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Publications

October 2022 Publications

Martins, V.S., Roy, D.P., Huang, H., Boschetti, L., Zhang, H.K., & Yan, L. (2022). Deep learning high resolution burned area mapping by transfer learning from Landsat-8 to PlanetScope. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113203.

Borz, S.A., Proto, A.R., Keefe, R., & Niţă, M.D. (2022). Electronics, Close-Range Sensors and Artificial Intelligence in Forestry. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101669.

Connolly, J.W. & Strand, E.K. (2022). Multiple factors constrain Ponderosa Pine regeneration 9 years after a mixed severity wildfire in Central Arizona. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1847497/v1.

September 2022 Publications

Fu, J., Zou, S., Coleman, M., Li, X., Hu, W., Wang, A., Zhang, P., Zeng, Z., Ding, C., Xi, B., Di, N. (2022). Is it necessary to apply chemical weed control in short-rotation poplar plantations on deep soil sites? Industrial Crops and Products. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115025

Partelli-Feltrin, R., Smith, A.M.S., Adams, H.D., Thompson, R.A., Kolden, C.A., Yedinak, K.M., Johnson, D.M. (2022). Death from hunger or thirst? Phloem death, rather than xylem hydraulic failure, as a driver of fire-induced conifer mortality. New Phytol. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18454

August 2022 Publications

Zubkova, M., Boschetti, L., Abatzoglou, J. T., & Giglio, L. (2022). Fire regions as environmental niches: A new paradigm to define potential fire regimes in Africa and Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006694

Mathias, J.M. and Hudiburg, T.W. (2022), isocalcR: An R package to streamline and standardize stable isotope calculations in ecological research. Global Change Biology.https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16407

Wei, L., Zhou, H., Hudak, A.T., Link, T.E., Marshall, A., Kavanagh, K., Abatzoglou, J.T., Jain, T.B., Byrne, J.C., Denner, R., Fekety, P.A., Sandquist, J., Yu, X., Marshall, J.D. (2022). White pine blister rust, logging, and species replacement increased streamflow in a montane watershed in the northern Rockies, USA. Journal of Hydrology.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128230

Wilson, L.A., Spencer, R.N., Aubrey, D.P., O’Brien, J.J., Smith, A.M.S., Thomas, R.W., Johnson, D.M. (2022). Longleaf Pine Seedlings Are Extremely Resilient to the Combined Effects of Experimental Fire and Drought. Fire 2022https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050128

July 2022 Publications

Becker, R.M., Keefe, R.F. (2022). Development of activity recognition models for mechanical fuel treatments using consumer-grade GNSS-RF devices and lidar. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab058

Zou, S., Li, D., Di, N., Liu J., Li, L., Liu, Y., Xi, B., Coleman, M. (2022). Stand development modifies effects of soil water availability on poplar fine-root traits: evidence from a six-year experiment. Plant Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05568-1

Tilley, D., Hulet, A., Bushman, S., Goebel, C., Karl, J., Love, S., Wolf, M. (2022). When a weed is not a weed: succession management using early seral natives for Intermountain rangeland restoration. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.05.001

Kuo, C.J.B., Kimsey, M., Page-Dumroese, D.S., Kirker, G., Fu, A.Q., Cai, L. (2022). Investigating Soil Effects on Outcomes of a Standardized Soil–Block Test. Forest Products Journal. https://doi.org/10.13073/FPJ-D-22-00020

Moore, J.A., Kimsey, M.J., Johnston, M., Shaw, T.M., Mika, P., Poolakkal, A.J. (2022). Geologic Soil Parent Material Influence on Forest Surface Soil Chemical Characteristics in the Inland Northwest, USA. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0330.v1

Lute, A. C., Abatzoglou, J., and Link, T. (2022). SnowClim v1.0: high-resolution snow model and data for the western United States. Geoscientific Model Development. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5045-2022

Sparks, A.M., Corrao, M.V., Smith, A.M.S. (2022). Cross-Comparison of Individual Tree Detection Methods Using Low and High Pulse Density Airborne Laser Scanning Data. Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143480

June 2022 Publications

Liu, J., Li, D., Fernández, J.E., Coleman, M., Hu, W., Di, N., Zou, S., Liu, Y., Xi, B., Clothier, B. (2022). Variations in water-balance components and carbon stocks in poplar plantations with differing water inputs over a whole rotation: implications for sustainable forest management under climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108958

