately preceding tree death.