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Publications

Below are a list of journal articles supported by NSRC. NSRC researchers also present their findings at conferences, with other news outlets, and in other formats such as technical reports, fact sheets, and webinars. If you’re interested in these other publications, view the individual project page.

2025

2024

  • Brown, M. L., Canham, C. D., Buchholz, T., Gunn, J. S., & Donovan, T. M. (2024). Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in northeastern U.S. forests. Ecosphere, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4758 
  • Das, P., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Livingston, W., McIntire, C. D., & Bergdahl, A. (2024). Modeling Forest Canopy Structure and developing a stand health index using satellite remote sensing. Ecological Informatics, 84, 102864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102864 
  • Fernando, D. D., Yun, S., Heo, N., & Kiernan, D. H. (2024). Impact of silvicultural practices on the genetic variations between sugar maple (acer saccharum marsh.) stands in the Northern Forest, U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management, 572, 122302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122302 
  • Reinhardt, E., Coleman, K. J., Baran, M., Perry, E. E., & Alldred, M. (2024). Chasing informed decisions: A research note on the potential for Strava to support rural recreation planning. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. https://doi.org/10.18666/jpra-2024-12457 
  • Timalsina, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Das, P., Meireles, J. E., & Bhattarai, R. (2024). Monitoring eastern white pine health by using field-measured foliar traits and hyperspectral data. Sensors, 24(18), 6129. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24186129 
  • Wei, X., Hayes, D. J., Li, D., Butman, D. E., & Brewin, R. J. (2024). Fates of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Gulf of Maine. Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c08218.
  • Westfall, James A.; Coulston, John W.; Gray, Andrew N.; Shaw, John D.; Radtke, Philip J.; Walker, David M.; Weiskittel, Aaron R.; MacFarlane, David W.; Affleck, David L.R.; Zhao, Dehai; Temesgen, Hailemariam; Poudel, Krishna P.; Frank, Jereme M.; Prisley, Stephen P.; Wang, Yingfang; Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.; Auty, David; Domke, Grant M. (2024). A national-scale tree volume, biomass, and carbon modeling system for the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-104. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 37 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-104.
  • Reinhardt, E., Coleman, K., Baran, M., Perry, E., and Alldred, M. (2024) Chasing Informed Decisions: A Research Note on the Potential for Strava to Support Rural Recreation Planning. Submitted to the Journal of Recreation and Tourism Administration. doi:10.18666/JPRA-2024-12457
  • McCurdy, A., Perry, E. E., Leahy, J. E., Coleman, K. J., Doyle, J., Kiewra L. A., Marocco, S. A., Iretskaia, T. A., Janes, M. M., and Deliyski, M. (2024). Gaining traction on social aspects of e-biking: A scoping review. Sustainability, 16(17), 7397. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177397.
  • Kuklinski, K. Coleman, K., Leahy, J., Perry, E. E., Reinhardt, E. and Briccetti, L. (2024). Scoping the Lines: Assessing the Mountain Biking Research Terrain and Calling for a Holistic Scholarship Agenda. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 46: 100748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2024.100748
  • Fernando, D. D., Yun, S., Heo, N., & Kiernan, D. H. (2024a). Impact of silvicultural practices on the genetic variations between sugar maple (acer saccharum marsh.) stands in the Northern Forest, U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management, 572, 122302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122302 
  • Kelley, L. (2024) Site Use Patterns and Social Carrying Capacity of Connecticut Outdoor Recreation Areas. Master’s Thesis, University of Connecticut.
  • Little, J. Assessing Biocultural Restoration Pathways for Land Being Returned to the Onondaga Nation in Tully Valley, New York: A Historical Ecology and Plant Community Approach. MS Thesis (2024) https://experts.esf.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/Assessing-Biocultural- Restoration-Pathways-for-Land/99953582004826?institution=01SUNY_ESF 
  • Harris, L. B., Woodall, C. W., & D’Amato, A. W. (2024). Sapling recruitment as an indicator of carbon resiliency in forests of the northern USA. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e70077. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70077. Completed just prior to the start of this project but forms an additional foundation for our work on sapling recruitment.
  • Gifford, Aiden, Guiterman, Chris, Neely, John, Crawford, Michael, and Lougee, Jeff (2024). Fire history of the Green Hills Preserve, North Conway, New Hampshire. Poster, The Northeast-Midwest Prescribed Fire Science and Management Workshop, Albany, NY. August 19-22, 2024. 

2023

  • Carson, Jessica A.; Boege, Sarah; and Schwaner, Libby, (2023). “A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern Forest Region: “The perfect balance of things…a choice based on lifestyle, community, and values”. Carsey School of Public Policy. 474. https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/474
  • Goldspiel, H., Barr, B., Badding, J. et al. (2023). Snapshots of Nature-Based Recreation Across Rural Landscapes: Insights from Geotagged Photographs in the Northeastern United States. Environmental Management 71, 234–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01728-2
  • Wei, X., J. Zhao, D.J. Hayes, L. Li, A. Daigneault, and H. Zhu (2023) A life cycle and product type based estimator for quantifying the carbon stored in wood products, Carbon Balance and Management, 18, 1, doi.org/10.1186/s13021-022-00220-y.

2022

  • Tourville, J. C., Wason, J. W., & Dovciak, M. (2022). Canopy gaps facilitate upslope shifts in montane conifers but not in temperate deciduous trees in the northeastern United States. Journal of Ecology, 110(12), 2870–2882. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13993 
  • Zdasiuk, B. J., Chen, C. Y., McCormick, S. D., Nislow, K. H., Singley, J. G., & Kelly, J. T. (2022). Evaluating acid-aluminum stress in streams of the Northeastern U.S. at watershed, fish community and physiological scales. Ecological Indicators, 144, 109480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109480 

2021

  • Chen, C., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., & Weiskittel, A. (2021). Assessing spatial and temporal dynamics of a spruce budworm outbreak across the complex forested landscape of Maine, USA. Annals of Forest Science, 78(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01059-y 
  • Edling, L., & Danks, C. (2021). Supporting actors: The role of state policy and private programs in advancing local and renewable heating technology. Energy Policy, 153, 112266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112266 
  • Gallagher, M. E., Farrell, S. L., Germain, R. H., & Rojas, V. G. (2021). Summer bat habitat use and forest characteristics in managed northeastern forests. Journal of Forestry, 119(3), 305–318. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa059 
  • Pachomski, A., McNulty, S., Foss, C., Cohen, J., & Farrell, S. (2021). Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) Foraging Habitat and Prey Availability in New England: Implications for Conservation of a Declining Boreal Bird Species. Diversity, 13(2), 99. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13020099
  • Wymore, A. S., Shattuck, M. D., Potter, J. D., Snyder, L., & McDowell, W. H. (2021). The Lamprey River Hydrological Observatory: Suburbanization and changing seasonality. Hydrological Processes, 35(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14131 

2020

  • Gunn, J. S., Ducey, M. J., Buchholz, T., & Belair, E. P. (2020). Forest Carbon Resilience of Eastern Spruce Budworm (choristoneura fumiferana) salvage harvesting in the northeastern United States. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00014 
  • Neidermeier, A., Danks, C., Coleman, K., & Wallin, K. (2020). Forest pests and wood pellets: A literature review of the opportunities and risks in the United States’ northeastern forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 476, 118415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118415 

Please request copies of publications dated before 2020 from [email protected].