Publications

Chapters in Books:

• Larocque, G.R., J.S. Bhatti, A.M. Gordon, N. Luckai, M. Wattenbach, J. Liu, P.A. Arp, S. Liu, C.-F. Zhang, A. Komarov, P. Grabarnik, J. Sun and T. White. 2008. Uncertainty and sensitivity issues in process-based models of carbon and nitrogen cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 307-327 in Environmental modeling, software and decision support. Elsevier B.V.

Papers in Refereed Journals (Student Names in BOLD):

Bell, F.W., J. Dacosta, M. Penner, A. Mornaeult, A. Stinson, B. Towill, N. Luckai, J. Winters. 2011.  Longer-term volume trade-0ffs in spruce and jack pine plantations following various conifer release treatments. Forestry Chronicle. 87: 235-250. 

Bell, F.W., N. Thiffault, K. Szuba, N. Luckai, A. Stinson. 2011. Synthesis of silviculture options, costs and consequences of alternative vegetation management practices relevant to Boreal and temperate conifer forests: Introduction. Forestry Chronicle. 87:155-160.

Carr, S., N. Luckai, G.R. Larocque, D.E.B. Reid. 2014. Within crown distribution patterns of white spruce in pure composition and in mixture with trembling aspen. Ecoscience. 21(3-4): 187-201. 

Carr, S., G.R. Larocque, N. Luckai, F.W. Bell. 2020. Effect of competition on individual white spruce (Picea glauca) production in young boreal mixedwood forests. Can. J. For. Res. 50(8):  726-735. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0395

Couch (nee Sevean), R.L., N. Luckai, D. Morris, A. Diochon. 2020. Short term effects of wood ash application on soil properties, growth and foliar nutrition of Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. and Picea glauca (Moench) Voss seedlings in a plantation trial. Can. J. Soil Sci. 101 (2): 203-215.

Dacosta, J., K. Szuba, F.W. Bell, T. Moore, K. Lennon, J. Leach, D. Bazeley, N. Luckai. 2011.  Modelling landscape-level effects of reduced herbicide use in two forests in northern Ontario.  Forestry Chronicle. 87: 290-309.

Dampier, J.E., N.J. Luckai, F.W. Bell and W.D. Towill. 2007. Do tree-level monocultures develop following Canadian boreal silviculture? Tree-level diversity tested using a new method.  Biodiversity and Conservation. 16: 2933-2948.

Dampier, J.E., F.W. Bell, M. St-Amour, D.G. Pitt and N.J. Luckai. 2006. Cutting versus herbicides: Tenth-year volume and release cost effectiveness of sub-boreal conifer plantations. Forestry Chronicle. 82: 521-528. 

Dampier, J.E.E., R. H. Lemelin, C. Shahi, and N. Luckai. 2014. Small town identity and history’s contribution to a response in policy change: a case study of transition from coal to biomass energy conversion. Energy, Sustainability and Society 3(11). doi: 10.1186/s13705-014-0026-4

Dampier, J.E.E., C. Shahi, R.H. Lemelin and N. Luckai. 2013. From coal to wood thermoelectric energy production: a review and discussion of potential socio-economic impacts with implications for Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Energy, Sustainability and Society 3(11). doi: 10.1186/2192-0567-3-11

Dampier, J.E.E., C. Shahi, R.H. Lemelin and N. Luckai. 2016. Assessment of potential local and regional induced economic impact of an energy policy change in rural Northwestern Ontario.  Energy, Sustainability and Society. 6: 14. doi: 10.1186/s13705-016-0079-7

Groot, A., S. Adhikary, M. Sharma, N. Luckai, F.W. Bell, G.R. Larocque. 2014. Effect of species composition on the production rate and efficiency of young Picea glauca-Populus tremuloidesforests. Forest Ecology and Management. 315:1-11.

Hart, S., N. Luckai, D. Morris. 2013. Charcoal carbon pool in North American boreal forests.  Ecosphere 5:99. doi: 10.1890/ES13-00086.1

Hart, S.A., N. Luckai, 2013. Charcoal Function and Management in boreal ecosystems. Journal of  Applied Ecology 50: 1197-1206.

