Montreal Urban Observatory: research platform to monitor urban forest ecosystems for global change adaptation and health
Alain Paquette, Rita Sousa‐Silva, Marine Fernandez, Maria Faticov, Laura Schillé, Emma Sandhu Bacon, Elyssa Cameron, Jeremy Fraysse, Essivi Gagnon Koudji, Sarah Poirier, Jonathan Rondeau-Leclaire, Sarah Tardif, I. Tanya Handa, Isabelle Laforest‐Lapointe, Danijela Puric-Mladenovic, Carly D. Ziter
The paper describes the Montreal Urban Observatory, which monitors urban forest ecosystems to study biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health, revealing disparities in tree diversity between public and private spaces.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2026 · PreprintEcology