E. Laliberte

Early Detection of an Invasive Alien Plant (Phragmites australis) Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence

This study uses UAVs and deep learning to detect invasive Phragmites australis, achieving high recall and F1-score for early detection.

Coordination among leaf and fine root traits across a strong natural soil fertility gradient

The paper examines how leaf and fine root traits coordinate along a soil fertility gradient and identifies mycorrhizal associations and nutrient availability as key drivers of trait variation.

Root phosphatase activity is coordinated with the root conservation gradient across a phosphorus gradient in a lowland tropical forest

The paper examines how root phosphatase activity relates to other root traits across a phosphorus gradient in a tropical forest, finding that PME activity correlates with nitrogen and tissue density but not with diameter and specific root length.

Influence of Temperate Forest Autumn Leaf Phenology on Segmentation of Tree Species from UAV Imagery Using Deep Learning

This study evaluates how autumn leaf senescence affects tree species segmentation using UAV imagery and deep learning, finding best performance at the onset of leaf colour change.

Predicting leaf traits across functional groups using reflectance spectroscopy

The paper develops models to predict leaf traits from reflectance spectra across functional groups and ecosystems, finding high accuracy for some traits but lower for others.

Reflectance spectroscopy allows rapid, accurate, and non-destructive estimates of functional traits from pressed leaves

This paper shows that reflectance spectroscopy can estimate plant functional traits and identify species from pressed leaves without destruction, performing well for some traits and better than fresh leaves for others.

Ectomycorrhizas accelerate decomposition to a greater extent than arbuscular mycorrhizas in a northern deciduous forest

This study compares decomposition rates in ectomycorrhizal (EcM) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) forests, finding that EcM forests decompose organic matter faster, contradicting the Gadgil effect hypothesis.

Mycorrhizal dominance reduces forest-tree species diversity

The paper analyzes forest plots across the U.S. to show that mycorrhizal dominance, not type, reduces tree diversity, with mixed mycorrhizal forests supporting higher species richness.

Partitioning plant spectral diversity into alpha and beta components

The paper partitions plant spectral diversity into alpha and beta components using spectral variance to identify hotspots and spectrally unique areas for conservation.

A climosequence of chronosequences in southwestern Australia

The paper examines how climate affects soil development and nutrient availability over long timescales using four chronosequences in southwestern Australia, finding consistent patterns in soil properties despite climate variation.