Victor J Lieffers
Contact
Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
- lieffers@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-2852
- Address
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729 General Services Building
9007 - 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H1
Overview
About
Job/Research Area: Silviculture and forest biology
Awards
- Forest Ecology and Management - Certificate of Reviewing Excellence (2014)
- Canadian Institute of Forestry Tree of Life Award (2010)
- Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences - Teacher of the Year (2007, 2006, 2001)
- International Union of Forestry Research Organizations Scientific Achievement Award (2005)
- Ed and Peggy Tyrchniewicz Award for Innovation in Teaching, awarded to the Introductory Forestry Field School Team. (2002)
- Killam Annual Professor (1999)
- Canadian Institute of Forestry Scientific Achievement Award (1993)
Research
Major Responsibilities/Research Interests: My goal is to understand the dynamics of boreal and mixedwood forests and to use this information to improve forest management. Topics relate to tree recruitment, competitive relations and ecophysiology of trees, shrubs and herbs. Adaptations to cold soils, photosynthesis in low light, light transmission through mixed canopies, root growth, natural reproduction of spruce and aspen, and development of regeneration standards for public lands are some of my recent areas of research. My students, collaborators and I are also examining factors controlling crown development in northern conifers. Wind results in sway of tree crowns and in strong winds these crowns collide violently. This results in breakage of branches and twigs, especially during cold conditions. The resulting loss in leaf area and crown cover is a factor in forest decline. We are also working on the influence of stem density on the hydraulic conductivity of lodgepole pine stands and factors in the decline of aspen stands.
Featured Publications
Cirelli, D., Vinge T. and Lieffers, V.J.
Can. J. For Res. 2016 January; 46
Schoonmaker A., Lieffers, V.J. and Landhäusser, S.M.
Oecologia. 2016 January;
Bachmann S, Lieffers VJ & Landhäusser SM
Ecological Engineering. 2015 January; 75
Van Rensen C., Nielsen S, White B., Vinge, T. and Lieffers VJ
Biological Conservation. 2015 January; 184
Landhäusser, S.M., Wachowski, J., and Lieffers, V.J
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2015 January; 45
Wachowski, J. Landhäusser, S.M. and Lieffers, V.J.
For. Ecol. Manage.. 2014 January; 313
Caners RT and Lieffers, VJ
Restoration Ecology. 2014 January; 22
Schoonmaker A., Lieffers, V.J. and Landhausser, S.M.
Plos One. 2014 January; 9 (8):e104187
Goodsman, D.W., Lusebrink, I., Landhäusser, S.M. Erbilgin, N. Lieffers, V.J.
New Phytologist. 2013 January; 197
Landäusser, S.M. and Lieffers, V.J.
Trees - Structure and Function. 2012 January; 26
Landhäusser, S.M., Rodriguez-Alvarez, J., Marenholtz E.H. and Lieffers. V.J.
New Forests. 2012 January; 43
Solarik, K.A., Volney, W.J.A., Lieffers, V.J., Spence, J.R. and Hamann, A.
J. Appl. Ecol.. 2012 January; 49
Goodsman, D.W. Erbilgin, N. and Lieffers
Environmental Entomology. 2012 January; 41
Landhäusser S. M. Pinno, B. D., Lieffers, V. J., Chow, P. S.
For Ecol manage. 2012 January; 275
Wolken, J.M., Landhäusser, S.M, Lieffers, V.J and Silins, U.
Can. J. For. Res.. 2011 January; 41