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Dr. Pickell examined the impacts of human appropriation of Canada's boreal forest on the spatial patterns of forested ecosystems. He developed new approaches for evaluating forest land management strategies and remotely monitoring the ecological condition of our forests.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) - graduated in 2016