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, M. Leitch, N. Luckai, F.W. Bell. 2011. Differences in extrinsic tree quality and value of fibre production following alternative vegetation management treatments in northwestern Ontario. Forestry Chronicle. 87: 251-259.

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, M. Leitch, N. Luckai, F.W. Bell. 2011. Benefit-cost analysis of vegetation management alternatives: An Ontario case study. Forestry Chronicle. 87: 260-273.

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, N. Luckai, and M. Sharma. 2014. Biochar-based bioenergy and its environmental impact in Northwestern Ontario Canada: A review. Springer Journal of Forestry Research 25(4): 737-748. doi: 10.1007/s11676-014-0522-6.

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, N. Luckai, and M. Sharma. 2015. Life cycle environmental impact assessment of biochar-based bioenergy production and utilization in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Springer Journal of Forestry Research 26(4): 799-809. doi: 10.1007/s11676-015-0132-y

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, N. Luckai, and M. Sharma. 2016. Life cycle cost and economic assessment of biochar-based bioenergy production and biochar land application in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Forest Ecosystems 3. doi: 10.1186/s40663-016-0081-8

Kershaw, H.M. D.M. Morris, R. L. Fleming, N. Luckai. 2015. Reconciling harvest intensity and plant diversity in Boreal ecosystems: does intensification influence understory plant diversity?  Environmental Management. 56(5): 1091-1103. 

Larocque, G.R., J.S. Bhatti, J.C. Ascough, J. Liu, N. Luckai, D. Mailly, L. Archambault and A.M.  Gordon. 2010. An analytical framework to assist decision makers in the use of forest ecosystem model predictions. Environmental Modelling and Software. doi: 10.10.16/j.envsoft.2010.03.009.

Larocque, G.R., J.S. Bhatti, J.X. Liu, J.C. Ascough, N. Luckai, A.M. Gordon. 2008. The importance of uncertainty and sensitivity analyses in process-based models of carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems with particular emphasis on forest ecosystems. Ecological Modeling.  219: 261-263 (Special Issue).

Larocque, G.R., N. Luckai, S. Adhikary, A. Groot, F.W. Bell, M. Sharma. 2013. Competition theory – science and application in mixed stands: review of experimental and modelling methods and suggestions for future research. Environmental Reviews. 21(2): 71084. 

Larocque, G. R., Mailly, D., Yue, T-X., Anand, M., Peng, C., Kazanci, C., Etterson, M., Goethals, P., Jorgensen, S. E., Schramski, J. R., McIntire, E. J. B., Marceau, D. J., Chen, B., Chen, G. Q., Yang, Z.  F., Novotna, B., Luckai, N., Bhatti, J. S., Liu, J., Munson, A.; Gordon, A. M. and Ascough, J. C., II.  2011. Common challenges for ecological modeling: synthesis of facilitated discussions held at the symposia organized for the 2009 conference of the International Society for Ecological Modelling in Quebec City, Canada. Ecological Modeling. 222: 2456-2468.

Lawrence, D.J., N. Luckai, W.L. Meyer, C. Shahi, A. Fazekas, P. Kesanakurti and S. Newmaster.  2012. Distribution of white spruce lateral fine roots as affected by the presence of trembling aspen: root mapping using simple sequence repeat DNA profiling. Cdn. J. Forest Res. 42 (8):  1566-1576.

Luckai, N. 2002. Forestry Education – Introduction to a special issue of the Forestry Chronicle.  Forestry Chronicle. 78(2): 224 – 225.

Luckai, N. Undergraduate programs offered by the university schools of forestry. Forestry Chronicle. 78(2): 240 – 244. 

Luckai, N., G. Larocque. 2002. Challenges in the application of existing process-based models to predict the effect of climate change on C pools in forest ecosystems. Climatic Change. 55:39- 60.

