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 2016
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
Infiltration and interrill erosion rates after a wildfire in western Montana, USA, Peter R. Robichaud, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Fredrick B. Pierson, Kenneth E. Spaeth, Louise E. Ashmun, and Corey A. Moffet
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
Can Biochar be used as a Seed Coating to Improve Native Plant Germination and Growth in Arid Conditions?, Mary I. Williams, R. Kasten Dumroese, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, and Stuart P. Hardegree
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
Evaluation of multistep derivatization methods for identification and quantification of oxygenated species in organic aerosol, Rosa M. Flores and Paul V. Doskey
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
Diversifying student demographics in forestry and related natural resources disciplines, Terry Sharik
Undergraduate enrollment in natural resource programs in the United States: Trends, drivers, and implications for the future of natural resource professions, Terry Sharik, Robert J. Lilieholm, Wanda Lindquist, and William W. Richardson
Broad and local-scale patterns of exotic earthworm functional groups in forests of National Wildlife Refuges of the Upper Midwest, USA, Lindsey M. Shartell, R. Gregory Corace III, Andrew J. Storer, and Daniel Kashian
Fertility-dependent effects of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities on white spruce seedling nutrition, Alistair J.H. Smith, Lynette R. Potvin, and Erik A. Lilleskov
Standardizing social responsibility via ISO 26000: Empirical insights from the forest industry, Anne Toppinen, Aino Virtanen, Audrey L. Mayer, and Anni Tuppura
Using an OBCD approach and Landsat TM data to detect harvesting on nonindustrial private property in Upper Michigan, Riccardo Tortini, Audrey L. Mayer, and Pieralberto Maianti
Spatial patterning and floral synchrony among trillium populations with contrasting histories of herbivory, Christopher R. Webster, Michael A. Jenkins, and Aaron J. Poznanovic
Works from 2014
Elevated CO2 and O3 effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal root tip communities in consideration of a post-agricultural soil nutrient gradient legacy, Carrie Andrew and Erik A. Lilleskov
Long-term water table manipulations alter peatland gaseous carbon fluxes in Northern Michigan, Drew M. Ballantyne, John A. Hribljan, Thomas G. Pypker, and Rodney Chimner
Forest health detectives, Tara Bal
Nutrient stress predisposes and contributes to sugar maple dieback across its northern range: a review, Tara L. Bal, Andrew J. Storer, Martin F. Jurgensen, Paul V. Doskey, and Michael Amacher
Nutrient stress predisposes and contributes to sugar maple dieback across its northern range: a review, Tara L. Bal, Andrew J. Storer, Martin F. Jurgensen, Paul V. Doskey, and Michael C. Amacher
A review of methods for mapping and prediction of inventory attributes for operational forest management, Kimberley D. Brosofske, Robert Froese, Michael J. Falkowski, and Asim Banskota
Developing and Evaluating Rapid Field Methods to Estimate Peat Carbon, Rodney Chimner, Cassandra A. Ott, Charles H. Perry, and Randall K. Kolka
Are riparian bur oak phreatophytic? A stable water isotope study in Homestead National Monument, Nebraska, Rodney Chimner and Sigrid Resh
Converging patterns of vertical variability in leaf morphology and nitrogen across seven Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil and Hawaii, USA, Adam P. Coble, Alisha Autio, Molly A. Cavaleri, Dan Binkley, and Michael G. Ryan
Landscape restoration of a forest with a historically mixed-severity fire regime: What was the historical landscape pattern of forest and openings?, Yvette L. Dickinson
Long-term Grazing Negatively Affects Nitrogen Dynamics in Northern Patagonian Wet Meadows, Andrea Soledad Enriquez, Rodney Chimner, and María Victoria Cremona
Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests, S. D. Frey, S. Ollinger, K. Nadelhoffer, R. Bowden, E. Brzostek, A. J. Burton, B. A. Caldwell, S. Crow, C. L. Goodale, A. S. Grandy, A. Finzi, M. G. Kramer, K. Lajtha, J. LeMoine, M. Martin, W. H. McDowell, R. Minocha, J. J. Sadowsky, P. H. Templer, and K. Wickings
Genetic rescue in Isle Royale wolves: genetic analysis and the collapse of the population, Philip W. Hedrick, Rolf O. Peterson, Leah Vucetich, Jennifer R. Adams, and John A. Vucetich
The effect of long-term water table manipulations on dissolved organic carbon dynamics in a poor fen peatland, John A. Hribljan, Evan S. Kane, Thomas G. Pypker, and Rodney Chimner
