Bruna Barusco

Bruna Barusco
Position
PhD student (Chris Bone)
Forestry; forest growth and yield modelling; carbon budget modelling; sustainable forest management; climate change impacts
Contact
Credentials

MSc (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Publications:

  • Smith, C., Stupak, I., Briggs R. D., Preece C., Barusco B., Roth B. E., Fernandez I. J. (2021). Balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) – red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forest productivity 35 years after whole-tree and stem-only harvesting in north-central Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management Journal, Elsevier (Accepted to be published).
  • Barusco, B., Grigaitė, A., Stupak I., Smith, C., Weiskittel A., Stevens A. R., Roth B., Preece C., Fernandez I., Zukswert J., Campbell J. L., Metsaranta J., Briggs R. D., Fraver S., Kull S., Kurz W. (2019) Forest carbon pools development over 35-years in a balsam fir-red spruce forest in northern central Maine after stem-only and whole-tree harvesting. Published at the Soil Science Society of America 2019 Meeting on November 11th, 2019.

Presentations:

  • Barusco, B., Stupak I., Smith C.(2020). The Long-Term Impacts of Whole-Tree Harvesting: The Weymouth Point Study. Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Advisory Committee and Board of Directors meeting, Orono, United States.

Awards:

  • 2021 University of Victoria Fellowship
  • 2021 Sara Spencer Foundation Award