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 2018
Vertical foraging shifts in Hawaiian forest birds in response to invasive rat removal, Erin E. Wilson Rankin, Jessie L. Knowlton, Daniel S. Gruner, David J. Flaspohler, Christian P. Giardina, Devin R. Leopold, Anna Buckardt, William C. Pitt, and Tadashi Fukami
Widespread antisense transcription of Populus genome under drought, Yinan Yuan and Su Chen
Works from 2017
Evidence of damage from exotic invasive earthworm activity was highly correlated to sugar maple dieback in the Upper Great Lakes region, Tara L. Bal, Andrew J. Storer, and Martin F. Jurgensen
Sustainable Development for Whom and How? Exploring the Gaps between Popular Discourses and Ground Reality Using the Mexican Jatropha Biodiesel Case, Aparajita Banerjee, Kathleen Halvorsen, Amarella Eastmond-Spencer, and Sam R. Sweitz
Quantitative trait locus mapping of Populus bark features and stem diameter, Roba Bdeir, Wellington Muchero, Yordan Yordanov, Gerald Tuskan, Victor B. Busov, and Oliver Gailing
Integrating science and management to assess forest ecosystem vulnerability to climate change, Leslie A. Brandt, Patricia Butler, Stephen D. Handler, Maria K. Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, and Christopher W. Swanston
Forest reserves and riparian corridors help maintain orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Euglossini) communities in oil palm plantations in Brazil, Thaline F. Brito, Colin Phifer, Jessie L. Knowlton, Cynthia M. Fiser, Nia M. Becker, Fernanda C. Barros, Felipe A.L. Contrera, Márcia M. Maués, Leandro Juen, Luciano F.A. Montag, Christopher R. Webster, David J. Flaspohler, Marcos P.D. Santos, and Daniel P. Silva
Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during El Niño as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates, Molly A. Cavaleri, Adam P. Coble, Michael G. Ryan, William L. Bauerle, Henry W. Loescher, and Steven F. Oberbauer
Multi-decadal Changes in Water Table Levels Alter Peatland Carbon Cycling, Rodney Chimner, Thomas G. Pypker, John A. Hribljan, Paul A. Moore, and James M. Waddington
Vertical leaf mass per area gradient of mature sugar maple reflects both height-driven increases in vascular tissue and light-driven increases in palisade layer thickness, Adam P. Coble and Molly A. Cavaleri
Estimating belowground carbon stocks in peatlands of the Ecuadorian páramo using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), Xavier Comas, Neil Terry, John A. Hribljan, Erik A. Lilleskov, Esteban Suarez, Rodney Chimner, and Randy K. Kolka
Styrene-assisted maleic anhydride grafted poly(lactic acid) as an effective compatibilizer for wood flour/poly(lactic acid) bio-composites, Jun Du, Youyong Wang, Xinfeng Xie, Min Xu, and Yongming Song
Construction of a Framework Genetic Linkage Map in Gleditsia triacanthos L, Oliver Gailing, Margaret E. Staton, Thomas Lane, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Rick Nipper, Sandra A. Owusu, and John E. Carlson
Mobility and transport of mercury and methylmercury in peat as a function of changes in water table regime and plant functional groups, Kristine M. Haynes, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Erik A. Lilleskov, Randall K. Kolka, and Carl P.J. Mitchell
Recovery of carbon pools a decade after wildfire in black spruce forests of interior Alaska: effects of soil texture and landscape position, Gregory Houle, Evan Kane, Eric Kasischke, Carolyn Gibson, and Merritt Turetsky
Climate warming is associated with smaller body size and shorter lifespans in moose near their southern range limit, Sarah Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, and John A. Vucetich
Multidate, multisensor remote sensing reveals high density of carbon‐rich mountain peatlands in the páramo of Ecuador, John Hribjlan, Esteban Suarez, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Sarah L. Endres, Erik Lilleskov, Segundo Chimbolema, Craig Wayson, E Serocki, and Rodney Chimner
The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project, Lawrence N. Hudson, Tim Newbold, Sara Contu, Samantha L.L. Hill, Igor Lysenko, Adriana De Palma, David J. Flaspohler, and et. al.
