Boucher, Yan
Yan Boucher is a forest engineer. From 2007 until 2021, he worked as a research scientist in forest management and ecology at the Direction de la recherche forestière. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology from University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM, B. Sc., 2000), a master’s degree in wildlife and habitat management from University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR, M. Sc., 2002) and a Ph. D. in environmental sciences from UQAR-UQAM (2008). He leads several projects whose goals converge towards the evaluation of the long-term effects of natural disturbances (fires, insect epidemics) and forestry practices on the structure, composition and growth in forest ecosystems. Recently, he took part in the launch of a large-scale project to measure the effects of fire severity on the resilience of boreal forests in a context of climate change. He also initiated a multi-site project on forest growth modelling using airborne LiDAR and disturbance maps. His team’s discoveries guide governmental decisions regarding sustainable forest management in Québec.
Lien vers la page de Yan Boucher sur ResearchGate 
Link to the list of Yan Boucher’s publications in French
