André Bouchard

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André Bouchard (born January 26, 1946 in Montreal ; † March 4, 2010 ibid) was a Canadian ecologist and environmentalist who worked for most of his career at the University of Montreal and the Montreal Botanical Garden . He has received several awards for his work in his specialist areas of landscape ecology and ecology of plant communities .

Life

Bouchard was born in Montreal and grew up in Côte-des-Neiges . His family came from Saint-Anicet , where the family also had a second home. His father Louis G. Bouchard, what leather goods supplier. Bouchard first attended the Collège Jean-De-Brébeuf, later he studied at the Université de Montréal, where he obtained a degree in biology. He then attended McGill University and Cornell University and finished his studies in the late 1970s.

In 1975 Bouchard began teaching at the Université de Montréal and became curator of the Montreal Botanical Garden. He stayed at the university until his death and at the Botanical Garden for 21 years. As a curator, he mainly directed research on the garden. Bouchard studied the flora of Newfoundland ( Gros Morne National Park was the subject of his doctoral thesis) and southwestern Quebec. His investigations into the development of the forest in Quebec since the time of New France led to new insights into the development of beech - maple forests.

In addition to his scientific work, Bouchard was also known for his commitment to environmental protection. He was committed to saving the Bois de Saraguay, a primary forest in the north of the Île de Montréal . In the course of time he became involved in other forests, such as the Boisé du Tremblay in Longueuil , the Muir Forest in Hichinbrooke (today Réserve écologique du Boisé-des-Muir ) and Little and Large Tea Field, two peat bogs in Saint-Anicet. In 2004 he was a member of the Coulombe Commission, whose report defined the principles of the province's forest management policy. Although he and his fellow commissioner knew they would be criticized by the industry for the recommendations (which included reducing tree felling by 20%), he believed the decision was correct.

Bouchard worked with Pierre Bourque and became director of the Botanical Garden in 1994 after he gave up his post due to his election as mayor. He only held the office for a short time, both because he had informed the administration that he would only hold it on an interim basis and because he was not satisfied with the complicated administrative apparatus associated with the position. In 2002 he became the first director of the newly established Institut de Recherche en Biology Végétale. He held the position until 2006. During that time, Bouchard continued to work at the university, where he supervised over 45 masters and doctoral students. From 2006 to 2008 he was a member of the Montreal Heritage Council of the Supervisory Board of the Center hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine and received prizes from the Quebec Association of Biologists (Georges Préfontaine Prize, 2005) and the Acfas (Michel Jurdant Prize for Environmental Protection, 1990 ).

Bouchard was also interested in local and scientific history. In 1998 he published a short historical report on the Botanical Garden and in 2007 a compendium of the correspondence of Marie-Victorin Kirouac . At the time of his death, he was working on books on the wetlands of southern Quebec and a biography on Marie-Victorin. As an admirer of Marie-Victorin, he had traced his expeditions to Cuba and organized an exhibition on the subject. He was a member of the local history association of Saint-Anicet and wrote reports on prominent locals such as Jules and Paul-Émile Léger . Bouchard also contributed to two books on the local church and the ward.

Bouchard died unexpectedly of a myocardial infarction in Montreal's Gare Centrale on March 4, 2010 , a few months before his planned retreat. Bourque gave condolences and the flags of the Botanical Gardens were hoisted at half mast for several days . Bouchard was married and had three children. In June of the same year he was posthumously awarded the Honoris causa of the Laval University .

