Explore a selection of works produced by the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Technological University.
On November 20, 2019 the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science became the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science.
Works from 2021
Measuring dynamic changes in the spatial pattern and connectivity of surface waters based on landscape and graph metrics: A case study of henan province in central china, Bo Mu, Guohang Tian, Gengyu Xin, Miao Hu, Panpan Yang, Yiwen Wang, Hao Xie, Audrey L. Mayer, and Yali Zhang
Durability of the adhesive bond in cross-laminated northern hardwoods and softwoods, Munkaila Musah, Xiping Wang, Yvette L. Dickinson, Robert J. Ross, Mark Rudnicki, and Xinfeng Xie
Land use and management effects on soil carbon in U.S. Lake States, with emphasis on forestry, fire, and reforestation, L. E. Nave, K. DeLyser, G. M. Domke, M. K. Janowiak, T. A. Ontl, E. Sprague, B. F. Walters, and C. W. Swanston
Sidewalk extraction using aerial and street view images, Huan Ning, Xinyue Ye, Zhihui Chen, Tao Liu, and Tianzhi Cao
Organic Matter Chemistry Drives Carbon Dioxide Production of Peatlands, A. E. Normand, B. L. Turner, L. J. Lamit, A. N. Smith, B. Baiser, M. W. Clark, C. Hazlett, E. S. Kane, E. Lilleskov, J. R. Long, S. P. Grover, and K. R. Reddy
Migratory bird community structure in oil palm (Elaies guineensis) plantations and native forest fragments in southern Mexico, Samuel L. Oliveira, David J. Flaspohler, Jessie L. Knowlton, Christopher R. Webster, and Jared D. Wolfe
Decomposition of wood stakes in the Pacific Northwest after soil compaction and organic matter removal, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Martin Jurgensen, Chris Miller, Matt D. Busse, Michael P. Curran, Thomas A. Terry, Joanne M. Tirocke, James G. Archuleta, and Michael Murray
Cloning, expression and characterization of P1 and NIa proteases from banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV), Atul B. Patil, Vijayendra S. Dalvi, Abdul Azeez, Bal Krishna, Akhilesh A. Mishra, and Prafullachandra V. Sane
Stepwise extraction of Fe, Al, Ca, and Zn: A green route to recycle raw electroplating sludge, Zhan Qu, Ting Su, Suiyi Zhu, Yu Chen, Yang Yu, Xinfeng Xie, Jiakuan Yang, Mingxin Huo, and Dejun Bian
Detection of Trichinella murrelli and Trichinella pseudospiralis in bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Oklahoma, Mason V. Reichard, Tiana L. Sanders, Natasha L. Prentiss, Stacy Cotey, Ryan W. Koch, W. Sue Fairbanks, Maria Interisano, Giuseppe La Rosa, and Edoardo Pozio
Characterization of a High Hierarchical Regulator, PtrGATA12, Functioning in Differentially Regulating Secondary Wall Component Biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa, Mengxuan Ren, Yang Zhang, Cong Liu, Yingying Liu, Shuanghui Tian, He Cheng, Huaxin Zhang, Hairong Wei, and Zhigang Wei
Plant communities and landform relationships delineate the components of soil complexes subject to whole-tree harvest restriction, Robert Richard, Evan S. Kane, Dustin R. Bronson, Ann Maclean, and Randall K. Kolka
