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 2015
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
Effects of post-fire salvage logging and a skid trail treatment on ground cover, soils, and sediment production in the interior western United States, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Lee H. MacDonald, Robert N. Coats, Peter R. Robichaud, and Robert E. Brown
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
Effects of repeated whole-tree harvesting on soil properties and tree growth in a Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand, Lilli Kaarakka, Pekka Tamminen, Anna Saarsalmi, Mikko Kukkola, Heljä Sisko Helmisaari, and Andrew Burton
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
Spatial patterning of underrepresented tree species in canopy gaps 9years after group selection cutting, Sarah K. Poznanovic, Aaron J. Poznanovic, Christopher R. Webster, and Joseph K. Bump
Forest Diversity and Structure Surrounding Vernal Pools in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA, Wilfred Previant and Linda M. Nagel
Subtle human impacts on neutral genetic diversity and spatial patterns of genetic variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica), K. C. Rajendra, Sarah Seifert, Kathleen Prinz, Oliver Gailing, and Reiner Finkeldey
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
Exploring the application of participatory modeling approaches in the Sonora River Basin, Mexico, Agustin Robles-Morua, Kathleen Halvorsen, Alex S. Mayer, and Enrique R. Vivoni
Legacy tree retention in young aspen forest improves nesting habitat quality for Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), Amber Roth, David J. Flaspohler, and Christopher R. Webster
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
Comparing leaching of different copper oxide nanoparticles and ammoniacal copper salt from wood, Xiaochu Ding, Martha Barajas Meneses, Soha Albukhari, Dana Richter, Laurent M. Matuana, and Patricia Heiden
The Role of Wood Ants (Formica rufa group) in Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of a Boreal Norway Spruce Forest Ecosystem, Leena Finér, Martin Jurgensen, Timo Domisch, Jouni Kilpeläinen, Seppo Neuvonen, Pekka Punttila, Anita C. Risch, Mizue Ohashi, and Pekka Niemelä
Chloroplasts, R. Finkeldey and O. Gailing
A morphometric model to predict the sex of virginia rails (Rallus limicola), Auriel M.V. Fournier, Mark C. Sheildcastle, Anthony C. Fries, and Joseph K. Bump
Genetic mapping of EST-derived simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs) to identify QTL for leaf morphological characters in a Quercus robur full-sib family, Oliver Gailing, Catherine Bodénès, Reiner Finkeldey, Antoine Kremer, and Christophe Plomion
Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of biofuels: evidence from developing nations, Kathleen Halvorsen
Dendroclimatic signals deduced from riparian versus upland forest interior pines in North Karelia, Finland, Samuli Helama, Birgitte W. Arentoft, Olivier Collin-Haubensak, Mike Hyslop, Charlotte K. Brandstrup, Hanna M. Mäkelä, Qin Hua Tian, and Rob Wilson
Acclimation and soil moisture constrain sugar maple root respiration in experimentally warmed soil, Mickey P. Jarvi and Andrew J Burton
Open top chambers and infrared lamps: A comparison of heating efficacy and CO2/CH4 dynamics in a Northern Michigan Peatland, C. P. Johnson, Thomas G. Pypker, John A. Hribljan, and Rodney Chimner
Improved recombinant cellulase expression in chloroplast of tobacco through promoter engineering and 5′ amplification promoting sequence, Sera Jung, Dae Seok Lee, Yeon Ok Kim, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, and Hyeun Jong Bae
Influence of surface water mineral nutrition on the plasticity of Sarracenia purpurea in Sphagnum fens, marl wetlands, and sand savannahs, Jennifer M. Karberg and Margaret R. Gale
Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics of Zagros forests (Iran) from 1972 to 2009, Azad Henareh Khalyani and Audrey L. Mayer
Genetic structure of Quercus rubra L. and Quercus ellipsoidalis E. J. Hill populations at gene-based EST-SSR and nuclear SSR markers, Jennifer F. Lind and Oliver Gailing
Rapid prototyping energy management system for a single shaft parallel hybrid electric vehicle using hardware-in-the-loop simulation, Yang Li, Pushkar Agashe, Zicheng Ge, and Bo Chen
ForestSim model of impacts of smallholder dynamics: forested landscapes of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Audrey L. Mayer and Mark Rouleau
Interoperability of Landsat and DMC imagery for continuous detection and quantification of nonindustrial forest harvests in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, Audrey L. Mayer, Riccardo Tortini, and Pieralberto Maianti
Effect of long-term water table manipulation on peatland evapotranspiration, P. A. Moore, T. G. Pypker, and J. M. Waddington
The stand: Revisiting a central concept in forestry, Kevin L. O'Hara and Linda M. Nagel
Productivity, pest tolerance and carbon sequestration of Khaya grandifoliola in the dry semi-deciduous forest of Ghana: A comparison in pure stands and mixed stands, E. Opuni-Frimpong, S. M. Opoku, A. J. Storer, A. J. Burton, and D. Yeboah
Shifting environmental controls on CH4 fluxes in a sub-boreal peatland, Thomas G. Pypker, P. A. Moore, John A. Hribljan, and Rodney Chimner
How social ties influence resource flow: A case study on the Bangladesh ship-breaking industry, S. M. M. Rahmann and Audrey L. Mayer
The effects of several commercial wood coatings on the deterioration of biological pigments in wood exposed to UV light, Sara C. Robinson, Daniela Tudor, Yasmin Mansourian, and Paul A. Cooper
Predicting exotic earthworm distribution in the northern Great Lakes region, Lindsey M. Shartell, Erik A. Lilleskov, and Andrew J. Storer
Prescribed fire and mechanical thinning effects on bark beetle caused tree mortality in a mid-elevation Sierran mixed-conifer forest, Daniel T. Stark, David L. Wood, Andrew Storer, and Scott L. Stephens
Regeneration responses to exogenous disturbance gradients in southern Appalachian Picea-Abies forests, Sarah E. Stehn, Michael A. Jenkins, Christopher R. Webster, and Shibu Jose
Chronic nitrogen deposition reduces the abundance of dominant forest understory and groundcover species, Alan F. Talhelm, Andrew Burton, Kurt S. Pregitzer, and Marcella A. Campione
Identification, characterization of an AP2/ERF transcription factor that promotes adventitious, lateral root formation in Populus, Dalila Trupiano, Yordan Yordanov, Sharon Regan, Richard Meilan, Timothy Tschaplinski, Gabriella Stefania Scippa, and Victor Busov
Poor Odors, Strength, and Persistence Give Their Rewards to Mutilla europaea Visiting Dangerous Wasp Nests, Alessia Uboni and M. Cristina Lorenzi
Use of the participatory approach to develop sustainability assessments for natural resource management, Ashma Vaidya and Audrey L. Mayer
CSR and competitive advantage through an ISO 26000 lens: comparison between forest industry in North America and Europe, Aino A. Virtanen, Anne Toppinen, and Audrey L. Mayer
Genetic networks involved in poplar root response to low nitrogen, Hairong Wei, Yordan Yordanov, Sapna Kumari, Tatyana Georgieva, and Victor Busov
Inland wetland mineral soils, Kimberly P. Wickland, Alex V. Krusche, Randall K. Kolka, Ayaka W. Kishimoto-Mo, Rodney Chimner, Stephen M. Ogle, and Nalin Srivastava
Preparing for climate change: Forestry and assisted migration, Mary I. Williams and R. Kasten Dumroese
The student-citizen and study abroad, Roger Williams, Thomas Kuzmic, and Blair D. Orr
Genetic variation and differentiation in Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb. populations in Turkey, Cengiz Yücedaǧ and Oliver Gailing