Ewurum, L., Jokic, D., Bar-Ziv, E., McDonald, A.G. (2022). Evaluation of the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Mixed Plastic Waste-Based Composites. Waste Biomass Valor. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-022-01794-x

Nemati, S., Sigh, B., Dhuey, S.D., McDonald, A.G., Weinreich, D., Vasdekis, A.E. (2022). Density fluctuations yield distinct growth, homeostasis, and fitness effects in single bacteria. Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03348-2

Abbasi, M., Coats, E.R., McDonald, A.G. (2022). Green solvent extraction and properties characterization of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) biosynthesized by mixed microbial consortia fed fermented dairy manure. Bioresource Technology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2022.101065

Khan, M.S, Kassem, E., McDonald, A.G., Sirin, O., Aston, D. E. (2022). Comparative characterization of field and laboratory-aged binder modified with antioxidant additives and copolymers using FTIR and GPC. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements. https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000376

May 2022 Publications

Law, B.E., Moomaw, W.R., Hudiburg, T.W., Schlesinger, W.H., Sterman, J.D., Woodwell, G.M. (2022). Creating Strategic Reserves to Protect Forest Carbon and Reduce Biodiversity Losses in the United States. Land 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050721

Moler, E.R.V., Toca, A., Jacobs, D.F., Nelson, A.S. (2022). Root system adaptations represent untapped opportunities for forest tree seedling improvement. New Forests. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-022-09917-x

Newcombe, G., Marlin, M., Barge, E., Heitmann, S., Ridout, M., Busby, P.E. (2022). Plant Seeds Commonly Host Bacillus spp., Potential Antagonists of Phytopathogens. Microbial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02024-6

Busby, P.E., Newcombe, G., Neat, A.S., Averill, C. (2022) Facilitating Reforestation Through the Plant Microbiome: Perspectives from the Phyllosphere. Annual Review of Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-021320-010717

Corrao, M.V.; Sparks, A.M.; Smith, A.M.S. (2022). A Conventional Cruise and Felled-Tree Validation of Individual Tree Diameter, Height and Volume Derived from Airborne Laser Scanning Data of a Loblolly Pine (P. taeda) Stand in Eastern Texas. Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14112567

Ellsworth, L.M., Newingham, B.A., Shaff, S.E., Williams, C.L., Strand, E.K., Reeves, M., Pyke, D.A., Schupp, E.W., Chambers, J.C. (2022). “Fuel Reduction Treatments Reduce Modeled Fire Intensity in the Sagebrush Steppe.” Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4064

April 2022 Publications

Alorbu, C. & Cai, L. (2022). Fungal resistance and leachability of genipin-crosslinked chitosan treated wood. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2022.105378

Hafen, K.C., Blasch, K.W., Gessler, P.E., Sando, R., Rea, A. (2022). Precision of Headwater Stream Permanence Estimates from a Monthly Water Balance Model in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Water 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14060895

Stauffer, N.G., Duniway, M.C., Karl, J.W., Nauman, T.W. (2022). Sampling design workflows and tools to support adaptive monitoring and management. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.08.005

Keefe, R.F., Zimbelman, E.G. & Picchi, G. (2022). Use of Individual Tree and Product Level Data to Improve Operational Forestry. Current Forestry Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-022-00160-3

Becker, R.M. & Keefe, R.F. (2022). A novel smartphone-based activity recognition modeling method for tracked equipment in forest operations. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266568

Chen, C., Nelson, A.S., Shaw, T., Kimsey, M. (2022). Effects of fertilization on the growth dominance of Inland Northwest forests of the United States. Forest Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100038

March 2022 Publications

Mengistie, E., Alayat, A.M., Sotoudehnia, F., Bokros, N., DeBolt, S., McDonald, A.G. (2022). Evaluation of Cell Wall Chemistry of Della and its Mutant Sweet Sorghum Stalks. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c07176

Kukal, G., Vasdekis, A.E., McDonald, A.G. (2022). Raman‐probes for monitoring metabolites and nutrient fate in Yarrowia lipolytica using deuterated glucose. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102241

Wei, L., Cappellazzi, J., Manning, M., McDonald, A.G., Foster, S., Morrell, J.J. (2022). Long term outdoor weathering evaluation of wood plastic composites. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-021-01762-7