The Rhizosphere Responds: Rich Fen Peat and Root Microbial Ecology after Long-Term Water Table Manipulation, Danielle L. Rupp, Louis J. Lamit, Stephen Techtmann, Evan Kane, Erik A. Lilleskov, and Merritt R. Turetsky
Cultural imaginaries or incommensurable ontologies? Relationality and sovereignty as worldviews in socio-technological system transitions, Chelsea Schelly, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin Arola, Andrew Fiss, Marie Schaefer, and Kathleen E. Halvorsen
Beyond planning tools: Experiential learning in climate adaptation planning and practices, Kristen M. Schmitt, Todd A. Ontl, Stephen D. Handler, Maria K. Janowiak, Leslie A. Brandt, Patricia Butler-Leopold, P. Danielle Shannon, Courtney L. Peterson, and Christopher W. Swanston
Magnitude, consequences and correction of temperature-derived errors for absolute pressure transducers under common monitoring scenarios, Joseph Shannon, Fengjing Liu, Matthew Van Grinsven, Randall Kolka, and Thomas Pypker
Magnitude, consequences and correction of temperature-derived errors for absolute pressure transducers under common monitoring scenarios, Joseph Shannon, Fengjing Liu, Matthew Van Grinsven, Randall Kolka, and Thomas Pypker
Intended and unintended consequences of wolf restoration to Yellowstone and Isle Royale National Parks, Douglas W. Smith and Rolf O. Peterson
Comparing genetic diversity in three threatened oaks, Emma Suzuki Spence, Jeremie B. Fant, Oliver Gailing, M. Patrick Griffith, Kayri Havens, Andrew L. Hipp, Priyanka Dipak Kadav, Andrea Kramer, Patrick Thompson, Raakel Toppila, Murphy Westwood, Jordan Wood, Bethany A. Zumwalde, and Sean Hoban
Root biomass and production by two cushion plant species of tropical high-elevation peatlands in the andean páramo, Esteban Suárez, Segundo Chimbolema, Rodney Chimner, and Erik A. Lilleskov
Synthesis of novel erdite nanorods for the activation of peroxymonosulfate during p-nitrophenol wastewater treatment, Tong Sun, Yu Chen, Suiyi Zhu, Zhihua Wang, Jiancong Liu, Xinfeng Xie, and Hongbin Yu
Threshold models improve estimates of molt parameters in datasets with small sample sizes, Ryan S. Terrill, Youyi Fong, Jared D. Wolfe, and Amanda J. Zellmer
Wood decomposition and its role in the forest carbon cycle: the FACE wood decomposition experiment, Carl C. Trettin, Andrew Burton, Martin Jurgensen, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Zhaohua Dai, Ram Oren, and et. al.
Mangrove carbon stocks in Pongara National Park, Gabon, Carl C. Trettin, Zhaohua Dai, Wenwu Tang, David Lagomasino, Nathan Thomas, Seung Kuk Lee, Marc Simard, Médard Obiang Ebanega, Atticus Stoval, and Temilola E. Fatoyinbo
Spatial patterning of regeneration failure in experimental canopy gaps 15–24 years post-harvest, Matthew S. VanderMolen, Samuel Knapp, Christopher R. Webster, Christel C. Kern, and Yvette L. Dickinson
Influence of deer herbivory on regeneration dynamics and gap capture in experimental gaps, 18 years post-harvest, Matthew S. VanderMolen and Christopher R. Webster
Diverse University Students Across the United States Reveal Promising Pathways to Hunter Recruitment and Retention, Victoria R. Vayer, Lincoln R. Larson, M. Nils Peterson, Kangjae Jerry Lee, Matt Kelly, Richelle Winkler, and et. al.
Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Kristin Brzeski, Matthew L. Aardema, Christopher J. Schell, Linda Y. Rutledge, Steven R. Fain, Amy C. Shutt, Anna Linderholm, and William J. Murphy
Restoring the Balance: What Wolves Tell Us about Our Relationship with Nature, John Vucetich
Can Deliberative Democracy Favor a Flourishing Relationship Between Humans and Carnivores?, John A. Vucetich, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, and David W. Macdonald
How scholars prioritize the competing values of conservation and sustainability, John A. Vucetich, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Lily M. van Eeden, and Ewan A. Macdonald
A Minimally Nonanthropocentric Economics: What Is It, Is It Necessary, and Can It Avert the Biodiversity Crisis?, John A. Vucetich, Richard Damania, Sam A. Cushman, Ewan A. Macdonald, Dawn Burnham, Thomas Offer-Westort, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Adam Feltz, Lily Van Eeden, and David W. Macdonald
Finding purpose in the conservation of biodiversity by the commingling of science and ethics, John A. Vucetich, Ewan A. Macdonald, Dawn Burnham, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Dominic D.P. Johnson, and David W. Macdonald
BEL1-like Homeodomain Protein BLH6a Is a Negative Regulator of CAl5H2 in Sinapyl Alcohol Monolignol Biosynthesis in Poplar, Qiao Wang, Xinren Dai, Hongying Pang, Yanxia Cheng, Xiong Huang, Hui Li, Hairong Wei, and et. al.
Corrigendum: BEL1-like Homeodomain Protein BLH6a Is a Negative Regulator of CAld5H2 in Sinapyl Alcohol Monolignol Biosynthesis in Poplar (Front. Plant Sci., (2021), 12, (695223), 10.3389/fpls.2021.695223), Qiao Wang, Xinren Dai, Hongying Pang, Yanxia Cheng, Xiong Huang, Hui Li, Xiaojing Yan, Fachuang Lu, Hairong Wei, Ronald R. Sederoff, and Quanzi Li
Transcriptome-wide identification and characterization of microRNAs in diverse phases of wood formation in Populus trichocarpa, Ruiqi Wang, Mengxuan Reng, Shuanghui Tian, Cong Liu, He Cheng, Yingying Liu, Hairong Wei, and et. al.
Inaugural Editorial, Hairong Wei
Ecological and evolutionary significance of molt in lowland Neotropical landbirds, Jared D. Wolfe, Ryan S. Terrill, Erik I. Johnson, Luke L. Powell, and T Brandt Ryder
The diverse roles of cytokinins in regulating leaf development, Wenqi Wu, Kang Du, Xiangyang Kang, and Hairong Wei
Transcriptome comparison of different ploidy reveals the mechanism of photosynthetic efficiency superiority of triploid poplar, Wenqi Wu, Ting Liao, Kang Du, Hairong Wei, and Xiangyang Kang
Growth-regulating factor 5 (GRF5)-mediated gene regulatory network promotes leaf growth and expansion in poplar, Wenqi Wu, Jiang Li, Qiao Wang, Kaiwen Lv, Kang Du, and Hairong Wei
Experimental warming and its legacy effects on root dynamics following two hurricane disturbances in a wet tropical forest, Daniela Yaffar, Tana E. Wood, Sasha C. Reed, Benjamin L. Branoff, Molly A. Cavaleri, and Richard J. Norby
Spatial-temporal trends of hydrological transitions in thermokarst lakes on Northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on stable isotopes, Yuzhong Yang, Qingbai Wu, Fengjing Liu, and Huijun Jin
Bacterium-Enabled Transient Gene Activation by Artificial Transcription Factor for Resolving Gene Regulation in Maize, Mingxia Zhao, Zhao Peng, Yang Qin, Ling Zhang, Bin Tian, Yueying Chen, Hairong Wei, and et. al.
