About the Authors

Mariana Hassegawa

mariana.hassegawa.1@ulaval.ca

Affiliation Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Filip Havreljuk

Affiliation Forest Research Division, Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Rock Ouimet

Affiliation Forest Research Division, Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

David Auty

Current Address: School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

David Pothier

Affiliation Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Alexis Achim

Affiliation Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH DP AA. Performed the experiments: MH FH RO. Analyzed the data: MH FH DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: MH FH AA.