PUBLICATIONS - PEER REVIEWED

  • Bergeron, Y., H.Y.H. Chen, N.C. Kenkel, A.L. Leduc & S.E. Macdonald. 2014. Boreal mixedwood stand dynamics: ecological processes underlying multiple pathways. For. Chron. 90: 202-213.

  • Kenkel, N.C. 2013. Sample size requirements for fractal dimension estimation. Comm. Ecol. 14: 144-152. [PDF]

  • Otfinowski, R. & N.C. Kenkel, 2010. Covariance between disturbance and soil resources dictates the invasibility of northern fescue prairies. Biol. Invasions 12: 1349-1361. [PDF]

  • Otfinowski, R., N.C. Kenkel & R.C. Van Acker, 2008. Reconciling seed dispersal and seed bank observations to predict smooth brome (Bromus inermis) invasions of a northern prairie. Inv. Plant Sci. and Man. 1: 279-286. [PDF]

  • Otfinowski, R. & N.C. Kenkel, 2008. Clonal integration facilitates the proliferation of smooth brome clones invading northern fescue prairies. Plant Ecol. 199: 235-242. [PDF]
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  • Otfinowski, R., N.C. Kenkel, P. Dixon & J.F. Wilmshurst, 2007. Intergrating climate and trait models to predict the invasiveness of exotic plants in Canada's Riding Mountain National Park. Can. J. Plant Sci. 87: 1001-1012. [PDF]
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  • Otfinowski, R., N.C. Kenkel & P.M. Catling, 2007. The biology of Canadian weeds. 134. Bromus inermis Leyss. Can. J. Plant Sci. 87: 183-198. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., 2006. On selecting an appropriate multiavariate analysis. Can J. Plant Sci. 86: 663-676. [PDF]
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  • Bullied, W.J., R.C. Van Acker, A.M. Marginet & N.C. Kenkel, 2006. Agronomic and environmental factors influence weed composition and canola competitveness in southern Manitoba. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86: 591-599. [PDF]
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  • Moffat, S.F., S.M. McLachlan & N.C. Kenkel, 2004. Impacts of land use on riparian forest along an urban-rural gradient in southern Manitoba. Plant Ecol. 174: 119-135. [PDF]
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  • Caners, R.T. & N.C. Kenkel, 2003. Forest stand structure and dynamics at Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada. Comm. Ecol. 4: 185-204. [PDF]
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  • Brook, R.K. & N.C. Kenkel, 2002. A multivariate approach to vegetation mapping of Manitoba's Hubson Bay Lowlands. Int. J. Rem. Sen. 23: 4761-4776. [PDF]
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  • Shirtliffe, S.J. N.C. Kenkel & M.H. Entz, 2002. Fractal analysis of seed dispersal and spatial pattern in wild oats. Comm. Ecol. 3: 101-107. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., D.A. Derksen, A.G. Thomas & P.R. Watson, 2002. Review: Multivariate analysis in weed science research. Weed Sci. 50: 281-292. [PDF]
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  • Johnson-Green, P., N.C. Kenkel & T. Booth, 2001. Soil salinity and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of Puccinellia nuttalliana. Myco. Res. 105: 1094-1110. [PDF]
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  • Uhmann, T.V., N.C. Kenkel & R.K. Baydack, 2001. Development of a habitat suitability index model for burrowing owls in the eastern Canadian prairies. J. Raptor Res. 35: 378-384. [PDF]
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  • Walker, D.J. & N.C. Kenkel, 2001. Landscape complexity in space and time. Comm. Ecol. 2: 109-119. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., D.A. Peltzer, D. Baluta & D. Pirie, 2000. Increasing plant diversity does not influence productivity: empirical evidence and potential mechanisms. Comm. Ecol. 1: 165-170. [PDF]
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  • Walker, D.J. & N.C. Kenkel, 2000. The adaptive geometry of boreal conifers. Comm. Ecol. 1: 13-23. [PDF]
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  • Ominski, P., M. Entz & N.C. Kenkel, 1999. Weed suppression by Medicago sativa in subsequent cereal crops: a comparative survey. Weed Sci. 47: 282-290. [PDF]
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  • Walker, D.J. & N.C. Kenkel, 1998. Fractal analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics in boreal forest landscapes. Abst. Bot. 22: 13-28. [PDF]
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  • Ricotta, C., N.C. Kenkel, E. De Zuliani & G.C. Avena, 1998. Community richness, diversity and evenness: a fractal approach. Abst. Bot. 22: 145-150.
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  • Kenkel, N.C., M.L. Hendrie & I.E. Bella, 1997. A forty-one year study of jack pine population dynamics. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 241-254. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., D.J. Walker, P.R. Watson, R.T. Caners & R.A. Lastra, 1997. Vegetation dynamics in boreal forest ecosystems. Coenoses 12: 97-108. [PDF]
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  • Ursic, K.A., N.C. Kenkel & D.W. Larson, 1997. Revegetation dynamics of cliff faces in abandoned limestone quarries. J. Appl. Ecol. 34: 289-303. [PDF]
