Karen Harper, Pierre Drapeau, Daniel Lesieur, Yves Bergeron. Negligible structural development and edge influence on the understorey at 16-17-yr-old clear-cut edges in black spruce forest. 2016. J. Veg. Sci. 19(3):462-473 DOI : 10.1111/avsc.12226  

Karen Harper, Ellen MacDonald, Michael S. Mayerhofer, Shekhar R. Biswas, Per Anders Essen, Kristoffer Hylander, Katherine J. Stewart, Azim U. Mallik, Pierre Drapeau, Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson, Daniel Lesieur, Jari Kouki, Yves Bergeron. Edge influence on vegetation at natural and anthropogenic edges of boreal forests in Canada and Fennoscandia. 2015. Journal of Ecology  DOI : 10.1111/1365-2745.12398  

Karen Harper, Pierre Drapeau, Daniel Lesieur, Yves Bergeron. Forest structure and composition at fire edges of different ages: Evidence of persistent structural features on the landscape. 2014. For. Ecol. Manage. 314:131-140 DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.009  

Yves Bergeron, Karen Harper. Old-Growth Forests in the Canadian Boreal: the Exception Rather than the Rule? 2009. Old-Growth Forests, Function, Fate and Value.Wirth, Christian; Gleixner, Gerd; Heimann, Martin (Eds.) 2009, XXVI, 512 p. 113 illus., Hardcover. ISBN: 978-3-540-92705-1 Chap 13:285-300 DOI : 10.1007/978-3-540-92706-8_13 

Karen Harper, Liliana Mascarua-Lopez, Ellen MacDonald, Pierre Drapeau. Interaction of edge influence from multiple edges: examples from narrow corridors. 2007. Plant Ecol. 192(1): 71-84. DOI : 10.1007/s11258-006-9227-z  

Martin Lavoie, Karen Harper, David Paré, Yves Bergeron. Spatial pattern in the organic layer and tree growth: A case study from regenerating Picea mariana stands prone to paludification. 2007. J. Veg. Sci. 18:211-220.  

Karen Harper, Yves Bergeron, Pierre Drapeau, Sylvie Gauthier, Louis De Grandpré. Changes in spatial pattern of trees and snags during structural development in Picea mariana boreal forests. 2006. J. Veg. Sci. 17:625-636.  

Karen Harper, Yves Bergeron, Pierre Drapeau, Sylvie Gauthier, Louis De Grandpré. Structural development following fire in black spruce boreal forest. 2005. For. Ecol. Manage. 206(1-3):293-306. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.008  

Karen Harper, Daniel Lesieur, Yves Bergeron, Pierre Drapeau. Forest structure and composition at young fire and cut edges in black spruce boreal forest. 2004. Can. J. For. Res. 34(2):289-302. DOI : 10.1139/x03-279  

Karen Harper, Catherine Boudreault, Louis De Grandpré, Pierre Drapeau, Sylvie Gauthier, Yves Bergeron. Structure, composition, and diversity of old-growth black spruce boreal forest of the Clay Belt region in Quebec and Ontario. 2003. Environ. Rev. 11:S79-S98.