Balogun, A. O., Adeleke, A. A., Ikubanni, P. P., Adegoke, S.O., Alayat, A.M., McDonald, A.G. (2022). Study on kinetics, combustion characteristics and thermodynamic parameters of thermal degradation of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) in N2-pyrolytic and oxidative atmospheres. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010112

In collaboration with over 116 co-authors: Boschetti, L. and Sanchez-Lopez, N. (2022). Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845

Hafen, K.C., K.W. Blasch, P.E. Gessler, R. Sando, and A. Rea. (2022). Precision of headwater stream permanence estimates from a monthly water balance model in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Water 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14060895

In collaboration with over 48 co-authors: Karl, J.W. (2022). Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non-forest ecosystems. Remote Sens Ecol Conserv. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.228

Jansen, V., Traynor, A.C.E., Karl, J.W., Lepak, N., Sprinkle, J. (2022). Monitoring grazing use: Strategies for leveraging technology and adapting to variability. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.005

McCord, S.E., Welty, J.L., Courtwright, J., Dillon, C., Traynor, A., Burnett, S.H., Courtright, E.M., Fults, G., Karl, J.W., Van Zee, J.W., Webb, N.P., Tweedie, C. (2022). Ten practical questions to improve data quality. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.006

February 2022 Publications

Becker, R.M. & Keefe, R.F. (2022). Development of activity recognition models for mechanical fuel treatments using consumer-grade GNSS-RF devices and lidar. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab058

January 2022 Publications

Cai, L., Park, BD., Kim, M., Jeremic, D., Lim, H. 2022. Adhesion interaction of one-component polyurethane in cross-laminating southern pine wood treated with micronized copper azole—type C (MCA-C). European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-021-01776-1

Juice, S.M., Walter, C.A., Allen, K.E., Berardi, D.M., Hudiburg, T.W., Sulman, B.N., Brzostek, E.R. 2022. A new bioenergy model that simulates the impacts of plant-microbial interactions, soil carbon protection, and mechanistic tillage on soil carbon cycling. GCB Bioenergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12914

Jain, T.B., Nelson, A.S., Bright, B.C., Byrne, J.C., Hudak, A.T. 2022. Biophysical Settings that Influenced Plantation Survival During the 2015 Wildfires in Northern Rocky Mountain Moist Mixed-Conifer Forests. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvab036

Sparks, A.M., Smith, A.M.S. 2022. Accuracy of a LiDAR-Based Individual Tree Detection and Attribute Measurement Algorithm Developed to Inform Forest Products Supply Chain and Resource Management. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010003

December 2021 Publications

Di Stéfano, S., Karl, J.W., Duniway, M.C., Heinse, R., Hulet, A., Wulfhorst, J.D. 2021. Oil and gas reclamation on US public lands: How it works and improving the process with land potential concepts. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.10.004

Vale, A., Moler, E., Nelson, A. 2021. Two Studies of the Potential of Drought Preconditioning to Enhance Deep Root Production in Seedlings of Western Larch (Larix Occidentalis). REFORESTA. https://doi.org/10.21750/REFOR.12.02.94

November 2021 Publications

Zhang, J., Okin, G. S., Zhou, B., and Karl, J. W. (2021). UAV-derived imagery for vegetation structure estimation in rangelands: validation and application. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3830

October 2021 Publications

Wooster, M.J., Roberts, G.J., Giglio, L., Roy, D., Freeborn, P., Boschetti, L., Justice, C., Ichoku, C., Schroeder, W., Davies, D., Smith, A., Setzer, A., Csiszar, I., Strydom, T., Frost, P., Zhang, T., Xu, W., de Jong, M., Johnston, J., Ellison, L., Vadrevu, K., McCarty, J., Tanpipat, V., Schmidt, C., San-Miguel, J. (2021). Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112694

Hammond, D.H., Strand, E.K., Morgan, P., Hudak, A.T., Newingham, B.A. (2021). Environmental Influences on Density and Height Growth of Natural Ponderosa Pine Regeneration following Wildfires. Fire 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040080

Lewis, S.A., Robichaud, P.R., Hudak, A.T., Strand, E.K., Eitel, J.U.H., Brown, R.E. (2021). Evaluating the Persistence of Post-Wildfire Ash: A Multi-Platform Spatiotemporal Analysis. Fire 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040068

