Disturbance, complexity, and succession of net ecosystem production in North America's temperate deciduous forests

Forest disturbance across the conterminous United States from 1985–2012: The emerging dominance of forest decline

(2016) Warren B. Cohen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Quantifying canopy complexity and effects on productivity and resilience in late-successional hemlock–hardwood forests

(2015) Robert T. Fahey et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Net primary production of a temperate deciduous forest exhibits a threshold response to increasing disturbance severity

(2015) Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens et al.   ECOLOGY

A general ecophysiological framework for modelling the impact of pests and pathogens on forest ecosystems.

(2014) Michael C. Dietze et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Response of tree regeneration to experimental gap creation and deer herbivory in north temperate forests

(2014) Jodi A. Forrester et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Wood production response to climate change will depend critically on forest composition and structure

(2014) David A. Coomes et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Latitude, productivity and species richness

(2014) Len N. Gillman et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tree species diversity mitigates disturbance impacts on the forest carbon cycle

(2014) Mariana Silva Pedro et al.   OECOLOGIA

Steeper declines in forest photosynthesis than respiration explain age-driven decreases in forest growth

(2014) J. Tang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate change effects on northern Great Lake (USA) forests: A case for preserving diversity

(2014) Matthew J Duveneck et al.   Ecosphere

Impacts of exceptional and extreme inter-annual climatic events on the net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange of a Sitka spruce forest

(2013) M. Saunders et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Sustained carbon uptake and storage following moderate disturbance in a Great Lakes forest

(2013) Christopher M. Gough et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Measuring forest structure along productivity gradients in the Canadian boreal with small-footprint Lidar

(2013) Douglas K. Bolton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Tree species composition affects productivity and carbon dynamics of different site types in boreal forests

(2013) Vladimir Shanin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Temporal carbon dynamics of forests in Washington, US: Implications for ecological theory and carbon management

(2013) Crystal L. Raymond et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Maintaining high rates of carbon storage in old forests: A mechanism linking canopy structure to forest function

(2013) Brady S. Hardiman et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Quantifying variation in forest disturbance, and its effects on aboveground biomass dynamics, across the eastern United States

(2013) Mark C. Vanderwel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise

(2013) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   NATURE

Four Centuries of Change in Northeastern United States Forests

(2013) Jonathan R. Thompson et al.   PLoS One

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

Thinning effects on the net ecosystem carbon exchange of a Sitka spruce forest are temperature-dependent

(2012) M. Saunders et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Influence of stand age on the magnitude and seasonality of carbon fluxes in Canadian forests

(2012) C. Coursolle et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment

(2012) Scott C. Stark et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Modeling Forest Mortality Caused by Drought Stress: Implications for Climate Change

(2012) Eric J. Gustafson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Multi-scale Drivers of Spatial Variation in Old-Growth Forest Carbon Density Disentangled with Lidar and an Individual-Based Landscape Model

(2012) Rupert Seidl et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Modeling harvest and biomass removal effects on the forest carbon balance of the Midwest, USA

(2012) Scott D. Peckham et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Aligning ecology and markets in the forest carbon cycle

(2012) Matthew D Hurteau et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests

(2012) Liming He et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Windstorm damage and forest recovery: accelerated succession, stand structure, and spatial pattern over 25 years in two Minnesota forests

(2012) Matthew S. Allen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Key canopy traits drive forest productivity

(2012) P. B. Reich   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Forest Biodiversity and the Delivery of Ecosystem Goods and Services: Translating Science into Policy

(2011) Ian D. Thompson et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Economic-based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios

(2011) V. C. Radeloff et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Divergence in Forest-Type Response to Climate and Weather: Evidence for Regional Links Between Forest-Type Evenness and Net Primary Productivity

(2011) John B. Bradford   ECOSYSTEMS

Carbon consequences of forest disturbance and recovery across the conterminous United States

(2011) Christopher A. Williams et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the United States and Canada

(2011) Jeffrey A. Hicke et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Relationships between net primary productivity and stand age for several forest types and their influence on China’s carbon balance

(2011) Shaoqiang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Heterotrophic respiration in disturbed forests: A review with examples from North America

(2011) Mark E. Harmon et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness

(2011) P. B. Adler et al.   SCIENCE

Examining conifer canopy structural complexity across forest ages and elevations with LiDAR data

(2010) Van R. Kane et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of selective tree harvests on aboveground biomass and net primary productivity of a second-growth northern hardwood forest

(2010) Jacob H. Dyer et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

(2010) Ülo Niinemets   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Wood net primary production resilience in an unmanaged forest transitioning from early to middle succession

(2010) Christopher M. Gough et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Patterns of NPP, GPP, respiration, and NEP during boreal forest succession

(2010) M. L. GOULDEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evidence of increased net ecosystem productivity associated with a longer vegetated season in a deciduous forest in south-central Indiana, USA

(2010) DANILO DRAGONI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf-area cover, net primary productivity, and biomass density in single-species forests: a theoretical investigation

(2010) Daniel S. Falster et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

(2010) B. D. Amiro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Shade tolerance, canopy gaps and mechanisms of coexistence of forest trees

(2010) Dominique Gravel et al.   OIKOS

Influence of spring and autumn phenological transitions on forest ecosystem productivity

(2010) A. D. Richardson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dynamic disequilibrium of the terrestrial carbon cycle under global change

(2010) Yiqi Luo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Historical forest baselines reveal potential for continued carbon sequestration

(2009) J. M. Rhemtulla et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controls on Annual Forest Carbon Storage: Lessons from the Past and Predictions for the Future

(2008) Christopher M. Gough et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Role of vegetation in determining carbon sequestration along ecological succession in the southeastern United States

(2008) PAUL C. STOY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks

(2008) Sebastiaan Luyssaert et al.   NATURE