Recent Station Publications

Hessburg, Paul F.; Charnley, Susan; Wendel, Kendra L.; White, Eric M.; Singleton, Peter H.; Peterson, David W.; Halofsky, Jessica E.; Gray, Andrew N.; Spies, Thomas A.; Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; White, Rachel. 2020. The 1994 Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-990. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 114 p.

Brodie, Leslie C.; Harrington, Constance A. 2020. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-989. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 37 p.

Brodie, Leslie C.; Palmer, Marin. 2020. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-983. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 60 p.

Lazaro, Michelle; Kuegler, Olaf; Stanton, Sharon; Lehman, Ashley; Mafnas, Joseph; Yatskov, Mikhail. 2020. Resour. Bull. PNW-RB-270. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 43 p.

Nicholls, David L.; Huang, Daisy. 2020. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-616. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 18 p.

Mazza, Rhonda; Freibott, Alexandra. 2020. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 88 p. Online only.
PNW Science Findings
Can prescribed fire do the work we hired it to do? Kantor, Sylvia; Kerns, Becky; Day, Michelle. 2020. Science Findings 226. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.

The Hot-Dry-Windy Index: A new tool for forecasting fire weather. Watts, Andrea; Potter, Brian; Charney, Joseph; Srock, Alan. 2020. Science Findings 227. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.    
           
Shading out climate change: Planting streamside forests to keep salmon cool. Kirkland, John; Wondzell, Steve. 2020. Science Findings 228. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.
Journal Articles by Topic
Climate Change

Climate change shifts in habitat suitability and phenology of huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum). Prevéy, Janet S.; Parker, Lauren E.; Harrington, Constance A.; Lamb, Clayton T.; Proctor, Michael F. 2020. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 280: 107803-.

Projected impacts of climate change on the range and phenology of three culturally-important shrub species. Prevéy, Janet S.; Parker, Lauren E.; Harrington, Constance A. 2020. PLOS ONE. 15(5): e0232537-.

Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Thomas, H.J.D.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H., [et al.]. 2020. Nature Communications. 11(1): 1-12.
Ecology, Ecosystem & Environment
Aquatic and riparian ecosystem recovery from debris flows in two western Washington streams, USA. Foster, Alex D.; Claeson, Shannon M.; Bisson, Peter A.; Heimburg, John. 2020.  Ecology and Evolution. 10(6): 2749-2777.

Long-term ecological research and evolving frameworks of disturbance ecology. Gaiser, Evelyn E; Bell, David M; Castorani, Max C N; Childers, Daniel L; Groffman, Peter M; Jackson, C Rhett; Kominoski, John S; Peters, Debra P C; Pickett, Steward T A; Ripplinger, Julie; Zinnert, Julie C. 2020. BioScience. 70(2): 141-156.

Bridging the flux gap: Sap flow measurements reveal species‐specific patterns of water use in a tallgrass prairie. O'Keefe, Kimberly; Bell, David M.; McCulloh, Katherine A.; Nippert, Jesse B. 2020. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 125(2): e2019JG005446.

Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome. Rheubottom, Sarah I.; Barrio, Isabel C.; Kozlov, Mikhail V., [et al.]. 2019. Polar Biology. 42(10): 1881-1897.

A classification of streamflow patterns across the coastal Gulf of Alaska. Sergeant, Christopher J.; Falke, Jeffrey A.; Bellmore, Rebecca A.; Bellmore, J. Ryan; Crumley, Ryan L. 2020.Water Resources Research. 56(2): 153-.
Fish & Wildlife
Modeling control of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in a shallow lake–wetland system. Pearson, James; Dunham, Jason; Bellmore, J. Ryan; Lyons, Don. 2019. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 27: 663-682.

Reoccurrence of the Umpqua chub (Oregonichthys kalawatseti) in the North Umpqua after almost a century. Penaluna, Brooke E; Ellenburg, Loretta. 2019. Northwestern Naturalist. 100(3): 208-210.

Beyond redistribution: In‐stream habitat restoration increases capacity for young‐of‐the‐year chinook salmon and steelhead in the Entiat River, Washington. Polivka, Carlos M.; Claeson, Shannon M. 2020. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 40(2): 446-458.
Forest and Plant Health
Invasive grasses: A new perfect storm for forested ecosystems? Kerns, Becky K.; Tortorelli, Claire; Day, Michelle A.; Nietupski, Ty; Barros, Ana M.G.; Kim, John B.; Krawchuk, Meg A. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management. 463: 117985-.