Luckai, N., G. Larocque, L. Archambault, D. Paré, R. Boutin, A. Groot. 2012. Using the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) to examine the impact of harvest and fire on carbon dynamics in selected forest types of the Canadian Boreal shield. Forestry Chronicle. 88 (4): 426-438. 

Luke, S.H., N.J. Luckai, J. M. Burke and E.E. Prepas. 2007. Riparian areas in the Canadian boreal forest and linkages with water quality in streams. Environmental Reviews. 15: 79-97. 

Morris, D.M., S.A. Wiebe, N.J. Luckai and D.E.B. Reid. 2015. Nutrient retention and leaching potential of coarse wood bolts collected from logged and burned upland boreal sites: a greenhouse misting experiment. Boreal Env. Res. 20(1): 45-61.

Neufeld, B. A., D.M. Morris, N. Luckai, D.E.B. Reid, F.W. Bell, C. Shahi, W.L. Meyer, S. Adhikary.  2014. The influence of competition and species mixture on plantation-grown white spruce:  growth and foliar nutrient response after 20 years. Forestry Chronicle. 90 (1): 70-79.

Robitaille, P.A., C. Shahi, M.A. Smith, N. Luckai. 2017. Growing together: a principle-based approach to building collaborative Indigenous partnerships in Canada’s forest sector. Forestry Chronicle. 93 (1): 44-57.

White, T., N. Luckai, G. Larocque, W. Kurz and C. Smyth. 2008. A practical approach for assessing the sensitivity of the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3).  Ecological Modeling. 219: 373-382.

Wiebe S, Morris D, Luckai N, Reid D. 2012. Coarse Woody Debris Dynamics Following Biomass Harvesting: Tracking Carbon and Nitrogen Patterns During Early Stand Development in Upland Black Spruce Ecosystems. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 23(1):25–32. doi:10.1080/14942119.2012.10739957.

Wiebe S.A, Morris D.M., Luckai N.J., Reid D.E.B. 2014. The Influence of Coarse Woody Debris on Soil Carbon and Nutrient Pools 15 Years after Clearcut Harvesting in Black Spruce—Dominated Stands in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Écoscience (Sainte-Foy). 21(1):11–20. doi:10.2980/21-1-3647.

Selected Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings:

Dampier, J. C. Shahi, N. Luckai, H. Lemelin. 2012. From Coal to Woody Biomass Thermal Electricity Production: Visualizing Environmental, Economic and Social Effects using a Resilience Approach. Biofor conference. May 14-15, 2012. Thunder Bay, ON

Groot, A., S. Adhikary, M. Sharma, N. Luckai, F. W. Bell, and G. R. Larocque. 2012. Are mixtures of white spruce and trembling aspen more productive than pure stands? Boreal Mixedwood Conference. June 2012. Edmonton, AB

Homagain, K., C. Shahi, N. Luckai, M. Sharma, J. Todd and D. Gaudry. 2012. Life cycle analysis of biochar as bioenergy waste management in electricity generation. Biofor conference. May 14-15, 2012. Thunder Bay, ON

Neufeld, B., N. Luckai, D.E.B. Reid, C. Shahi, W. L. Meyer, S. Adhikary and F. W. Bell. 2012. Seasonal foliar nutrient variation in plantation white spruce growing in mixture with varying levels of trembling aspen competition. Boreal Mixedwood Conference. June 2012. Edmonton, AB

Neufeld, B., N. Luckai, D.E.B. Reid, C. Shahi, W. L. Meyer, S. Adhikary and F. W. Bell. 2012. Investigating productivity and foliar nutrient status in second growth white spruce (Picea glauca) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). Boreal Mixedwood Conference. June 2012. Edmonton, AB

Sevean, R., N. Luckai, L. Meyer, 2012. Biochar/Ash - From Waste to Soil Amendment: How do we get there? Biofor conference. May 14-15, 2012. Thunder Bay, ON

Technical manual

Luckai, F., Luckai, N. 2021. Forest measurements field manual. 100 p + appendices. (Revised and published annually since the early-nineties. Adopted and/or used by Sandford Fleming College, Sault College, UNBC and UNB.)