Canopy ecophysiology: exploring the terrestrial ecosystem frontier, H. Roaki Ishii and Molly A. Cavaleri
Adenylate control contributes to thermal acclimation of sugar maple fine‐root respiration in experimentally warmed soil, Mickey Jarvi and Andrew Burton
Impacts of forestry best management practices on logging costs and productivity in the northeastern USA, Matthew C. Kelly, René H. Germain, and Steven Bick
Applying theory of constraints to timber harvesting: A case study from the Northeast USA, Matthew Kelly and René H. Germain
Current and future carbon budget at Takayama site, Japan, evaluated by a regional climate model and a process-based terrestrial ecosystem model, Masatoshi Kuribayashi, Nam Jin Noh, Taku M. Saitoh, Akihiko Ito, Yasutaka Wakazuki, and Hiroyuki Muraoka
11. Iron Mines, Toxicity, and Indigenous Communities in the Lake Superior Basin, Nancy Langston
Participatory Modeling Workshops in a Water-Stressed Basin Result in Gains in Modeling Capacity but Reveal Disparity in Water Resources Management Priorities, Alex Mayer, Enrique R. Vivoni, David Kossak, Kathleen Halvorsen, and Agustin Robles Morua
A scientist on any schedule, Audrey L. Mayer
When agencies move on: Agenda setting and research cycles, Audrey L. Mayer
Interactive effects of climate change and fungal communities on wood-derived carbon in forest soils, Samantha L. Mosier, Evan Kane, Dana Richter, Erik Lilleskov, Martin F. Jurgensen, Andrew Burton, and Sigrid Resh
Dynamic changes of green-space connectivity based on remote sensing and graph theory: A case study in Zhengzhou, China, Bo Mu, Huawei Li, Audrey L. Mayer, Ruizhen He, and Guohang Tian
Carbon and nitrogen accumulation and decomposition from coarse woody debris in a naturally regenerated Korean red pine (pinus densiflora S. et Z.) forest, Nam Jin Noh, Tae Kyung Yoon, Rae-Hyun Kim, Nicholas Bolton, Choonsig Kim, and Yowhan Son
Spatially varying density dependence drives a shifting mosaic of survival in a recovering apex predator (Canis lupus), Shawn O'Neil, Joseph K. Bump, and Dean E. Beyer
Bird community responses to afforested eucalyptus plantations in the Argentine pampas, Colin Phifer, Jessie L. Knowlton, Christopher R. Webster, David J. Flaspohler, and Julian A. Licata
Barriers and Solutions to Conducting Large International, Interdisciplinary Research Projects, Erin Pischke, Jessie L. Knowlton, Colin Phifer, Jose Gutierrez Lopez, Tamara S. Propato, Amarella Eastmond, Tatiana Martins de Souza, Mark Kuhlberg, Valentin Picasso Risso, Santiago R. Veron, Carlos Garcia, Marta Chiappe, and Kathleen Halvorsen
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulation Patterns Among Lake Erie Lower Trophic Level Consumers Reflect Species Ecologies, Jordan A. Pitt, Ken G. Drouillard, and Gordon Paterson
Forest floor and mineral soil respiration rates in a Northern Minnesota red pine chronosequence, Matthew Powers, Randall K Kolka, John Bradford, Brian Palik, and Martin F. Jurgensen
Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in grazed and undisturbed mountain peatlands in the Ecuadorian Andes, Maria Elisa Sanchez Garces, Rodney Chimner, John A. Hribljan, Erik Lilleskov, and E. Suarez
Selecting habitat to what purpose? The advantage of exploring the habitat-fitness relationship, Alessia Uboni, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler, and John A. Vucetich
Source water contributions and hydrologic responses to simulated emerald ash borer infestations in depressional black ash wetlands, Matthew J. Van Grinsven, Joseph Shannon, Joshua C. Davis, Nicholas Bolton, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Randall K. Kolka, and Thomas G. Pypker
Evaluating the principles of wildlife conservation: a case study of wolf (Canis lupus) hunting in Michigan, United States, John A. Vucetich, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Michael Paul Nelson, Rolf O. Peterson, and Joseph K. Bump
Works from 2016
Substantial long-Term effects of carcass addition on soil and plants in a grassy eucalypt woodland, Philip S. Barton, Sue McIntyre, Maldwyn John Evans, Joseph K. Bump, Saul A. Cunningham, and Adrian D. Manning
Gene dosage effects and signatures of purifying selection in lateral organ boundaries domain (LBD) genes LBD1 and LBD18, Roba Bdeir, Victor Busov, Yordan Yordanov, and Oliver Gailing
