Publications

2026

• Ton, K., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Cleavitt, N., Powell, A., & Asbjornsen, H. (2026). Effects of prescribed fire on Quercus rubra regeneration near its northern range limit. Forest Ecology and Management, 606, 123565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123565
• Kiel, N. G., Tourville, J. C., Wason, J. W., & Dovciak, M. (2026). Conspecific adult dominance interacts with microsite factors to influence forest regeneration patterns across elevation. Journal of Biogeography, 53(1), e70153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70153
• Liu, Y., Stoy, P., Chu, H., Hollinger, D.Y., Ollinger, S.V., Ouimette, A.P., Durden, D.J., Sturtevant, C., Lucas, B. and Richardson, A.D., 2026. A tale of two towers: comparing NEON and AmeriFlux data streams at Bartlett Experimental Forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 378, p.110939.
• Ouimette, A.P., Hastings, J.H., D’Amato, T., Battles, J.J., Ducey, M., Foster, J.R., Fuss, C., Goodale, C., Johnson, C., Lang, A., Ollinger, S.V., 2026. Can Coarse Woody Material Account for the Nitrogen Imbalance at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA? Biogeochemistry.
• Sullivan, F.B., Hastings, J.H., Ollinger, S.V., Ouimette, A., Richardson, A.D. and Palace, M., Parsing the Relative Contributions of Leaf and Canopy Traits in Airborne Spectrometer Measurements. Remote Sensing, 18(2), p.355.
• Wehner, D. W. (2026). An uphill battle: Seed dispersal and mycorrhizal constraints on the climate-driven upslope migration of tree species in the northeastern U.S. Mitchelliana, 37(1), 11–13.

2025

• Eichenwald, A. M., Grady, J. M., Knott, J. A., Read, Q. D., Rodriguez, J. M., & Record, S. (2025a). The impact of disturbance on tree size distributions in the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, e70102. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70102
• Eichenwald, A. M., Grady, J. M., Knott, J. A., Read, Q. D., Rodriguez, J. M., Weinstein, B., Orwig, D. A., & Record, S. (2025b). Leveraging remote sensing and theory to predict tree size abundance distributions across space. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, e70085. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70085
• Harris, L. B., Pastore, M. A., & D’Amato, A. W. (2025). Effects of browsing by white-tailed deer on tree regeneration vary by ontogeny and palatability in forests of the northeastern USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 593, Article 122906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122906
• Kiel, N. G., Tourville, J. C., Wason, J. W., & Dovciak, M. (2025). Tree seedling abundance mediated by local neighborhood effects and microsite conditions (Version 1). Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a380a7a53f1954d6b4735b2103531db6
• Kumar, M., Cheatham, R., Hossain, M. S., Reza, T., Volk, T. A., Juneja, A., & Kumar, D. (2025). Sustainable valorization of forest waste hydrolysis residues to solid biofuel: Insights into conversion mechanisms and fuel properties. Energies, 18(23), 6156. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/23/6156
• Legge, E.O., Fitch, A., Goldsmith, S., D’Amato, A., Evans, K., & Hicks Pries, C. (2025). Negative effects of belowground competition outweigh potential benefits of arbuscular mycorrhizal facilitation for seedling success in a managed temperate hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 55,1-14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0259
• Mrenna, Brigid, “Testing How Plant Traits Predict Survival of Northeastern U.S. Tree Seedlings Under Compounded Heat and Drought Stress” (2025). Undergraduate Honors Thesis.
• Pinover, Laura, “Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Tree Regeneration in the Northern Forest” (2025).  M.S. Thesis. Electronic Theses and Dissertations. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/4233
• Ton, K. (2025). Effects of silvicultural burns on Quercus rubra regeneration near its northern range limit (MSc Thesis). University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/2005
• Wei, X., Hayes, D. J., Weiskittel, A., & Zhao, J. (2025). Warming-driven shifts in dominant tree species potentially reduce aboveground biomass in northeastern United States forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 580, 122536.
• Wei, X., Hayes, D., McHale, G., Zhao, J., Weiskittel, A., & Daigneault, A. (2025). PyFIA: analyzing and visualizing forest attributes using the United States Forest Inventory and Analysis database. Carbon Balance and Management. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13021-025-00364-7
• Zhou, Z., Gustafson, E.J., Ollinger, S.V., Ouimette, A.P., Miranda, B.R., Duveneck, M.J., Foster, J.R., Sturtevant, B.R., Bronson, D.R. and Laflower, D., 2025. Integrating nitrogen and carbon cycling into LANDIS-II/PnET-Succession to improve forest landscape modeling: methods and sensitivity analyses. Ecological Modelling, 510, p.111285

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/AssessingBiocultura-Restoration-Pathways-for-Land/99953582004826institution=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