An empirical test of the role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease dynamics. Mihaljevic, Joseph R.; Polivka, Carlos M.; Mehmel, Constance J.; Li, Chentong; Dukic, Vanja; Dwyer, Greg. 2020. The American Naturalist. 195(4): 616-635.
Forest Products
Sprouting suppression and mushroom production after inoculation of Juglans x intermedia stumps with edible fungi species. de la Parra, Beatriz; Armenteros, Sergio; Cuesta, Javier; Olaizola, Jaime; Santos, Luis; Monleón, Vincente; Herrero, Celia. 2020. Annals of Silvicultural Research. 44(1): 30-40.
Inventory, Monitoring & Analysis
Mapping tall shrub biomass in Alaska at landscape scale using structure-from-motion photogrammetry and lidar. Alonzo, Michael; Dial, Roman J.; Schulz, Bethany K.; Andersen, Hans-Erik; Lewis-Clark, Eric; Cook, Bruce D.; Morton, Douglas C. 2020. Remote Sensing of Environment. 245: 111841-.

Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre- and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements. Hudak, Andrew T.; Kato, Akira; Bright, Benjamin C.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Hawley, Christie; Restaino, Joseph C.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Prata, Gabriel A.; Cabo, Carlos; Prichard, Susan J.; Rowell, Eric M.; Weise, David R. 2020. Forest Science.

Reconstructing aircraft trajectories from multi-return airborne laser-scanning data. Gatziolis, Demetrios; McGaughey, Robert J. 2019. Remote Sensing. 11(19): 2258-.

Integrating TimeSync disturbance detection and repeat forest inventory to predict carbon flux. Gray, Andrew N.; Cohen, Warren B.; Yang, Zhiqiang; Pfaff, Eric. 2019. Forests. 10(11): 984-.

Is your ad hoc model selection strategy affecting your multimodel inference? Morin, Dana J.; Yackulic, Charles B.; Diffendorfer, Jay E.; Lesmeister, Damon B.; Nielsen, Clayton K.; Reid, Janice; Schauber, Eric M. 2020. Ecosphere. 11(1): 421-.

Evaluation of pushbroom DAP relative to frame camera DAP and lidar for forest modeling. Strunk, Jacob L.; Gould, Peter J.; Packalen, Petteri; Gatziolis, Demetrios; Greblowska, Danuta; Maki, Caleb; McGaughey, Robert J. 2020. Remote Sensing of Environment. 237: 111535-.

Quantification and incorporation of uncertainty in forest growth and yield projections using a Bayesian probabilistic framework: A demonstration for plantation coastal Douglas-fir in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Wilson, Duncan; Monleon, Vicente; Weiskittel, Aaron. 2019. Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences. 11(2): 264-285.

Tree height increment models for national forest inventory data in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Woo, Hyeyoung; Eskelson, Bianca N. I.; Monleon, Vicente J. 2019. Forests. 11(1): 2-.
Natural Resource Management & Use
Interactive effects of fuels reduction and large herbivores on shrub assemblages in dry conifer forests of the Interior West, USA. Hall Defrees, Dallas; Averett, Joshua P.; Wisdom, Michael J.; Endress, Bryan A. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management. 463: 118031-.

Pile age and burn season influence fuelbed properties, combustion dynamics, fuel consumption, and charcoal formation when burning hand piles. Wright, Clinton S.; Evans, Alexander M.; Grove, Sara; Haubensak, Karen A. 2019. Forest Ecology and Management. 439: 146-158.

Simulating the effectiveness of improvement cuts and commercial thinning to enhance fire resistance in West Coast dry mixed conifer forests. Jain, Theresa B.; Fried, Jeremy S.; Loreno, Sara M. 2020. Forest Science. 66(2): 157-177.
Water, Air & Soil
Evaluating the effects of nitrogen and sulfur deposition and ozone on tree growth and mortality in California using a spatially comprehensive forest inventory. Fenn, Mark E.; Preisler, Haiganoush K.; Fried, Jeremy S.; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Schilling, Susan L.; Jovan, Sarah; Kuegler, Olaf. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management. 465: 118084. 
Wildland Fire & Fuels
Evaluating model predictions of fire induced tree mortality using wildfire-affected forest inventory measurements. Barker, Jason S.; Fried, Jeremy S.; Gray, Andrew N. 2019. Forests. 10(11): 958-.

Fuel treatment effectiveness in the context of landform, vegetation, and large, wind‐driven wildfires. Prichard, Susan J.; Povak, Nicholas A.; Kennedy, Maureen C.; Peterson, David W. 2020. Ecological Applications. 30(5): 1-22.
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