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YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2023

December 4, 2023

Alshwairikh, Y. A., Fanton, A. C., Prats, K. A., Burak, M. K., Duguid, M. C., & Rowland, F. E. (2023). Habits and attitudes toward writing affect the publication output of environmental biology trainees. Ecosphere, 14(10), e4664.

Arnold, W., Taylor, M., Bradford, M., Raymond, P., & Peccia, J. (2023). Microbial activity contributes to spatial heterogeneity of wetland methane fluxes. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(5), e02714-23.

Berlyn, G. P. (2023). Some Thoughts on Mountain Forests: Their Benefits and Sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 42(10), 961–966.

Bradford, M. A., Eash, L., Polussa, A., Jevon, F. V., Kuebbing, S. E., Hammac, W. A., Rosenzweig, S., & Oldfield, E. E. (2023). Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling. Geoderma, 440, 116719.

Clark, E. G., Cornara, D., Brodersen, C. R., McElrone, A. J., Parkinson, D. Y., & Almeida, R. P. (2023). Anatomy of an agricultural antagonist: Feeding complex structure and function of three xylem sap‐feeding insects illuminated with synchrotron‐based 3D imaging. Journal of Morphology, 284(10), e21639.

Comita, L. S., Aguilar, S., Hubbell, S. P., & Pérez, R. (2023). Long‐term seedling and small sapling census data from the Barro Colorado Island 50 ha Forest Dynamics Plot, Panama. Ecology, 104(9), e4140.

Ediriweera, S., Bandara, C., Lakkana, T., Jayasinghe, S., Woodbury, D., Dayanandan, A., … & Ashton, M. S. (2023). Old-growth mixed dipterocarp forests show variable losses and gains in aboveground biomass and standing carbon over forty years. Forest Ecosystems, 100163.

Ferraro, K. M., Welker, L., Ward, E. B., Schmitz, O. J., & Bradford, M. A. (2023). Plant mycorrhizal associations mediate the zoogeochemical effects of calving subsidies by a forest ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology.

Fletcher, L. R., Borsuk, A. M., Fanton, A. C., Johnson, K. M., Richburg, J., Zailaa, J., & Brodersen, C. R. (2023). Anatomical and physiological consequences of beech leaf disease in Fagus grandifolia L. Forest Pathology, e12842.

Garwood, N. C., Metz, M. R., Queenborough, S. A., Persson, V., Wright, S. J., Burslem, D. F., … & Valencia, R. (2023). Seasonality of reproduction in an ever‐wet lowland tropical forest in Amazonian Ecuador. Ecology, 104(9), e4133.

Gross, C. D., Bradford, M. A., & Kuebbing, S. (2023, October). Carbon Storage and Cycling in Cranberry Farm Agroecosystems. In ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. ASA-CSSA-SSSA.

Herrera-Ramírez, D., Hartmann, H., Römermann, C., Trumbore, S., Muhr, J., Maracahipes-Santos, L., Brando, P., Silvério, D., Huang, J., Kuhlmann, I., & Sierra, C. A. (2023). Anatomical distribution of starch in the stemwood influences carbon dynamics and suggests storage-growth trade-offs in some tropical trees. Journal of Ecology, 111, 2532–2548.

Lens, F., Gleason, S. M., Bortolami, G., Brodersen, C., Delzon, S., & Jansen, S. (2023). Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: How to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link. IAWA Journal, 44(3–4), 368–380.

Li, Y., Baker, J. C. A., Brando, P. M., Hoffman, F. M., Lawrence, D. M., Morton, D. C., Swann, A. L. S., Uribe, M. D. R., & Randerson, J. T. (2023). Future increases in Amazonia water stress from CO2 physiology and deforestation. Nature Water, 1(9), 769–777.

Lin, W., Zhang, Y., Queenborough, S., Ni, M., He, Q., Li, B. H., & Chu, C. (2023). Molecular sexing reveals ontogenetic shifts in sex ratios and underlying processes in a dioecious tree species. Authorea Preprints.

Liu, W., Bradford, M., Ashton, M., Ducey, M. J., & Kuebbing, S. (2023). Carbon Dioxide Removal by Managing Forests Under Natural Disturbances in the Northeastern US. AGU23.

Nagele, E., Co, M., Forrest, T. A., DeLuca, E. A., Ashton, M. S., Harris, T. B., & Duguid, M. C. (2023). Using Geologic Features to Visualize Long-Term Changes in Urban Forest Structure and Composition: Thain Family Forest of the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. Journal of Forestry, fvad047.

Pierson, D., Jevon, F., Polussa, A., Oliverio, A., Rocci, K., Wood, S., Bradford, M., … & Wieder, W. R. (2023). Investigating Historical Legacies of Microbial Communities to Improve Projections of Soil Carbon Flux in Temperate Forests. AGU23.

Polussa, A., Jevon, F., Bechtold, E., Rocci, K., Pierson, D., Wieder, W. R., Wood, S., Wrighton, K., Bradford, M., & Oliverio, A. (2023). Assessing Local Drivers of Microbial Decomposer Structure and Functional Capabilities Across Eastern US forests. AGU23.

Prats, K. A., Fanton, A. C., Brodersen, C. R., & Furze, M. E. (2023). Starch depletion in the xylem and phloem ray parenchyma of grapevine stems under drought. AoB Plants, 15(5), plad062.

Pregitzer, C. C., & Bradford, M. A. (2023). Associations between recent land use history and urban forest composition. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 90, 128134.

Rowland, F. E., Prats, K. A., Alshwairikh, Y. A., Burak, M. K., Fanton, A. C., & Duguid, M. C. (2023). Overemphasis on publications may disadvantage historically excluded groups in STEM before and during COVID-19: A North American survey-based study. PLOS ONE, 18(9), e0291124.

Sullivan, M. K., Fayolle, A., Bush, E., Ofosu-Bamfo, B., Vleminckx, J., Metz, M. R., & Queenborough, S. A. (2023). Cascading effects of climate change: new advances in drivers and shifts of tropical reproductive phenology. Plant Ecology, 1-13.

Vleminckx, J., Hogan, J. A., Metz, M. R., Comita, L. S., Queenborough, S. A., Wright, S. J., Valencia, R., Zambrano, M., & Garwood, N. C. (2023). Flower production decreases with warmer and more humid atmospheric conditions in a western Amazonian forest. New Phytologist, nph.19388.

Ward, E. B., Polussa, A., & Bradford, M. A. (2023). Depth‐dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. Global Change Biology, 29(20), 5924-5940.

Welker, L., Ward, E. B., Bradford, M. A., & Ferraro, K. M. (2023). Plant mycorrhizal functional type shapes nitrogen availability in a regenerating forest.

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