Cindy Prescott

Areas of research include:

• Rates of litter decomposition: controlling factors and influences of forestry practices
• Influence of site and species on N availability
• Linking soil microbial and faunal communities and nutrient cycling processes
• Ecosystem restoration and soil reclamation
• Effects of clearcutting and other silvicultural systems on N availability
• Causes and amelioration of nutrient deficiencies
• Long-term effects of forest fertilization

Projects

Litter decomposition and nitrogen cycling in forest soils: influences of tree species and site factors

(NSERC Discovery)

Carbon and nitrogen fluxes in reconstructed oil sands soils

(NSERC CRD)

Awards

Canadian Forestry Scientific Achievement Award 2005
Honourary Doctorate, University of Helsinki 2014