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  • Bourgeois, L., N.C. Kenkel & I.N. Morrison, 1997. Different ACCase inhibitor cross-resistant patterns among 85 lines of wild oat. Weed Sci. 45: 750-755. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1996. Environmental persistence and the structure/composition of northern prairie marshes. Coenoses 11: 137-142. [PDF]
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  • Lee, E.J., N.C. Kenkel & T. Booth, 1996. Atmospheric deposition of macronutrients by pollen in the boreal forest. Ecoscience 3: 304-309. [PDF]
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  • Lee, E.J., N.C. Kenkel & T. Booth, 1996. Pollen deposition in the boreal foret of west-central Canada. Can. J. Bot. 74: 1265-1272. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & D.J. Walker, 1996. Fractals in the biological sciences. Coenoses 11: 77-100. [PDF]
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  • Johnson-Green, P., N.C. Kenkel & T. Booth, 1995. The distribution and phenology of arbuscular mychorrhizae along an inland salinity gradient. Can. J. Bot. 73: 1318-1327. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1995. Markovian spatial-inihibition models for established clonal populations. Abst. Bot. 19: 29-34. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1994. Bivariate pattern analysis of jack pine-trembling aspen interaction. Abst. Bot. 18: 49-55. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & A.R. Irwin, 1994. Fractal analysis of dispersal. Abst. Bot. 18: 79-84. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & D.J. Walker, 1993. Fractals and ecology. Abst. Bot. 17: 53-70. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1993. Modeling Markovian dependence in populations of Aralia nudicaulis. Ecology 74: 1700-1706. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1991. A weighted tessellation model for studying plant population dynamics. Coenoses 6: 143-149. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., A. McIlraith, C.A. Burchill & G. Jones, 1991. Competition and the response of three plant species to a salinity gradient. Can. J. Bot. 69: 2497-2502. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & J. Podani, 1991. Plot size and estimation efficiency in plant community studies. J. Veg. Sci. 2: 539-544. [PDF]
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  • Burchill, C.A. & Kenkel, 1991. Vegetation-environment relationships of an inland boreal salt pan. Can. J. Bot. 69: 722-732. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & C.A. Burchill, 1990. Rigid rotation of nonmetric multidimensional scaling axes to environmental congruence. Abst. Bot. 14: 109-119. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1990. Spatial competition models for plant populations. Coenoses 5: 149-158. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., P. Juhász-Nagy & J. Podani, 1989. On sampling procedures in population and community ecology. Vegetatio 83: 195-207. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. J.A. Hoskins & W.D. Hoskins, 1989. Local competition in a naturally established jack pine stand. Can. J. Bot. 67: 2630-2635. [PDF]
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  • Benoit, D.L., N.C. Kenkel & P.B. Cavers, 1989. Factors influencing the precision of soil seed bank estimates. Can. J. Bot. 67: 2833-2840. [PDF]
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  • Burley, J.B., C.H. Thomsen & N.C. Kenkel, 1989. Productivity equation for reclaiming surface mines. Environ. Man. 13: 631-638. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C., J.A. Hoskins & W.D. Hoskins, 1989. Edge effect in the use of area polygons to study competition. Ecology 70: 272-274. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1988. Spectral analysis of hummock-hollow pattern in a weakly minerotrophic mire. Vegetatio 78: 45-52. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1988. Pattern of self-thinning in jack pine: testing the random mortality hypothesis. Ecology 69: 1017-1024. [PDF]
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  • Bradfield, G.E. & N.C. Kenkel, 1987. Nonlinear ordination using flexible shortest path adjustment of ecological distances. Ecology 68: 750-753. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1987. Trends and interrelationships in boreal wetland vegetation. Can. J. Bot. 65: 12-22. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & L. Orloci, 1986. Applying metric and nonmetric multidimensional scaling to ecological studies: some new results. Ecology 67: 919-928. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1986. Structure and dynamics of jack pine stands near Elk Lake, Ontario: a multivariate approach. Can. J. Bot. 64: 486-497. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & T. Booth, 1986. A comparison of presence-absence resemblance coefficients for use in biogeographical studies. Coenoses 2: 83-88.
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & G.E. Bradfield, 1986. Epiphytic vegetation on Acer macrophyllum: a multivariate study of species-habitat relationships. Vegetatio 68: 45-53. [PDF]