Publications (selection)

  • André Bouchard and Paul F. Maycock (1970): "A phytogeographical and phytosociological study of Viola rotundifolia in Eastern Canada." Canadian Journal of Botany . 48 (12): 2285-2302. doi : 10.1139 / b70-331
  • André Bouchard (1970): The phytosociology of the northern conifer-hardwoods of the Appalachian foothills in Southern Quebec . M.Sc. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. OCLC 56536699
  • Allan N. Auclair, André Bouchard and Josephine Pajaczkowski (1973): “Plant composition and species relations on the Huntingdon Marsh, Québec.” Canadian Journal of Botany 51 (6): 1231-1247. doi : 10.1139 / b73-154
  • André Bouchard (1975): Natural Resources Analysis of a Section of the Gros Morne National Park, in Newfoundland, Canada . Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY OCLC 3013761
  • Allan N. Auclair, André Bouchard and Josephine Pajaczkowski (1976): “Productivity Relations in a Carex -Dominated Ecosystem.” Oecologia 26 (1): 9-31. doi : 10.1007 / BF00345650
  • André Bouchard, Stuart Hay and Ernest Rouleau (1978): " The vascular flora of St-Barbe South District, Newfoundland: An interpretation based on biophysiographic areas ." Rhodora 80 (822): 228-308.
  • André Bouchard, Denis Barabé, Madeleine Dumais and Stuart Hay (1983): Les plantes vasculaires rares du Québec = The rare vascular plants of Québec. "Syllogeus", 48 ( ISSN  0704-576X ). 79 pp.
  • André Bouchard, Denis Barabé, Yves Bergeron, Madeleine Dumais and Stuart Hay (1985): “La phytogéographie des plantes vasculaires rares du Québec.” Le Naturaliste Canadien ( ISSN  0028-0798 ) 112 (2): 283-300.
  • André Bouchard, Stéphan Dyrda, Yves Bergeron and Alain Meilleur (1989): "The use of notary deeds to estimate the changes in the composition of 19th century forests, in Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19 ( 9): 1146-1150. doi : 10.1139 / x89-173
  • André Bouchard, Stuart Hay, Luc Brouillet, Martin Jean and Isabelle saucier (1991): Les plantes vasculaires rares de l'Île de Terre-Neuve = The rare vascular plants of the Island of Newfoundland. "Syllogeus", 65 . 165 pp. ISBN 0-660-50311-5
  • André Bouchard (1992): Journal de voyage en Chine. Une famille Québécoise au Pays du Milieu . Montréal: Méridien. 280 pp., ISBN 2-89415-073-3
  • Hélène Simard and André Bouchard (1996): "The precolonial 19th century forest of the Upper St.Lawrence region of Quebec: a record of its exploitation and transformation through notary deeds of wood sales." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26 (9): 1670-1676. doi : 10.1139 / x26-188
  • André Bouchard and Francine Hoffman (1998): Le Jardin botanique de Montréal: esquisse d'une histoire . Saint-Laurent: Agenzia Fides. 112 pp., ISBN 2-7621-2057-8
  • René Charest, Luc Brouillet, André Bouchard and Stuart Hay (2000): “The vascular flora of Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada: a biodiversity analysis from a biogeographical and life-form perspective.” Canadian Journal of Botany . 78 (5): 629-645. doi : 10.1139 / cjb-78-5-629
  • André Bouchard and Martin Jean (2001): “Historique d'un paysage de tourbières profondément transformé par l'homme” In: Serge Payette and Line Rochefort (eds.): Ecologie des tourbières du Québec-Labrador . Quebec City: Presses de l'Université Laval. Pp. 389-398. ISBN 2-7637-7773-2
  • Gérald Domon and André Bouchard (2007): "The landscape history of Godmanchester (Quebec, Canada): two centuries of shifting relationships between anthropic and biophysical factors." Landscape Ecology 22 (8): 1201-1214. doi : 10.1007 / s10980-007-9100-z
  • André Bouchard (Ed.) (2007): Marie-Victorin à Cuba. Correspondance avec le frère Léon . Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal. 217 pp. ISBN 978-2-7606-2066-7
  • André Bouchard (2007): "Sur le chemin de Marie-Victorin à Holguin, Cuba." Quatre-temps ( ISSN  0820-5515 ) 31 (3): 8-12.
  • Étienne Laliberté, André Bouchard and Alain Cogliastro (2008): "Optimizing hardwood reforestation in old fields: the effects of treeshelters and environmental factors on tree seedling growth and physiology." Restoration Ecology 16 (2): 270-280. doi : 10.1111 / j.1526-100X.2007.00270.x
  • André Bouchard (2008): “Sur le chemin de Marie-Victorin à la Punta de Maisí, Cuba.” Quatre-temps 32 (3): 8-11.
  • André Bouchard (2009): “Sur le chemin de Marie-Victorin à Trinidad et Topes de Collantes, Cuba.” Quatre-temps 33 (3): 42-46.

