Dr. Terri Lacourse
Research
My forest-related research focusses on the development and dynamics of temperate forest in coastal British Columbia over the past 15,000 years i.e., since the last glaciation. This research concerns temporal and spatial patterns in the distribution of plant populations and communities, and the processes responsible for those patterns. I conduct research that 1) reconstructs past changes in forest composition and fire frequency, using techniques such as high-resolution pollen and charcoal analyses of radiocarbon-dated lake sediments, and 2) identifies the ecological (e.g., life history) and environmental (e.g., climate change) factors that drive changes in species abundance, species interactions, community distributions, and disturbance regimes on long ecological timescales.
Courses
- BIOL 330: Study Design and Data Analysis
- BIOL 457: Paleoecology & Environmental Change
Selected Publications
| Year | Journal title | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Quaternary Science Reviews | Sims T.G., Swindles G.T., Morris P.J., Baird A.J., Gallego-Sala A.V., Wang Y., Blaauw M., Camill P., Garneau M... et al | |
| 2023 | Ecosphere | Giuliano C, and Lacourse T. | |
| 2024 | Fire Ecology | Sayedi S.S., et al. (+106 co-authors including Lacourse T.) | |
| 2022 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | Lacourse T., and Adeleye M.A. | |
| 2020 | Earth-Science Reviews | Chevaliera M., Davis B.A.S., Heiri O., Seppa H., Chase B.M., Gajewski K., Lacourse T., Telford R.J., Finsinger W., Guiot J., K眉hl N., Maezumi S.Y., Tipton J.R., Carter V.A., Brussel T., Phelps L.N., Dawson A., Zanon M., Vall茅 F., Nolan C., Mauri A., de Vernal A., Izumi K., Holmstr枚m L., Marsicek J., Goring S., Sommer P.S., Chaput M., and Kupriyanov D. | |
| 2020 | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | Mathewes R.W., Lacourse T., Helmer E.F., Howarth C.R., and Fedje D.W. | |
| 2021 | Nature Climate Change | Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Amesbury, M.J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D.W., Benavides, J.C., Blewett, J., Camill, P., Charman, D.J., Chawchai, S., Hedgpeth, A., Kleinen, T., Korhola, A., Large, D., Mansilla, C.A., Mu虉ller, J., van Bellen, S., West, J.B., Yu, Z., Bubier, J.L., Garneau, M., Moore, T., Sannel, A.B.K., Page, S., Valiranta, M., Bechtold, M., Brovkin, V., Cole, L.E.S., Chanton, J.P., Christensen, T.R., Davies, M.A., De Vleeschouwer, F., Finkelstein, S.A., Frolking, S., Galka, M., Gandois, L., Girkin, N., Harris, L.I., Heinemeyer, A., Hoyt, A.M., Jones, M.C., Joos, F., Juutinen, S., Kaiser, K., Lacourse, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larmola, T., Leifeld, J., Lohila, A., Milner, A.M., Minkkinen, K., Moss, P., Naafs, B.D.A., Nichols, J., O鈥橠onnell, J., Payne, R., Philben, M., Piilo, S., Quillet, A., Ratnayake, A.S., Roland, T.P., Sjogersten, S., Sonnentag, O... et al | |
| 2019 | The Holocene | Lacourse T, Adeleye MA, Stewart JR | |
| 2019 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Treat CC, Kleinen T, Broothaerts N, Dalton AS, Dommain R, Douglas TA, Drexler JZ, Finkelstein SA, Grosse G, Hope G, Hutchings J, Jones MC, Kuhry P, Lacourse T, L盲hteenoja O, Loisel J, Notebaert B, Payne RJ, Peteet DM, Sannel ABK, Stelling JM, Strauss J, Swindles GT, Talbot J, Tarnocai C, Verstraeten G, Williams CJ, Xia Z, Yu Z, V盲liranta M, Hattestrand M, Alexanderson H, Brovkin V | |
| 2019 | Quaternary Research | Lacourse T, Beer KW, Craig KB, and Canil, D | |
| 2018 | Nature Climate Change | Gallego-Sala AV, Charman DJ, Brewer S. Page SE, Prentice IC, Friedlingstein P, Moreton S, Amesbury MJ, Beilman DW, Bj枚rck S, Blyakharchuk T, Bochicchio C, Booth RK, Bunbury J, Camill P, Carless D, Chimmer RA, Clifford M, Cressey E, Courtney-Mustaphi C, de Vleeschouwer F, de Jon R, Fialkiawicz-Koziel B, Finkelstein SA, Garneau M, Githumbi E, Hribjlan J, Holmquist J, Hughes PDM, Jones C, Jones MC, Karofeld E, Klein ES, Kokfelt U, Korhola A, Lacourse T, and 39 others | |
| 2017 | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology | Lew A, P von Aderkas, A Berland, CL Curry, T Lacourse, B Tencer, and A Weaver | |
| 2015 | The Holocene | Lacourse T and Davies MA | |
| 2013 | Quaternary Research | Lucas JD and Lacourse T | |
| 2013 | Forest Ecology and Management | Porter RB, Lacourse T, Hawkins BJ and Yanchuk M | |
| 2012 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | Lacourse T and May L | |
| 2012 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | May L and Lacourse T | |
| 2012 | Quaternary Research | Lacourse T, Delepine JM, Hoffman EH and Mathewes RW | |
| 2009 | Ecology | Lacourse T | |
| 2016 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | Lacourse T, Beer KW and Hoffman EH |