Yvonne Martin

This research focuses on interactions between the biological sciences and earth sciences. My research program focuses on interactions among geomorphology, soils, hydrology and vegetation. I have been the Supervisor and Co-Supervisor for a number of graduate students undertaking research falling under this theme. 

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(Edited Book) Johnson, E., Martin, Y., 2016 (Editors). Ecosystems: A Biogeoscience Approach, Cambridge University Press 

Martin, Y., Gurung, D., Johnson, E., 2023. Connections of geomorphological activity, geological history and organic carbon storage in steep, mountainous drainage basins: A field investigation. Annual Meeting, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. 

Ding, J., Johnson, E., Martin, Y., 2020. Optimization of leaf morphology in relation to leaf water status: A theory. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1510–1525.

Ding, J., Johnson, E. Martin, Y., 2018. Linking soil moisture variation and abundance of plants to geomorphic processes: A generalized model for erosion‐uplifting landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 960–975.

Klassen, P., Martin, Y., Johnson, E.A., 2018. Effects of glacial topography and sedimentology on palaeohydrology, Kananaskis, Canadian Rockies: A numerical modelling exercise. Annual Meeting, European Geoscience General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (Abstract EGU2018-5849)

Martin, Y., Johnson, E., Chaikina, O., 2013. Interplay between field observations and numerical modeling to understand temporal pulsing of tree root throw processes, Canadian Rockies, Canada. Geomorphology, 200, 89–105.

Chase, M., Johnson, E., Martin, Y., 2012. The influence of geomorphic processes on plant distribution and abundance as reflected in plant tolerance curves. Ecological Monographs, 82, 429–447.

Martin, Y., Valeo, C., Tait, M., 2008. Centimeter-scale digital representations of terrain and impacts on depression storage and runoff. Catena, 75, 223–233.

This research focusses on interactions between wildfire, vegetation and aspects of earth science. I was part of a large research group that examined post-wildfire impacts for the large Kootenay Wildfire in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia. I have been the Supervisor and Co-Supervisor for graduate students undertaking research falling under this theme. 

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Johnson, E., Martin, Y., Chaikina, O., 2023. Tree root decay in soils following tree death after a crown wildfire, Canadian Rockies: A field investigation. Annual Meeting, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. 

Tsinko, Y., Bakhshaii, A., Johnson, E., Martin, Y., 2018. Comparisons of fire weather indices using Canadian raw and homogenized weather data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 262, 110–119.

Martin, Y., Gallaway, J., Johnson, E., Chaikina, O., 2011. Negligible soil erosion in a burned mountain watershed: the role of duff. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36, 2097–2113.

Gallaway, J., Martin, Y., Johnson, E., 2009. Sediment transport due to tree root throw: integrating tree population dynamics, wildfire and geomorphic response. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1255–1269.

Martin, Y., 2007. Wildfire disturbance and shallow landsliding in coastal British Columbia over millennial time scales: A numerical modelling study. Catena, 69, 206–219.

Examples of my research expertise include sediment movement and storage across landscapes and drainage basin morphology. Research has focussed on mountain environments and has expanded to consider urban and rural landscapes. I have been the Supervisor and Co-Supervisor for a number of graduate students undertaking research falling under this theme. 

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Thapa, P., Martin, Y., Johnson, E., 2017. Quantification of controls on regional rockfall activity and talus deposition, Kananaskis, Canadian Rockies. Geomorphology, 299, 107–123.

Martin, Y., Johnson, E.A., Chaikina, O., 2017. Gully recharge rates and debris flows: A combined numerical modeling and field-based investigation, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Geomorphology, 278, 252–268.

Jagielko, L., Martin, Y., Sjogren, D., 2012. Scaling and multivariate analysis of medium to large landslide events: Haida Gwaii. Natural Hazards, 60, 321–344.

Barlow, J., Martin, Y., Franklin, S., 2009. Evaluating debris slide occurrence using digital data: paraglacial activity in Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46, 181–191.

I have a strong interest in the historical and philosophical perspectives of research themes in the earth and environmental sciences. 

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Martin, Y., 2022. (Invited) Modelling in Geomorphology: The Digital Revolution. In “The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology: Volume 5: Geomorphology in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century” (editors, T. P. Burt, A. S. Goudie, H. A. Viles) Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 58. 

Martin, Y., Johnson, E., 2017. Towards a strategy for Critical Zone science in Canada. Canadian Geographer, 61, 117–123

Martin, Y., Johnson, E., 2012. Biogeosciences survey: Studying interactions of the Biosphere with the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Lithosphere. Progress in Physical Geography, 30, 833–852

Martin, Y., Church, M., 2004. Numerical modelling of landscape evolution: Geomorphological perspectives. Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 317–339.