Role of insect vectors in epidemiology and invasion risk of Fusarium circinatum, and risk assessment of biological control of invasive Pinus contorta, Eckehard Brockerhoff, Margaret Dick, Rebecca Ganley, Alain Roques, and Andrew J. Storer
An evaluation of tree marking methods for implementing spatially heterogeneous restoration, Yvette L. Dickinson and Jeffrey D. Cadry
Elevated tropospheric CO2 and O3 may not alter initial wood decomposition rate or wood-decaying fungal community composition of Northern Hardwoods, Emmanuel Ebanyenle, Andrew Burton, Andrew J. Storer, Dana Richter, and Jessie Glaeser
Role of soil texture, clay mineralogy, location, and temperature in coarse wood decomposition - A mesocosm experiment, Cinzia Fissore, Martin Jurgensen, James Pickens, Chris Miller, Deborah Page-Dumroese, and Christian P. Giardina
Comparison of phenotypic and genetic clone delineation in quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, Kristina N. Flesher, Martin Jurgensen, and Oliver Gailing
A case study of strategies for fostering international, interdisciplinary research, K. E. Halvorsen, J. L. Knowlton, A. S. Mayer, C. C. Phifer, T. Martins, E. C. Pischke, Jennifer L. Dunn, and et al.
Sustainability for shrinking cities, Justin L. Herrmann, William D. Shuster, Audrey L. Mayer, and Ahjond S. Garmestani
Peatland carbon stocks and accumulation rates in the Ecuadorian páramo, John A. Hribljan, Esteban Suarez, Katherine A. Heckman, Erik A. Lilleskov, and Rodney Chimner
Linking indigenous knowledge, plant morphology, and molecular differentiation: the case of ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm. et Binn.), Bambang Irawan, Franz Gruber, Reiner Finkeldey, and Oliver Gailing
Artificial microtopography and herbivory protection facilitates wetland tree (Thuja occidentalis L.) survival and growth in created wetlands, Laura Kangas, Rose Schwartz, Michael R. Pennington, Christopher R. Webster, and Rodney Chimner
Bottom-up GGM algorithm for constructing multilayered hierarchical gene regulatory networks that govern biological pathways or processes, Sapna Kupari, Wenping Deng, Chathura J. Gunasekara, Vincent Chiang, Huann-sheng Chen, Hairong Wei, and et. al.
Adaptive variation and introgression of a CONSTANS-like gene in North American red oaks, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl and Oliver Gailing
Identification of Mitochondrial Genome-Encoded Small RNAs Related to Egg Deterioration Caused by Postovulatory Aging in Rainbow Trout, Hao Ma, Gregory M. Weber, Hairong Wei, and Jianbo Yao
Life cycle assessment of steel in the ship recycling industry in Bangladesh, S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman, Robert M. Handler, and Audrey L. Mayer
Stormwater Facts and Figures, Audrey L. Mayer
How landscape ecology informs global land-change science and policy, Audrey L. Mayer, Brian Buma, Amelie Davis, Sara A. Gagne, E. Louise Loudermilk, Robert M. Scheller, Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow, Yolanda F. Wiersma, and Janet Franklin
Estimating local spread of recently established emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, infestations and the potential to influence it with a systemic insecticide and girdled ash trees, Rodrigo Mercader, Deborah McCullough, Andrew J. Storer, John Bedford, Robert Heyd, Nathan Siegert, Steven Katovich, and Therese Poland
Genetic diversity and structure of teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) and dahat (Tectona hamiltoniana Wall.) based on chloroplast microsatellites and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism markers, Yazar Minn, Oliver Gailing, and Reiner Finkeldey
Policy compliance recommendations for international shipbreaking treaties for Bangladesh, S. M. Mizanur Rahman and Audrey L. Mayer
Land use dynamics and policy implications in Central China: A case study of Zhengzhou, Bo Mu, Audrey L. Mayer, Ruizhen He, and Guohang Tian
Ungulate impacts on herbaceous-layer plant communities in even-aged and uneven-aged managed forests, Bryan D. Murray, Christopher R. Webster, Michael A. Jenkins, Michael R. Saunders, and G. Scott Haulton
Food habits of the world's grey wolves, Thomas Newsome, Luigi Boitani, Guillaume Chapron, Paolo Ciucci, Christopher Dickman, Rolf O. Peterson, and et al.
