I am a forest ecologist and currently postdoc at the CEF at the Université du Quebéc à Montreal

My research interests include the dynamics of temperate forest ecosystems and anticipating the impacts of global and climate change. I use stand and landscape models of forest dynamics to explore interactions of trees with their changing environment and to investigate management strategies to enhance forest resistance and resilience to future challenges. I am currently working on combining simulation modelling approaches with functional diversity and network connectivity to promote resilience in fragmented forest landscapes. See here my webpage at the CEF.

Employment and Formation

Postdoctoral Fellow CEF-UQAM, Canada	2018-present
Postdoc WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland	2017
Ph.D. in Forest Ecology ETH Zurich, Switzerland	2015
Research Intern PSI Villigen, Switzerland	2011
M.Sc. in Forestry and Environmental Science University of Padua, Italy	2010
B.Sc. in Forestry and Environmental Technology University of Padua, Italy	2007

Selected Publications (or full list)

2020

Network analysis can guide resilience-based management in forest landscapes under global change

Mina M, Messier C, Fortin MJ, Duveneck M, and Aquilué N

Ecological Applications - accepted

2019

The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global changes

Messier C, Bauhus J, Doyon F, Maure F, Sousa-Silva R, Nolet P, Mina M, Aquilué N, Fortin MJ and Puettmann K

Forest Ecosystems 6:21

2018

Multiple factors modulate tree growth complementarity in central European mixed forests

Mina M, Huber MO, Forrester DI, Thürig E, Rohner B

Journal of Ecology. 106:1106–1119

The symmetry of competitive interactions in mixed Norway spruce, silver fir and European beech forests

Mina M, Del Rio M, Huber MO, Thürig E, Rohner B

Journal of Vegetation Science. 29:775–787

2017

Future ecosystem services from European mountain forests under climate change

Mina M, Bugmann H, Klopcic M, Pardos M, Irauschek F, Cordonnier T, Cailleret M

Journal of Applied Ecology. 54:389-401

Accurate modeling of harvesting is key for projecting future forest dynamics: a case study in the Slovenian mountains

Mina M, Bugmann H, Klopcic M, Cailleret M

Regional Environmental Change. 17:49-64

2016

Forward modeling of tree-ring width improves simulation of forest growth responses to drought

Mina M, Martin-Benito D, Bugmann H, Cailleret M

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 221:13-33