Recent Station Publications: 2nd Quarter 2021
PNW Science Findings
Across the American West, forests have diverse owners and are managed for different goals. But when wildfire ignites on one parcel—whether managed by the USDA Forest Service, a corporation, a tribe, or a family forest land owner—all neighbors are at risk.

Susan Charnley, a research social scientist with the Pacific Northwest Research Station, and colleagues recently looked at six projects in Oregon and California that were part of the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership to identify social factors that lead to success.

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Eric White, Monika Derrien, and Dale Blahna with the Pacific Northwest Research Station, colleagues from the University of Washington, and recreation managers from the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, developed a method to use social media, such as Twitter and Instagram posts, to provide land managers with useful measures of recreational use.
They tested it in the heavily visited forest an hour outside the Seattle metropolitan area and on more rural, less visited public lands in northern New Mexico.

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Brown root rot (caused by Phellinus noxius) and myrtle rust (caused by Austropuccinia psidii) are natural disturbances in their native tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems. These pathogens are threatening forest ecosystems around the world as they spread through international trade or other means, such as by wind or through the soil. 

An international team, including Mee-Sook Kim with the Pacific Northwest Research Station analyzed the genetics of the two pathogens and mapped their likely spread based on the current locations of the various subgroups of each pathogen and contemporary and projected future climates. 

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Journal Articles by Topic
Climate Change
Beyond climate impacts: Knowledge gaps and process-based reflection on preparing a regional chapter for the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Roesch-McNally, Gabrielle; Chang, Michael; Dalton, Meghan; Lowe, Scott; Luce, Charlie; May, Christine; Morishima, Gary; Mote, Philip; Petersen, Alexander “Sascha”; York, Emily. 2020. Weather, Climate, and Society. 12(3): 337–350.

Historical changes in the stomatal limitation of photosynthesis: empirical support for an optimality principle. Lavergne, Aliénor; Voelker, Steve; Csank, Adam; Graven, Heather; Boer, Hugo J.; Daux, Valérie; Robertson, Iain; Dorado‐Liñán, Isabel; Martínez‐Sancho, Elisabet; Battipaglia, Giovanna; Bloomfield, Keith J.; Still, Christopher J.; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Dawson, Todd E.; Julio Camarero, J.; Clisby, Rory; Fang, Yunting; Menzel, Annette; Keen, Rachel M.; Roden, John S.; Prentice, I. Colin. 2020. New Phytologist. 225(6): 2484–2497.
Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment
Watershed characteristics influence winter stream temperature in a forested landscape. Devine, Warren D.; Steel, E. Ashley; Foster, Alex D.; Minkova, Teodora V.; Martens, Kyle D. 2021. Aquatic Sciences. 83(45): 1–17.

Does fire always accelerate shrub expansion in Arctic tundra? Examining a novel grass-dominated successional trajectory on the Seward Peninsula. Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Breen, Amy L.; Hewitt, Rebecca E.; Mack, Michelle C. 2021. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 53(1): 93–109.

Can Siberian alder N-fixation offset N-loss after severe fire? Quantifying post-fire Siberian alder distribution, growth, and N-fixation in boreal Alaska. Houseman, Brian; Ruess, Roger; Hollingsworth, Teresa; Verbyla, Dave. 2020. PLOS ONE. 15(9): e0238004.

A decision support tool for the conservation of tropical forest and nearshore environments on Babeldaob Island, Palau. Povak, Nicholas A.; Giardina, Christian P.; Hessburg, Paul F.; Reynolds, Keith M.; Salter, R. Brion; Heider, Chris; Salminen, Ed; MacKenzie, Richard. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management. 476(6): 118480.
Environment & People
Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work. Steger, Cara; Klein, Julia A.; Reid, Robin S.; Lavorel, Sandra; Tucker, Catherine; Hopping, Kelly A.; Marchant, Rob; Teel, Tara; Cuni-Sanchez, Aida; Dorji, Tsechoe; Greenwood, Greg; Huber, Robert; Kassam, Karim-Aly; Kreuer, David; Nolin, Anne; Russell, Aaron; Sharp, Julia L.; Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Thorn, Jessica P.R.; Grant, Gordon; Mahdi, Mohammed; Moreno, Martha; Waiswa, Daniel. 2021. Global Environmental Change. 68(10): 102240.

Next-generation visitation models using social media to estimate recreation on public lands. Wood, Spencer A.; Winder, Samantha G.; Lia, Emilia H.; White, Eric M.; Crowley, Christian S. L.; Milnor, Adam A. 2020. Scientific Reports. 10(1): 70–82.
Fire, Fuels, & Smoke
Model predictions of postwildfire woody fuel succession and fire behavior are sensitive to fuel dynamics parameters. Kennedy, Maureen C; Johnson, Morris C; Harrison, Sarah C. 2020. Forest Science. 67(1): 30–42.