September 2021 Publications

Jiang, S., Xu, Z., Kamran, M., Zinchik, S., Paheding, S., McDonald, A.G., Bar-Ziv, E., Zavala, V.M. (2021). Using ATR-FTIR spectra and convolutional neural networks for characterizing mixed plastic waste. Computers and Chemical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107547

Subedi, N.R., Yaraghi, S., Jung, P.S., Kukal, G., McDonald, A.G., Christodoulides, D.N., Vasdekis, A.E. (2021). Airy Light-Sheet Raman Imaging. Optics Express. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.435293

Struhs, E., Mirkouei, A., Ramirez-Corredores, M.M., McDonald, A.G., Chacon, M.L. (2021). Overview and technology opportunities for thermochemically-produced bio-blendstocks. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106255

Jain, T.B., Nelson, A.S., Bright, B.C., Byrne, J.C., Hudak, A.T. (2021). Biophysical Settings that Influenced Plantation Survival During the 2015 Wildfires in Northern Rocky Mountain Moist Mixed-Conifer Forests. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvab036

Cervantes, D., Ridout, M., Nischwitz, C., & Newcombe, G. (2021). Adult plant resistance to white rust in Lunaria annua. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. https://doi.org/10.36253/phyto-12805

Fillmore, S.D.; McCaffrey, S.M.; Smith, A.M.S. (2021). A Mixed Methods Literature Review and Framework for Decision Factors That May Influence the Utilization of Managed Wildfire on Federal Lands, USA. Fire. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4030062

Hanan, E., Kennedy, M.C., Ren, J., Johnson, M.C., Smith, A.M.S. (2021). Missing climate feedbacks in fire models: limitations and uncertainties in fuel loadings and the role of decomposition in fine fuel succession. Earth and Space Science Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508012.1

Summer 2021 Publications

Walsh, E. S., Hudiburg, T. W. (2021). Response of avian cavity nesters and carbon dynamics to forest management and climate change in the Northern Rockies. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3636

McCord, S.E., Welty, J.L., Courtwright, J., Dillon, C., Traynor, A., Burnett, S.H., Courtright, E.M., Fults, G., Karl, J.W., Van Zee, J.W., Webb, N.P., Tweedie, C. (2021). Ten practical questions to improve data quality. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.006

Jansen, V., Traynor, A.C.E., Karl, J.W., Lepak, N., Sprinkle, J. (2021). Monitoring grazing use: Strategies for leveraging technology and adapting to variability. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.005

Smith, I.T., Knetter, S.J., Svancara, L.K., Karl, J.W., Johnson, T.R., Rachlow, J.L. (2021). Overlap Between Sagebrush Habitat Specialists Differs Among Seasons: Implications for Umbrella Species Conservation. Rangeland Ecology & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2021.06.007

Wardropper, C.B., Angerer, J.P., Burnham, M., Fernández-Giménez, M.E., Jansen, V.S., Karl, J.W., Lee, K., Wollstein, K. (2021). Improving rangeland climate services for ranchers and pastoralists with social science. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.07.001

Kimsey Jr., M.J., Strimbu, B.M., McGaughey, R.J. (2021). Advancements in forest mensuration and biometrics in the artificial intelligence era. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0175

Balogun, A. O., Adeleke, A. A., Ikubanni, P. P., Adegoke, S.O., Alayat, A.M., McDonald, A.G. (2021) Kinetics modeling, thermodynamics and thermal performance assessments of pyrolytic decomposition of Moringa oleifera husk and Delonix regia pod. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93407-1

Alayat, A., Sotoudehnia, F., Gliniewicz, K., McDonald, A.G. (2021). Preliminary screening for natural bioactive compounds in potato peel fermentation broth. EC Microbiology. https://www.ecronicon.com/ecmi/pdf/ECMI-17-01128.pdf

Balogun, A. O., Adeleke, A. A., Ikubanni, P. P., Fikayo, YYY., Alayat, A.M., McDonald, A.G. (2021) Physico-chemical characterization, thermal decomposition and kinetic modeling of Digitaria sanguinalis under nitrogen and air environments. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101138

Sotoudehnia, F., Orji, B., Mengistie, E., Alayat, A.M., McDonald, A.G. (2021) Catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis wax-oil obtained from waxed corrugated cardboard using zeolite Y catalyst. Energy & Fuels. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00767

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