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS)-mediated functional characterization of two genes involved in lignocellulosic secondary cell wall formation, Shashank K. Pandey, Akula Nookaraju, Takeshi Fujino, Sivakumar Pattathil, and Chandrashekhar P. Joshi
The influence of plant defensive chemicals, diet composition, and winter severity on the nutritional condition of a free‐ranging, generalist herbivore, Grace Parikh, Jennifer Sorensen Forbey, Brecken Robb, Rolf O. Peterson, Leah Vucetich, and John A. Vucetich
Hydrologic Implications of Post-Fire Mulching Across Different Spatial Scales, Sergio Alegre Prats, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Martinho A.S. Martins, Maruxa Cortizo Malvar, and Jan Jacob Keizer
Revival of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal basidiomycete cultures after 30 years in cold storage in sterile water, Dana Richter, Thomas Dixon, and Jill Smith
Failure to communicate: Inefficiencies in voluntary incentive programs for private forest owners in Michigan, Mark. D. Rouleau, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl, Miranda N. Smith, and Audrey L. Mayer
A field hydropedology approach to planning for sponge cities and managing the urban water cycle, William D. Shuster, Audrey L. Mayer, and Tian Bai
Criteria and indicators for a bioenergy production industry identified via stakeholder participation, Ashma Vaidya and Audrey L. Mayer
Critical review of the millennium project in Nepal, Ashma Vaidya and Audrey L. Mayer
Use of a participatory approach to develop a regional assessment tool for bioenergy production, Ashma Vaidya and Audrey L. Mayer
Use of multiple criteria analysis to develop a participatory regional assessment tool for bioenergy production, Ashma Vaidya and Audrey L. Mayer
Spatial variability of surface fuels in treated and untreated ponderosa pine forests of the southern Rocky Mountains, Emma Vakili, Chad M. Hoffman, Robert Keane, Wade T. Tinkham, and Yvette L. Dickinson
Summertime surface O3 behavior and deposition to tundra in the Alaskan Arctic, Brie Van Dam, Detlev Helmig, Paul V. Doskey, and Samuel J. Oltmans
Planning the future’s forests with assisted migration, Mary I. Williams and R. Kasten Dumroese
Simulated rainfall on agricultural soil reveals enzymatic regulation of short-term nitrous oxide profiles in soil gas and emissions from the surface, Jianqiu Zheng and Paul V. Doskey
Works from 2015
Variables associated with nest survival of Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora Chrysoptera) among vegetation communities commonly used for nesting, Kyle R. Aldinger, Theron M. Terhune, Petra B. Wood, David A. Buehler, Marja H. Bakermans, John L. Confer, David J. Flaspohler, Jeffrey L. Larkin, John P. Loegering, Katie L. Percy, Amber Roth, and Curtis G. Smalling
Assessing site availability of aspen and northern hardwoods for potential feedstock development in Michigan: A case study, Sara Alian and Ann Maclean
Light acclimation optimizes leaf functional traits despite height-related constraints in a canopy shading experiment, Adam P. Coble and Molly A. Cavaleri
Limited effective gene flow between two interfertile red oak species, Emily Collins, Alexis R. Sullivan, and Oliver Gailing
A systems biology approach identifies new regulators of poplar root development under low nitrogen., Madhumita Dash, Yordan S Yordanov, Tatyana Georgieva, Sapna Kumari, Hairong Wei, and Victor Busov