A multi-fidelity framework for wildland fire behavior simulations over complex terrain. Vanella, Marcos; McGrattan, Kevin; McDermott, Randall; Forney, Glenn; Mell, William; Gissi, Emanuele; Fiorucci, Paolo. 2021. Atmosphere. 12(2): 273.

Estimating wildfire smoke concentrations during the October 2017 California fires through BME space/time data fusion of observed, modeled, and satellite-derived PM2.5. Cleland, Stephanie E.; West, J. Jason; Jia, Yiqin; Reid, Stephen; Raffuse, Sean; O’Neill, Susan; Serre, Marc L. 2020. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(21): 13439–13447.
Forest & Plant Health
Hydrologic variability in black ash wetlands: Implications for vulnerability to emerald ash borer. Cianciolo, Thomas R.; Diamond, Jacob S.; McLaughlin, Daniel L.; Slesak, Robert A.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Palik, Brian J. 2021. Hydrological Processes. 35(4): 1–13.

Effects of radial growth rate on outerwood properties of coastal Douglas-fir in healthy stands versus stands impacted by Swiss needle cast. Lachenbruch, B.; Johnson, R.G. 2021. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 51(4): 611–621.

Legacy effects of non-native Cytisus scoparius in glacial outwash soils: Potential impacts to forest soil productivity in western Washington. Slesak, Robert A.; Harrington, Timothy B.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Carter, David R. 2021. Forest Ecology and Management. 481(2): 1–8. 
Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis
New biomass estimates for chaparral-dominated southern California landscapes. Schrader-Patton, Charlie C.; Underwood, Emma C. 2021. Remote Sensing. 13(8): 1581.
Natural Resource Management & Use
Initial plant community responses to hardwood control treatments in restoration of remnant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) woodlands. Harrington, Timothy B.; Minogue, Patrick J.; Sutton, Randall A.; Peter, David H.; Blake, John I. 2021. Forest Ecology and Management. 491(1): 119197-.

Linking reliance on deep soil water to resource economy strategies and abundance among coexisting understorey shrub species in subtropical pine plantations. Jiang, Peipei; Wang, Huimin; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Kou, Liang; Dai, Xiaoqin; Fu, Xiaoli. 2020. New Phytologist. 225(1): 222–233.

Below‐ground determinants and ecological implications of shrub species' degree of isohydry in subtropical pine plantations. Jiang, Peipei; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Wang, Huimin; Kou, Liang; Dai, Xiaoqin; Fu, Xiaoli. 2020. New Phytologist. 226(6): 1656–1666.

Multicriteria decision analysis and group decision-making to select stand-level forest management models and support landscape-level collaborative planning. Marques, Marlene; Reynolds, Keith M.; Marto, Marco; Lakicevic, Milena; Caldas, Carlos; Murphy, Philip J.; Borges, José G. 2021. Forests. 12(4): 399.

Synthesizing vulnerability, risk, resilience, and sustainability into VRRSability for improving geoinformation decision support evaluations. Nyerges, Timothy; Gallo, John A.; Prager, Steven D.; Reynolds, Keith M.; Murphy, Philip J.; Li, WenWen. 2021. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 10(3): 179.
Wildlife & Fish
The importance of warm habitat to the growth regime of cold-water fishes. Armstrong, Jonathan B.; Fullerton, Aimee H.; Jordan, Chris E.; Ebersole, Joseph L.; Bellmore, J. Ryan; Arismendi, Ivan; Penaluna, Brooke E.; Reeves, Gordon H. 2021. Nature Climate Change. 11(4): 354–361.

Global patterns of ranavirus detections. Brunner, Jesse L.; Olson, Deanna H.; Gray, Matthew J.; Miller, Debra L.; Duffus, Amanda L.J. 2021. FACETS. 6: 912–924.

Variation in riparian and stream assemblages across the primary succession landscape of Mount St. Helens, U.S.A. Claeson, Shannon M.; LeRoy, Carri J.; Finn, Debra S.; Stancheva, Rosalina H.; Wolfe, Emily R. 2021. Freshwater Biology. 66(5): 1002–1017.

The emotional dimensions of animal disease management: A political ecology perspective for a time of heightened biosecurity. Epstein, Kathleen; von Essen, Erica; Wilmer, Hailey. 2021. Frontiers in Human Dynamics. 3: 350–357.

Mesocarnivore landscape use along a gradient of urban, rural, and forest cover. Rodriguez, Jordan T.; Lesmeister, Damon B.; Levi, Taal. 2021. PeerJ. 9(11): e11083.

Demography of the Oregon spotted frog along a hydrologically modified river. Rowe, Jennifer C.; Duarte, Adam; Pearl, Christopher A.; McCreary, Brome; Haggerty, Patricia K.; Jones, John W.; Adams, Michael J. 2021. Ecosphere. 12(6): 64-. 
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