Streamflow generation in semi-arid, glacier-covered, montane catchments in the upper Shule River, Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan plateau, Jiaxin Zhou, Yongjian Ding, Jinkui Wu, Fengjing Liu, and Shaoping Wang
Works from 2020
Determining How Critical Zone Structure Constrains Hydrogeochemical Behavior of Watersheds: Learning From an Elevation Gradient in California's Sierra Nevada, Julien Ackerer, Carl Steefel, Fengjing Liu, Ryan Bart, Mohammad Safeeq, Anthony O'Geen, Carolyn Hunsaker, and Roger Bales
Habitat ecology of Nearctic–Neotropical migratory landbirds on the nonbreeding grounds, Steven Albert, Jared D. Wolfe, Jherime Kellerman, Thomas Sherry, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Nicholas J. Bayly, and Angelina Ruiz-Sánchez
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated single and biallelic knockout of poplar STERILE APETALA (PopSAP) leads to complete reproductive sterility, Abdul Azeez and Victor Busov
Altered climate leads to positive density-dependent feedbacks in a tropical wet forest, Benedicte Bachelot, Aura M Alonso-Rodríguez, Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Molly A. Cavaleri, Sasha C Reed, and Tana E Wood
Decay of birdseye sugar maple (acer saccharum) and curly red maple (acer rubrum) figured woods, Tara Lee Bal, Katherine Elizabeth Schneider, and Dana Richter
Enrollment Decision-Making by Students in Forestry and Related Natural Resource Degree Programmes Globally, T. L. Bal, M. D. Rouleau, T. L. Sharik, and A. M. Wellstead
Training future agriculture professionals in landowner–tenant conservation decision-making, Andrea Basche and Angela Carter
Multiple FGF4 retrocopies recently derived within canids, Kevin Batcher, Peter Dickinson, Kimberly Maciejczyk, Kristin Brzeski, Sheida Hadji Rasouliha, Anna Letko, Cord Drögemüller, Tosso Leeb, and Danika Bannasch
The energy crises revealed by COVID: Intersections of Indigeneity, inequity, and health, Kathleen Brosemer, Chelsea Schelly, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin L. Arola, Joshua M. Pearce, Douglas Bessette, and Laura Schmitt Olabisi
Photosynthetic and Respiratory Acclimation of Understory Shrubs in Response to in situ Experimental Warming of a Wet Tropical Forest, Kelsey R. Carter, Tana E. Wood, Sasha C. Reed, Elsa Schwartz, Madeline B. Reinsel, Xi Yang, and Molly A. Cavaleri
Cold-blooded forests in a warming world, Molly A. Cavaleri
Spatio-temporal dynamics of landscape use by the bumblebee Bombus pauloensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and its relationship with pollen provisioning, Pablo Cavigliasso, Colin Phifer, Erika M. Adams, David J. Flaspohler, Gerardo P. Gennari, Julian A. Licata, and Natacha P. Chacoff
Development of improved and comprehensive growth and yield models for genetically improved stands, Cheng Deng, Robert E. Froese, Shougong Zhang, Yuanchang Lu, Xiaojun Xu, and Qingfen Li
Thinning effects on forest evolution in Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) conversion from pure plantations into mixed forests, Cheng Deng, Shougong Zhang, Yuanchang Lu, Robert E. Froese, Xiaojun Xu, Ji Zeng, Angang Ming, Xianzhao Liu, Yangsheng Xie, and Qingfen Li
Advancements in thermochemical modification of wood for bioenergy and biomaterial applications, David B. DeVallance, Xinfeng Xie, Tianmiao Wang, and Jingxin Wang
Vegetative and edaphic responses in a Northern mixed conifer forest three decades after harvest and fire: Implications for managing regeneration and carbon and nitrogen pools, R. Kasten Dumroese, Martin Jurgensen, and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
Correlates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries, Jared A. Elmore, Stephen B. Hager, Bradley J. Cosentino, Timothy J. O'Connell, Corey S. Riding, Michelle L. Anderson, Amber M. Roth, and et. al.
