Rubenstein School Silviculture & Applied Forest Ecology Lab

Akresh, M. E., D. I. King, S. L. McInvale, J. L. Larkin, and A. W. D’Amato. 2023. Effects of forest management on the conservation of bird communities in eastern North America: A meta-analysis. Ecosphere 14:e4315. PDF

Borgmann-Winter, B.W., R.B. Stephens, M.A. Anthony, S.D. Frey, A.W. D’Amato, and R.J. Rowe. 2023. Wind and small mammals are complementary fungal dispersers. Ecology 104(6):e4039. PDF

*Box, O. F., K. Dodds, D. Orwig, and A. W. D’Amato. 2023. The effects of intensive eradication efforts for Asian longhorned beetle on understory plant communities, tree regeneration, and forest structure in southern New England hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 545:121290.

*Clark, P. W., and A. W. D’Amato. 2023. Seedbed not rescue effect buffer the role of extreme precipitation on temperate forest regeneration. Ecology n/a:e3926. PDF

Clark, P. W., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, C. W. Woodall, P. A. Dubuque, G. J. Edge, J. P. Hartman, L. A. Fitts, M. K. Janowiak, L. B. Harris, R. A. Montgomery, M. R. Reinikainen, and C. L. Zimmerman. 2023. A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change. Bioscience.

*Cordero Montoya, R., A. W. D’Amato, C. Messier, and P. Nolet. 2023. Mapping temperate forest stands using mobile terrestrial LiDAR shows the influence of forest management regimes on tree mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 544:121194. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., D. A. Orwig, N. W. Siegert, A. Mahaffey, L. Benedict, T. Everett, J. Daigle, L. Johnson, P. Catanzaro, and C. Cusack. 2023. Species Preservation in the Face of Novel Threats: Cultural, Ecological, and Operational Considerations for Preserving Tree Species in the Context of Non-Indigenous Insects and Pathogens. Journal of Forestry 121:470-479.

D’Amato, A. W., D. A. Orwig, N. W. Siegert, A. Mahaffey, L. Benedict, T. Everett, J. Daigle, L. Johnson, P. Catanzaro, and C. Cusack. 2023. Towards Tree Species Preservation: Protecting Ash Amidst the Emerald Ash Borer Invasion in the Northeast. Journal of Forestry 121:480-487.

Dean, T. J., C. A. Harrington, A. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2023. Response of marginal height costs and marginal height benefits to competition. Forest Ecology and Management 528:120647. PDF

Forrester, J. A., S. Fraver, D. J. Mladenoff, S. T. Gower, A. W. D’Amato, and D. L. Lindner. 2023. Experimental Evidence that Forest Structure Controls Detrital Decomposition. Ecosystems 26:1396-1410. PDF

*Jamison, E.-A.K., A.W. D’Amato, and K.J. Dodds. 2023. Describing a landscape mosaic: Forest structure and composition across community types and management regimes in inland northeastern pitch pine barrens. Forest Ecology and Management 536:120859. PDF

Markowski-Lindsay, M., P. Catanzaro, A. Robillard, B. J. Butler, D. A. Orwig, A. W. D’Amato, J. R. Thompson, D. M. Laflower, M. G. MacLean, and M. Itter. 2023. Forester and Logger Response to Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts and Vermont: a Secondary Disturbance. Journal of Forestry.

*McGann, T. C., R. E. Schattman, A. W. D’Amato, and T. A. Ontl. 2023. Public Opposition to Harvesting as a Barrier to Climate Change Adaptation: Perceptions and Responses of Foresters across the Northeastern United States. Society & Natural Resources:1-18. PDF

*Wagle, B. H., A. R. Weiskittel, J.-P. Berrill, A. R. Kizha, A. W. D’Amato, and D. Marshall. 2023. Tree-level responses to commercial thinning in spruce-fir forests across northern Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 546:121358. PDF

Andrews, C., J. R. Foster, A. Weiskittel, A. W. D’Amato, and E. Simons-Legaard. 2022. Integrating historical observations alters projections of eastern North American spruce–fir habitat under climate change. Ecosphere 13:e4016. PDF

Borgmann-Winter, B. W., R. B. Stephens, A. W. D’Amato, S. D. Frey, and R. J. Rowe. 2022. Effects of timber harvest on epigeous fungal fruiting patterns and community structure in a northern hardwood ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52:51-58. PDF

Carter, D. R., R. A. Slesak, T. B. Harrington, and A. W. D’Amato. 2022. Soil texture and other site-level factors differentially affect growth of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings in the western Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52:1-13.

