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Research Papers

UBC Botanical Garden is home to award-winning research. Below are selected papers published by UBC Botanical Garden Staff

Papers published in the last 10 years are listed below. Earlier publications can be viewed through a PubMed search.

2025:

  • Roulston, T., Geralda Armstrong, C., Batstone, M., Bobiwash, K., Borda, G., Bunsha, D., Ciotir, C., Husband. B.C., Manning, P., Moreau, T.L., Singh, A.S., Smith, T., Ulrich, J., and Z. Migicovsky. 2025. Conservation challenges and opportunities for native apple (Malus) species in Canada. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70067

2022:

  • Ulrich, J.C., Moreau, T., Luna-Perez, E., Beckett, K. Simon, L., Migicovsky, Z., Diederichsen, A., Khoury, C. 2022. An inventory of crop wild relatives and wild-utilized plants in Canada. Crop Science. Vol 62, Issue 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20807
  •   Migicovsky, Z., Amyotte, B., Ulrich, J., Smith, T., Turner, N., Pico, J., Ciotir, C., Sharifi, M., Meldrum, G., Stormes, B., Moreau, T. 2022. Berries as a case study for crop wild relative conservation, use, and public engagement in Canada. Plants People Planet. 2022: 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10291

2020:

  • Krishnam, S., Greene S.L., Khoury, C.K., Kuehny, J., Miller, A.J., Moreau, T., Novy, A. 2020. People pollinating partnerships: harnessing collaborations between botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations on crop diversity. Acta Horticulturae 1298: 37-42. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1298.7.
  • Guillaume Charron, Thomas Robichaud-Courteau, Hughes La Vigne, Samantha Weintraub, Andy Hill, Douglas Justice, Nicolas Bélanger, Alexis Lussier Desbiens. The DeLeaves: a UAV device for efficient tree canopy sampling. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 2020, 8:245-264, https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2020-0005
  • Khoury, C.K., Greene, S.L., Krishnan, S., Miller, A.J., Moreau, T., Williams, K.L., Rodriguez-Bonilla, L., Spurrier, C., Zalapa, J., and Nabhan, G.P. 2020. Toward integrated conservation of North America’s crop wild relatives. Natural Areas Journal 40(1): 96-100. doi: 10.3375/043.040.0111. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.040.0111.

2019:

  • Novy, A. and T. Moreau. 2019. Crop Science Special Issue: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens and Science. Crop Science – Special Submissions: Celebrating Crop Diversity: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens and Science. Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America. ACSESS Digital Library.
  • Khoury, C. K., Greene, S. L., Krishnan, S., Miller, A. J., and Moreau, T.L. 2019. A Road Map for Conservation, Use and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants. Crop Science – Special Submissions: Celebrating Crop Diversity: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens and Science. Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America. ACSESS Digital Library.
  • Moreau, T.L., and Speight, D. 2019. Cooking up Diverse Diets: Advancing Biodiversity in Food and Agriculture through Collaborations with Chefs. Crop Science – Special Submissions: Celebrating Crop Diversity: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens and Science.  Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies. American Society of Agronomy Crop Science Society of America. ACSESS Digital Library.
  • Krishnan, S., Moreau, T.L., Kuehny, J., Novy, A., Greene, S.L. and C. Khoury. 2019. Resetting the table for people and plants: Botanic gardens and research organizations collaborate to address food and agricultural plant blindness. Plants, People and Planet. Vol 1. Issue 3 157-163.

2018:

  • Elsadek M, Sun M, Sugiyama R, & Fujii E. Cross-cultural comparison of physiological and psychological responses to different garden styles. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2018 November 16. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2018.11.007
  • Wu, E.T.Y., D. P. K.  Mosquin, and R. D. Guy. 2018. An Inventory of Bryophytes on the Summit of Pink Mountain (Peace River District, British Columbia, Canada). Western North American Naturalist Vol 78 (1). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.078.0104
  • Zelenika I, Moreau T, Lane O, Zhao J.Sustainability education in a botanical garden promotes environmental knowledge, attitudes and willingness to act. Environmental Education Research. 2018, October 11; 1-16.doi:10.1080/13504622.2018.1492705
  • Zelenika I, Moreau T, & Zhao J. Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance. Waste Management. 2018 June; 76, 39-45. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2018.03.03

2016:

  • Vasco A, Smalls TL, Graham SW, Cooper ED, Wong GK, Stevenson DW, Moran RC, Ambrose BA. Challenging the paradigms of leaf evolution: Class III HD-Zips in ferns and lycophytes. New Phytologist. 2016, July 17. doi: 10.1111/nph.14075. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Lam VKY, Merckx VSFT, Graham SW. A few-gene plastid phylogenetic framework for mycoheterotrophic monocots. Am. J. Bot.. 2016 Apr;103(4):692-708. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1500412.
  • Wigzell, J. M.. R. C. Racovita, B. G. Stentiford, M. Wilson, M. T., Harris, I. W. Fletcher, D. P. K. Mosquin, D. Justice, S. K. Beaumont, R. Jetter, and J. P. S. Badyal. 2016. Smart water channelling through dual wettability by leaves of the bamboo Phyllostachys aurea. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Vol 506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.06.058

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