Christian Messier

Christian Messier

Université du Québec à Montréal

H-index: 82

North America-Canada

About Christian Messier

Christian Messier, With an exceptional h-index of 82 and a recent h-index of 53 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Université du Québec à Montréal, specializes in the field of forest ecology, urban forestry, silviculture, forest management, functional ecology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights

Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought

Shading and species diversity act as safety nets for seedling survival and vitality of native trees in dryland forests: Implications for restoration

Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration

An Urban Forest Diversification Software to Improve Resilience to Global Change

Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding

Which Tree Species Best Withstand Urban Stressors? Ask the Experts

Young temperate tree species show different fine root acclimation capacity to growing season water availability

Christian Messier Information

University

Université du Québec à Montréal

Position

Professor of forest ecology UQO and

Citations(all)

27150

Citations(since 2020)

11676

Cited By

19782

hIndex(all)

82

hIndex(since 2020)

53

i10Index(all)

287

i10Index(since 2020)

210

Email

University Profile Page

Université du Québec à Montréal

Christian Messier Skills & Research Interests

forest ecology

urban forestry

silviculture

forest management

functional ecology

Top articles of Christian Messier

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights

Leen Depauw

Emiel De Lombaerde

Els Dhiedt

Haben Blondeel

Luis Abdala-Roberts

...

2024/1/26

Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought

Journal of Ecology

Haben Blondeel

Joannès Guillemot

Nicolas Martin‐StPaul

Arsène Druel

Simon Bilodeau‐Gauthier

...

2024/4/8

Shading and species diversity act as safety nets for seedling survival and vitality of native trees in dryland forests: Implications for restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Abebe Damtew

Emiru Birhane

Christian Messier

Alain Paquette

Bart Muys

2024/1/15

Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration

Sybryn L Maes

Michael P Perring

Rachel Cohen

FK Akinnifesi

Aida Bargués‐Tobella

...

2024/3/24

An Urban Forest Diversification Software to Improve Resilience to Global Change

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)

A St-Denis

F Maure

R Belbahar

S Delagrange

T Handa

...

2024/1/1

Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding

Nature communications

Liting Zheng

Kathryn E Barry

Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramírez

Dylan Craven

Peter B Reich

...

2024/3/7

Which Tree Species Best Withstand Urban Stressors? Ask the Experts

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)

Maribel Carol-Aristizabal

Jérôme Dupras

Christian Messier

Rita Sousa-Silva

2024/1/1

Young temperate tree species show different fine root acclimation capacity to growing season water availability

Plant and Soil

Florentin C Jaeger

I Tanya Handa

Alain Paquette

William C Parker

Christian Messier

2024/3

Temporal shifts in the functional composition of Andean forests at different elevations are driven by climate change

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Johanna Andrea Martínez‐Villa

Sandra M Durán

Brian J Enquist

Alvaro Duque

Christian Messier

...

2024/1

Potential alternative land covers on Earth

Jean-Francois Bastin

Nicolas Latte

Claude Garcia

Fabio Berzaghi

Fernando Maestre

...

2024/2/2

Tree community overyielding during early stand development is explained by asymmetric species‐specific responses to diversity

Functional Ecology

Jon Urgoiti

Christian Messier

William S Keeton

Alain Paquette

2023/10

Forestry in the face of global change: results of a global survey of professionals

Austin Himes

Jürgen Bauhus

Shankar Adhikari

Saroj Kanta Barik

Hugh Brown

...

2023/12

Patterns of belowground overyielding and fine‐root biomass in native and exotic angiosperms and gymnosperms

Oikos

Michael J Schuster

Laura J Williams

Artur Stefanski

Raimundo Bermudez

Michaël Belluau

...

2023/1

DO CURRENT SHRUB AND TREE COMMUNITIES BEAR THE MEMORY OF PAST LAND USE IN RURAL AREAS?

ANALYSE SPATIOTEMPORELLE D’UN TERRITOIRE AGROFORESTIER: QUAND LES CONDITIONS PAYSAGÈRES DU PASSÉ ET DU PRÉSENT S’UNISSENT POUR INFLUENCER LES COMMUNAUTÉS FORESTIÈRES

Caroline Gagné

Christian Messier

Frédérik Doyon

Élise Filotas

2023/2

TAMM review: On the importance of tap and tree characteristics in maple sugaring

Tim Rademacher

Michaël Cliche

Élise Bouchard

Sara Yumi Sassamoto Kurokawa

Joshua Rapp

...

2023/5/1

Mapping temperate forest stands using mobile terrestrial LiDAR shows the influence of forest management regimes on tree mortality

Forest Ecology and Management

Rebeca Cordero Montoya

Anthony W D'Amato

Christian Messier

Philippe Nolet

2023/9/15

The Navigate framework: How the ecosystem services and resilience concepts can help us navigate in the current crises

Ecosystem Services

Laura Maebe

Marc Dufrêne

Hugues Claessens

Kevin Maréchal

Gauthier Ligot

...

2023/12/1

EROSION OF RESPONSE DIVERSITY AND RESPONSE TRAIT FILTERING IN TREE COMMUNITIES LOCATED WITHIN HIGHLY DISTURBED LANDSCAPES

ANALYSE SPATIOTEMPORELLE D’UN TERRITOIRE AGROFORESTIER: QUAND LES CONDITIONS PAYSAGÈRES DU PASSÉ ET DU PRÉSENT S’UNISSENT POUR INFLUENCER LES COMMUNAUTÉS FORESTIÈRES

Caroline Gagné

Frédérik Doyon

Élise Filotas

Christian Messier

2023/2

A LANDIS-II extension for simulating forest road networks

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Clément Hardy

Christian Messier

Osvaldo Valeria

Elise Filotas

2023/3/28

Soil fungal communities contribute to the positive diversity–productivity relationship of tree communities under contrasting water availability

Journal of Ecology

C Fahey

WC Parker

A Paquette

C Messier

PM Antunes

2023/9

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Christian Messier FAQs

What is Christian Messier's h-index at Université du Québec à Montréal?

The h-index of Christian Messier has been 53 since 2020 and 82 in total.

What are Christian Messier's top articles?

The articles with the titles of

Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights

Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought

Shading and species diversity act as safety nets for seedling survival and vitality of native trees in dryland forests: Implications for restoration

Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration

An Urban Forest Diversification Software to Improve Resilience to Global Change

Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding

Which Tree Species Best Withstand Urban Stressors? Ask the Experts

Young temperate tree species show different fine root acclimation capacity to growing season water availability

...

are the top articles of Christian Messier at Université du Québec à Montréal.

What are Christian Messier's research interests?

The research interests of Christian Messier are: forest ecology, urban forestry, silviculture, forest management, functional ecology

What is Christian Messier's total number of citations?

Christian Messier has 27,150 citations in total.

What are the co-authors of Christian Messier?

The co-authors of Christian Messier are Peter Reich, Robin L Chazdon, Christian Wirth, Sean C. Thomas, Yann Surget-Groba, Sylvain Delagrange.

Co-Authors

H-index: 196
Peter Reich

Peter Reich

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

H-index: 103
Robin L Chazdon

Robin L Chazdon

University of the Sunshine Coast

H-index: 80
Christian Wirth

Christian Wirth

Universität Leipzig

H-index: 71
Sean C. Thomas

Sean C. Thomas

University of Toronto

H-index: 26
Yann Surget-Groba

Yann Surget-Groba

Université du Québec en Outaouais

H-index: 23
Sylvain Delagrange

Sylvain Delagrange

Université du Québec en Outaouais

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