A practical approach for translating climate change adaptation principles into forest management actions, Maria K. Janowiak, Christopher W. Swanston, Linda M. Nagel, Leslie A. Brandt, Patricia Butler, Stephen D. Handler, Danielle Shannon, Louis R. Iverson, Stephen N. Matthews, Anantha Prasad, and Matthew P. Peters
Herbaceous layer response to 17 years of controlled deer hunting in forested natural areas, Lindsay H. Jenkins, Michael A. Jenkins, Christopher R. Webster, Patrick A. Zollner, and Joshua M. Shields
Water flows toward power: Socioecological degradation of Lake Urmia, Iran, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Audrey L. Mayer, and Emma S. Norman
Teaching interdisciplinary sustainability science teamwork skills to graduate students using in-person and web-based interactions, Jessie Knowlton, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Robert Handler, and Michael O'Rourke
Pop's Pipes: Poplar gene expression data analysis pipelines, Xiang Li, Chathura J. Gunasekara, Yufeng Guo, Hang Zhang, Liang Lei, Sermsawat Tunlaya-Anukit, Victor Busov, Vincent Chiang, Hairong Wei, and Hairong Wei
Land sparing versus land sharing: How might biodiversity and bioenergy coexist?, Audrey L. Mayer
Information and entropy theory for the sustainability of coupled human and natural systems, Audrey L. Mayer, Richard P. Donovan, and Christopher W. Pawlowski
Sustainable natural resource policies developed through the participatory approach, Audrey L. Mayer and Ashma Vaidya
A Migratory Ungulate Facilitates Cross-Boundary Nitrogen Transport in Forested Landscapes, Bryan D. Murray, Christopher R. Webster, and Joseph K. Bump
Enhanced accumulation of fatty acids and triacylglycerols in transgenic tobacco stems for enhanced bioenergy production, Akula Nookaraju, Shashank K. Pandey, Takeshi Fujino, Ju Young Kim, Mi Chung Suh, and Chandrashekhar P. Joshi
Improving regeneration of mahogany: Techniques for vegetative propagation of four African mahogany species using leafy stem cuttings, Sandra A. Owusu, Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong, and Charles Antwi-Boasiako
Sustainability of the selection system in northern hardwood forests, Nan C. Pond, Robert Froese, and Linda M. Nagel
Mosaic stunting in bareroot Pinus banksiana seedlings is unrelated to colonization by mycorrhizal fungi, Lynette Potvin, Martin F. Jurgensen, R. Kasten Dumroese, Dana Richter, and Deborah Page-Dumroese
Forest Diversity and Structure Surrounding Vernal Pools in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA, Wilfred Previant and Linda M. Nagel
Wood colorization through pressure treating: The potential of extracted colorants from spalting fungi as a replacement for woodworkers’ aniline dyes, Sara C. Robinson, Eric Hinsch, Genevieve Weber, Kristina Leipus, and Daniel Cerney
How much is enough? Minimal responses of water quality and stream biota to partial retrofit stormwater management in a suburban neighborhood, Allison H. Roy, Lee K. Rhea, Audrey L. Mayer, William D. Shuster, Jake J. Beaulieu, Matthew E. Hopton, Matthew A. Morrison, and Ann St. Amand
Piecing together the fragments—Select papers from the ninth North American forest ecology workshop, Michael R. Saunders, Michael A. Jenkins, Charles H. Michler, and Christopher R. Webster
Remembering Burt Barnes, Terry Sharik
Patterns of tree distribution within small communities of the Sudanian Savanna-Sahel, Sarah J. Sterling and Blair D. Orr
Does ungulate foraging behavior in forest canopy gaps produce a spatial subsidy with cascading effects on vegetation?, Betsy Tahtinen, Bryan D. Murray, Christopher R. Webster, Catherine S. Tarasoff, and Andrew Burton
Post-fire bedload sediment delivery across spatial scales in the interior western United States, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner and Peter R. Robichaud
Variation in wood density and carbon content of tropical plantation tree species from Ghana, Daniel Yeboah, Andrew Burton, Andrew J. Storer, and Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong
Works from 2013
Cost analysis of forest biomass supply chain logistics, Dalia Abbas, Robert Handler, Dennis Dykstra, Bruce Hartsough, and Pasi Lautala
Saving sage-grouse from the trees: A proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Jeffrey S. Evans, John P. Severson, David E. Naugle, Jeremy D. Maestas, Joseph M. Kiesecker, Michael J. Falkowski, Christian A. Hagen, and Kerry P. Reese
DR5 as a reporter system to study auxin response in Populus, Yiru Chen, Yordan S. Yordanov, Cathleen Ma, Steven Strauss, and Victor Busov