Karen A. Harper

Dalhousie University — Canada

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(38), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(30), Forest ecology and management(18), Fire effects on ecosystems(17), Climate change and permafrost(15)

Publications107 total

Effects of gastropod exclusion and phosphate fertilization on Lobaria pulmonaria growth
The Bryologist·2025
Diversity, composition, and gastropod grazing of epiphytic lichen communities of forested wetlands at clearcut and intact edges in Nova Scotia, Canada
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 1 cited
Evaluation of Edge Effects and Recreation on Plant Composition and Species Richness and Diversity (Case Study: the Noor Forest Park- Mazandaran Province)
Risālaẗ al-Ḥusayn.·2024Open Access
Recent advances in studying vegetation at forest edges
Plant Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Conflicting edge influence on herbaceous species in open areas vs. underneath oak trees in forest fragments in Iran
Plant Ecology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Vegetation patterns across edges of bogs and lakes in spruce and hemlock forests of southwestern Nova Scotia
Plant Ecology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Limited influence from edges and topography on vegetation structure and diversity in Atlantic Forest
Plant Ecology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Vegetation at Different Types of Forest Edges: Sites From the <scp>FERN</scp> (Forest Edge Research Network)
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2023Open Access
Limited influence from edges and topography on plant structural and taxonomic diversity in fragments of Atlantic Forest
Research Square (Research Square)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Data on vegetation across forest edges from the <scp>FERN</scp> (<scp>F</scp>orest <scp>E</scp>dge <scp>R</scp>esearch <scp>N</scp>etwork)
Ecology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Differing responses of native and non-native slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to local vegetation structure and landscape composition in cool-temperate forested wetlands
Biological Invasions·2023· 3 cited
Establishing Foundational Nonarbitrary Distinctive and Categorical Relational Responding in Children with Autism
Behavior Analysis in Practice·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Drone Assisted Forest Structural Classification of Kejimkujik National Park using Deep Learning
2022 International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems (ICCCIS)·2022· 1 cited
Factors influencing the distributions of two endangered lichens in Nova Scotia, Canada
Ecoscience·2022· 2 cited
Spatial patterns of structural diversity across the boreal forest-tundra ecotone in Churchill, Canada
Acta Oecologica·2022· 4 cited
Abundance and arboreal tendencies of slugs in forested wetlands of southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada
The Canadian Field-Naturalist·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Landscape composition regulates the spillover of beneficial insects between forest remnants and adjacent coffee plantations
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Edge influence on herbaceous plant species, diversity and soil properties in sparse oak forest fragments in Iran
Journal of Plant Ecology·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Understanding patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of forested wetlands in Atlantic Canada: implications for conservation
Canadian Journal of Forest Research·2021Open Access
Spatial patterns of vegetation structure and structural diversity across edges between forested wetlands and upland forest in Atlantic Canada
Canadian Journal of Forest Research·2021· 6 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Pierre Drapeau(10), S. Ellen Macdonald(7), Yves Bergeron(7), Luise Hermanutz(5), Andrew J. Trant(5), Sylvie Gauthier(5), Gregory H. R. Henry(4), Annika Hofgaard(4), Stéphane Boudreau(4), Yves Bergeron(4), Esther Lévesque(3), Jill F. Johnstone(3), Daniel Lesieur(3), Louis De Grandpré(3), G. Peter Kershaw(3), Per‐Anders Esseen(2), Anne D. Bjorkman(2), Isla H. Myers‐Smith(2), Sarah C. Elmendorf(2), Signe Normand(2)