Dim and Dmoc Protecting Groups for Oligodeoxynucleotide Synthesis, Shiyue Fang, Dhananjani Eriyagama, Yinan Yuan, Shahien Shahsavari, Jinsen Chen, Xi Lin, and Bhaskar Halami
First record of a piebald Bates’s Slit-faced Bat, Nycteris arge (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) from Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, Diogo F. Ferreira, Laura Torrent, Andreanna J. Welch, Jared D. Wolfe, Kristin Brzeski, and Luke L. Powell
Effects of breeding and molt activity on songbird site fidelity, Luiza Figueira, Pedro Martins, C. John Ralph, Jamie L. Stephens, John D. Alexander, and Jared D. Wolfe
Debweyendan ("Believe in It") Indigenous Garden (DIGs) Story Map, V. S. Gagnon, Karena Schmidt, Racheal Pressley, Erika Vye, Evelyn H. Ravindran, and Kelly Kamm
Applied behavior analysis as a development tool: Examples from agroforestry, Sonia Goltz, Audrey L. Mayer, and Blair D. Orr
Monterey pine forest made a remarkable recovery from pitch canker, Thomas R. Gordon, Gregory J. Reynolds, Sharon C. Kirkpatrick, Andrew J. Storer, David L. Wood, Daniel M. Fernandez, and Brice A. McPherson
Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland, T. J. Griffis, D. T. Roman, J. D. Wood, J. Deventer, L. Fachin, J. Rengifo, D. Del Castillo, E. Lilleskov, R. Kolka, R. A. Chimner, J. del Aguila-Pasquel, C. Wayson, K. Hergoualc'h, J. M. Baker, H. Cadillo-Quiroz, and D. M. Ricciuto
Factorial estimating assembly base errors using -mer abundance difference (KAD) between short reads and genome assembled sequences, Cheng He, Guifang Lin, Hairong Wei, Haibao Tang, Frank F. White, Barbara Valent, and Sanzhen Liu
Preferences for Northern Hardwood Silviculture among Family Forest Owners in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Alexander C. Helman, Matthew Kelly, Mark Rouleau, and Yvette L. Dickinson
A Genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry in southeastern canids., Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Kristin Brzeski, Joseph W Hinton, Michael J Chamberlain, Jacqueline Robinson, Robert K Wayne, and Bridgett M vonHoldt
Taxonomic similarity does not predict necessary sample size for ex situ conservation: A comparison among five genera, Sean Hoban, Taylor Callicrate, John Clark, Susan Deans, Michael Dosmann, Priyanka Dipak Kadav, and et al.
Preparation and Properties of Zn-Cu Alloy for Potential Stent Material, Jiajun Huang, Yonglai Lai, Hualan Jin, Hongmin Guo, Fanrong Ai, Qi Xing, Xiangjie Yang, and David J. Ross
High-purity recycling of hematite and Zn/Cu mixture from waste smelting slag, Yang Huo, Xiang Song, Suiyi Zhu, Yu Chen, Xue Lin, Yaqiong Wu, Zhan Qu, Ting Su, and Xinfeng Xie
Seedling and sapling recruitment following novel silvicultural treatments in Great Lakes northern hardwoods, Stefan Hupperts, Christopher R. Webster, Robert E. Froese, and Yvette L. Dickinson
Increasing ground-layer plant taxonomic diversity masks declining phylogenetic diversity along a silvicultural disturbance gradient, Stefan Hupperts, Christopher R. Webster, Robert Froese, Erik A. Lilleskov, Amy Marcarelli, and Yvette L. Dickinson
“Sad and Dismal is the Story”: Memory, Preservation, and the Folk Music Tradition of Great Lakes Shipwrecks, Misty M. Jackson and Kenneth J. Vrana
Root respiration and biomass responses to experimental soil warming vary with root diameter and soil depth, Mickey P. Jarvi and Andrew J Burton
Wood Decomposition After an Aerial Application of Hydromulch Following Wildfire in a Southern California Chaparral Shrubland, Martin Jurgensen, Chris Miller, and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
Tropical understory herbaceous community responds more strongly to hurricane disturbance than to experimental warming, Deborah K. Kennard, David Matlaga, Joanne Sharpe, Clay King, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Sasha C. Reed, Molly A. Cavaleri, and Tana E. Wood