Have we been successful? Monitoring horizontal forest complexity for forest restoration projects, Yvette L. Dickinson, Kristen Pelz, Emma Giles, and Josh Howie
Considerations for restoring temperate forests of tomorrow: forest restoration, assisted migration, and bioengineering, R. Kasten Dumroese, Mary I. Williams, John A. Stanturf, and J. Bradley St Clair
Grazing intensity levels influence C reservoirs of wet and mesic meadows along a precipitation gradient in Northern Patagonia, Andrea Soledad Enriquez, Rodney Chimner, María Victoria Cremona, Paula Diehl, and Griselda Luz Bonvissuto
Biogeochemical research priorities for sustainable biofuel and bioenergy feedstock production in the Americas, Hero Gollany, Brian Titus, D. Andrew Scott, Heidi Asbjornsen, Sigrid Resh, Rodney Chimner, Donald Kaczmarek, Luiz Leite, Ana Ferreira, Kenton Rod, Jorge Hilbert, Marcelo Galdos, and Michelle Cisz
Risk assessment of soil erosion by application of remote sensing and GIS in Yanshan Reservoir catchment, China, Yangfang Hu, Guohang Tian, Audrey L. Mayer, and Ruizhen He
Bioenergy and Biodiversity: Key lessons from the Pan American region, Keith L. Kline, Fernanda Silva Martinelli, Audrey L. Mayer, Rodrigo Medeiros, Camila Ortolan F. Oliveira, Gerd Sparkovek, Arnaldo Walter, and Lisa A. Venier
LegumeIP: An Integrative Platform for Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Model Legumes, Jun Li, Hairong Wei, Tingsong Liu, Xinbin Dai, and Patrick Xuechun Zhao
Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of two red oak species, Quercus rubra and Quercus ellipsoidalis, Jennifer Lind-Riehl and Oliver Gailing
Family legacies and community networks shape private forest management in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan (USA), Jennifer Lind-Riehl, Shelly Jeltema, Margaret Morrison, Garbriela Shirkey, Audrey L. Mayer, Mark Rouleau, and Richelle Winkler
Recombinant DNA modification of gibberellin metabolism alters growth rate and biomass allocation in Populus, Haiwei Lu, Venkatesh Viswanath, Cathleen Ma, Elizabeth Etherington, Palitha Dharmawardhana, Olga Shevchenko, Steven H. Strauss, David W. Pearce, Stewart B. Rood, and Victor Busov
Biology in environmental management, Audrey L. Mayer
Spatial patterns of forest values for bioenergy production in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Audrey L. Mayer and Ashma Vaidya
Evaluation of the potential use of a systemic insecticide and girdled trees in area wide management of the emerald ash borer, Rodrigo Mercader, Deborah McCullough, Andrew J. Storer, John Bedford, Robert Heyd, Therese Poland, and Steven Katovich
How social ties influence metal resource flows in the Bangladesh ship recycling industry, S.M. Mizanur Rahman and Audrey L. Mayer
Effects of water table position and plant functional group on plant community, aboveground production, and peat properties in a peatland mesocosm experiment (PEATcosm), Lynette R. Potvin, Evan S. Kane, Rodney Chimner, Randall K. Kolka, and Erik A. Lilleskov
Sharing rotting wood in the shade: ectomycorrhizal communities of co-occurringbirch and hemlock seedlings, Sarah K. Poznanovic, Erik A. Lilleskov, and Christopher R. Webster
Wood decay by Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse (Helotiales, Leotiaceae) and associated basidiomycete fungi, Dana Richter and Jessie Glaeser
Understanding drivers of peatland extracellular enzyme activity in the PEATcosm experiment: mixed evidence for enzymic latch hypothesis, Karl J. Romanowicz, Evan S. Kane, Lynette R. Potvin, Aleta L. Daniels, Randall K. Kolka, and Erik A. Lilleskov