Notes and individual references

Remarks

  1. ↑ His dissertation dates from 1975, in the same year he became curator of the Montreal Botanical Garden.
  2. ↑ He would say it was "like a quick doctorate in political science."
  3. ↑ About this stay a member of the council remarked: "He taught us that advice that doesn't annoy is useless advice."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Philip Fine: Quebec ecologist took a Zen approach to environmental battles . In: The Globe and Mail , May 21, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010. 
  2. ↑ a b c d e Gilles Francoeur: Mort du biologiste québécois André Bouchard (French) . In: Le Devoir , March 6, 2010, p. A6. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010. 
  3. ^ A b Mario Pitre: Décès d'André Bouchard, figure marquante du Haut Saint-Laurent . In: Le Soleil de Valleyfield , March 13, 2010. 
  4. ↑ a b c d e Décès d'un très grand collaborateur du Jardin botanique et de l'UdeM ( French ) Université de Montréal. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved on March 10, 2010.
  5. ^ Fund André Bouchard . In: Catalog des archives . Université de Montréal, Service de la gestion de documents et des archives. September 21, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  6. ↑ a b c Pierre Gingras: Lise Cormier dirigera le Jardin botanique . In: La Presse , January 24, 1995, p. A4. 
  7. ^ André Bouchard: Projets ( French ) In: Personnel: Professeurs et chercheurs . Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  8. ^ A b c d e Mathieu-Robert Sauvé: Adieux à un homme de nature et de culture . In: Forum , Université de Montréal, March 15, 2010, p. 3. Accessed March 20, 2010. 
  9. ^ A b Carole Thibaudeau: La passion de l'environnement mérite un prix au biologiste André Bouchard . In: La Presse , May 18, 1990, p. C12. 
  10. ↑ a b c Kathleen Lévesque: Un militant écologiste au Jardin botanique . In: Le Devoir , July 12, 1994, p. A3. 
  11. ^ Charles Côté: À la rescousse du Boisé du Tremblay . In: La Presse , September 26, 2003, p. A4. 
  12. ^ Jean-Pierre Bonhomme: Des scientifiques réclament la protection d'une forêt "intacte" . In: La Presse , March 3, 1992, p. A8. 
  13. ^ Louis-Gilles Francoeur: Victoire dans la saga des tourbières du Small et du Large Tea Field . In: Le Devoir , April 17, 2009, p. B8. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2010. 
  14. ^ Charles Côté: Un riche fermier et député fait un don écologique majeur . In: La Presse , May 12, 2006, p. A6. 
  15. ↑ Membres et organization . Commission d'étude sur la gestion de la forêt publique québécoise. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  16. ^ Gérald McNichols Tétreault: Disparition d'un homme utile (French) . In: Le Devoir , March 10, 2010, p. A6. Retrieved March 13, 2010. 
  17. ↑ Kelly Ryan: Fund d'Archives de la Société Historique de Saint-Anicet . In: Catalog des archives . MRC du Haut-Saint-Laurent. May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  18. ↑ Le maire de Montréal offre ses condoléances suite au décès d'André Bouchard ( French ) City of Montréal. March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  19. ↑ Les drapeaux du Jardin Botanique de Montréal mis en berne pour la mémoire d'honorer André Bouchard ( French ) Montreal Botanical Garden. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
  20. ↑ Le Jardin botanique de Montréal et l'Université de Montréal pleurent le décès d'un très grand collaborateur . Montreal Botanical Garden . March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  21. ↑ Sept récipiendaires d'un doctorat honoris causa lors des collations de grades 2010 de l'Université Laval . Laval University. June 2, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.

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SURNAME Bouchard, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ecologist and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 2010
Place of death Montreal