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  • Orlóci, L., N.C. Kenkel & P.H. Fewster, 1984. Probing simulated vegetation data for complex trends by linear and nonlinear ordination methods. Abst. Bot. 8: 163-172.
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1984. Report on 'Numerical Methods in Ecology and Systematics'. Vegetatio 55: 127 - 128. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & G.E. Bradfield, 1981. Ordination of epiphyic bryophyte communities in a wet-temperate coniferous forest, south-coastal British Columbia. Plant Ecol. 45: 147-154. [PDF]
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  • Turkington, R., N.C. Kenkel & G.D. Franko, 1980. The biology of Canadian weeds. 42. Stellaria media (L.) Vill. Can. J. Plant Sci. 60: 981-992.[PDF]
  • BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

  • Hagen, C.A., N.C. Kenkel, D.J. Walker, R.K. Baydack & C.E. Braun, 2001. Fractal-based spatial analysis of radio telemetry data. In: Millspaugh, J.J., J.M. Marzluff & R. Kneward (eds.). Radio tracking and animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. Pages 167-187. [PDF]
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & J. Podani, 1999. Scale, pattern, fractals and diversity. Scientia Publishing, Budapest.
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  • Hoskins, J.A., W.D. Hoskins, N.C. Kenkel & P. Wong, 1996. Ray tracking and the simulation of boreal forest stand dynamics. Proc. Sym. Appl. Comp., Assoc. Comp. Machin., Philadelphia, PA. Pages 447-453.
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  • Kenkel, N.C. 1996. Markovian spaital-inhibition models for established clonal populations. In: Oborny, B. & J. Podani (eds.). Clonality in plant communities. Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on clonal plants. Special features in vegetation science 11. Populus Press, Uppsala, Sweden.
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  • Kenkel, N.C. & T. Booth, 1992. Multivariate analysis in fungal ecology. In: Carroll, G. & D. Wicklow (eds.). The Fungal Community. Dekker, New York. Pages 209-228.
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  • Booth, T. & N.C. Kenkel, 1986. Ecological studies of lignicolous marine fungi: a distribution model based on ordination and classification. In: Moss, S.T. (ed.). The biology of marine fungi. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Pages 297-310.
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  • Orlóci, L. & N.C. Kenkel, 1985. Introduction to data analysis. International Co-operative Publishing House, Fairland MD.
  • TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Lastra, R.& N.C. Kenkel, 1999. Modelling Douglas-fir population dynamics in Canada's four mountain parks. Final Technical Report, Heritage Canada Parks. 140 pages.
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  • Caners, R. & N.C. Kenkel, 1998. Modelling landscape-level vegetation dynamics in Riding Mountain National Park. Final Technical Report, Heritage Canada Park. 156 pages.
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  • Kenkel, N.C., P.R. Watson & P. Uhlig, 1998. Modelling landscape level vegetation dynamics in the boreal forests of northwestern Ontario. Forest Research Report 148, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 150 pages.
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  • Barker, J. & N.C. Kenkel, 1997. Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides Michaux) management on hydro-electric rights-of-way in northern Manitoba. Final Technical Report, Manitoba Hydro. 69 pages.
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  • Goulet, S. & N.C. Kenkel, 1997. Habitat survey and management proposal for Manitoba populations of western spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis). Final Technical Report, World Wildlife Fund. 89 pages.
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  • Slogan, J. & N.C. Kenkel, 1996. Long-term vegetation dynamics of plains rough fescue grasslands in Riding Mountain National Park. Final Technical Report, Heritage Canada Parks. 114 pages.
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  • Turcotte, C.L. & N.C. Kenkel, 1996. Sustainable harvesting of seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega L.) on Manitoba Hydro rights-of-way. Final Technical Report, Manitoba Hydro. 73 pages.
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