Predicting effects of climate change on productivity and persistence of forest trees, Russell D. Kramer, H. Roaki Ishii, Kelsey R. Carter, Yuko Miyazaki, Molly A. Cavaleri, Masatake G. Araki, Wakana A. Azuma, Yuta Inoue, and Chinatsu Hara
Industrial oil plant: Application principles and green technologies, Changzhu Li, Zhihong Xiao, Liangnian He, Martino Di Serio, and Xinfeng Xie
Comparative proteomic analysis of leaves at different ages in allotriploid populus, Jiang Li, Yi Wang, Hairong Wei, and Xiangyang Kang
Determining hydrologic pathways of streamflow using geochemical tracers in a claypan watershed, Fengjing Liu, Robert N. Lerch, John Yang, and Greg Peters
Oil-Based materials and products, Qiang Liu, Xinfeng Xie, and Changzu Li
A new integrated framework to estimate the climate change impacts of biomass utilization for biofuel in life cycle assessment, Weiguo Liu, Junming Xu, Xinfeng Xie, Yan Yan, Xiaolu Zhou, and Changhui Peng
High-quality de novo assembly of the Eucommia ulmoides haploid genome provides new insights into evolution and rubber biosynthesis, Yun Li, Hairong Wei, Jun Yang, Kang Du, Jiang Li, Ying Zhang, Tong Qiu, Zhao Liu, Yongyu Ren, Lianjun Song, and Xiangyang Kang
Tropical forest fragmentation and isolation: Is community decay a random process?, David A. Luther, W. Justin Cooper, Jared D. Wolfe, Richard O. Bierregaard, Andrew Gonzalez, and Thomas E. Lovejoy
Overexpression of an AP2/ERF family gene, BpERF13, in birch enhances cold tolerance through upregulating CBF genes and mitigating reactive oxygen species, Kaiwen Lv, Jiang Li, Kai Zhao, Su Chen, Jeff Nie, Wenli Zhang, Guifeng Liu, and Hairong Wei
Overexpression of an AP2/ERF family gene, BpERF13, in birch enhances cold tolerance through upregulating CBF genes and mitigating reactive oxygen species., Kaiwen Lv, Jiang Li, Kai Zhao, Su Chen, Jeff Nie, Wenli Zhang, Guifeng Liu, and Hairong Wei
Overexpression of BplERD15 enhances drought tolerance in Betula platyphylla Suk, Kaiwen Lv, Hairong Wei, and Jing Jiang
Environmental decision-making shaped by the home: Situating consumption in the household, William Lytle, Chelsea Schelly, Kristin Floress, Rachael L. Shwom, and Kathleen E. Halvorsen
Insights on dissolved organic matter production revealed by removal of charge-transfer interactions in senescent leaf leachates, Karl M. Meingast, Brice K. Grunert, Sarah A. Green, Evan S. Kane, and Nastaran Khademimoshgenani
Climate, snowmelt dynamics and atmospheric deposition interact to control dissolved organic carbon export from a northern forest stream over 26 years, Karl M. Meingast, Evan Kane, Ashley A. Coble, Amy Marcarelli, and David Toczydlowski
Conceptual planning of urban–rural green space from a multidimensional perspective: A case study of Zhengzhou, China, Bo Mu, Chang Liu, Guohang Tian, Yaqiong Xu, Yali Zhang, Audrey L. Mayer, and et al.
Trends in protected area representation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in five tropical countries, Rachel A. Neugarten, Kevin Moull, Natalia Acero Martinez, Luciano Andriamaro, Curtis Bernard, Leonardo Saenz, and et al.
What is an endangered species?: judgments about acceptable risk, Thomas Offer-Westort, Adam Feltz, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, and John A. Vucetich
Factors affecting connectivity and sediment yields following wildfire and post-fire salvage logging in California's Sierra Nevada, Will Olsen, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, and Peter R. Robichaud
Territoriality drives preemptive habitat selection in recovering wolves: Implications for carnivore conservation, Shawn O'Neil, John A. Vucetich, Dean E Beyer, Sarah Hoy, and Joseph K Bump