Clark, P. W., A. W. D’Amato, K. S. Evans, P. G. Schaberg, and C. W. Woodall. 2022. Ecological memory and regional context influence performance of adaptation plantings in northeastern US temperate forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:314-329. PDF

*Clark, P. W., *A. J. Freeman, A. W. D’Amato, P. G. Schaberg, G. J. Hawley, K. S. Evans, and C. W. Woodall. 2022. Restoring a keystone tree species for the future: American chestnut assisted migration plantings in an adaptive silviculture experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 523:120505. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., C. W. Woodall, A. R. Weiskittel, C. E. Littlefield, and L. T. Murray. 2022. Carbon conundrums: Do United States’ current carbon market baselines represent an undesirable ecological threshold? Global Change Biology 28:3991-3994.

Dean, T. J., C. A. Harrington, A. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2023. Response of marginal height costs and marginal height benefits to competition. Forest Ecology and Management 528:120647. PDF

Green, M. B., S. Fraver, D. A. Lutz, C. W. Woodall, A. W. D’Amato, and D. M. Evans. 2022. Does deadwood moisture vary jointly with surface soil water content? Soil Science Society of America Journal 86:1113-1121.

Grinde, A. R., M. B. Youngquist, R. A. Slesak, B. J. Palik, and A. W. D’Amato. 2022. Evaluating At-Risk Black Ash Wetlands as Biodiversity Hotspots in Northern Forests. Wetlands 42:122. PDF

Harris, L. B., C. W. Woodall, and A. W. D’Amato. 2022. Increasing the utility of tree regeneration inventories: Linking seedling abundance to sapling recruitment. Ecological Indicators 145:109654. PDF

*Jamison, E.-A.K., D’Amato, A.W., and Dodds, K.J. 2022. Informing adaptive forest management: A hazard rating tool for southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) in pitch pine barrens. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 24(4): 466-475. PDF

Littlefield, C. E., and A. W. D’Amato. 2022. Identifying trade-offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens. Conservation Science and Practice 4:e12631. PDF

Palik, B.J., Clark, P.W., D’Amato, A.W., Swanston, C., Nagel, L., 2022. Operationalizing forest-assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA. Ecosphere 13, e4260. PDF

*Rogers, N. S., A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, and S. Bèdard. 2022. Northern hardwood silviculture at a crossroads: Sustaining a valuable resource under future change. Forest Ecology and Management 512:120139. PDF

Soto, D. P., C. Salas-Eljatib, P. J. Donoso, Á. Hernández-Moreno, D. Seidel, and A. W. D’Amato. 2022. Impacts of varying precipitation regimes upon the structure, spatial patterns, and productivity of Nothofagus pumilio-dominated old-growth forests in Patagonia. Forest Ecology and Management 524:120519. PDF

*Wagle, B. H., A. R. Weiskittel, A. R. Kizha, J.-P. Berrill, A. W. D’Amato, and D. Marshall. 2022. Long-term influence of commercial thinning on stand structure and yield with/without pre-commercial thinning of spruce-fir in northern Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 522:120453. PDF

Akresh, M. E., D. I. King, C. A. Lott, J. L. Larkin, and A. W. D’Amato. 2021. A meta-analysis of the effects of tree retention on shrubland birds. Forest Ecology and Management 483:118730.

Cianciolo, T. R., J. S. Diamond, D. L. McLaughlin, R. A. Slesak, A. W. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2021. Hydrologic variability in black ash wetlands: Implications for vulnerability to emerald ash borer. Hydrological Processes 35:e14014.

*Clark, P. W., and A. W. D’Amato. 2021. Long-term development of transition hardwood and Pinus strobus- Quercus mixedwood forests with implications for future adaptation and mitigation potential. Forest Ecology and Management 501.

D’Amato, A. W., and D. C. Dey. 2021. Introduction: Ecology and silviculture of temperate mixedwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51:v-vi.

D’Amato, A.W., A. Mahaffey, L. Pepper, A. Kosiba, N. Patch, and P. van Loon. 2020. Ten recommendations for managing ash in the face of emerald ash borer and climate change. Forest Stewards Guild, 3 pp.

Gleason, K.E., Bradford, J.B., D’Amato, A.W., Fraver, S., Palik, B.J., and Battaglia, M.A. 2021. Forest density intensifies the importance of snowpack to growth in water-limited pine forests. Ecological Applications 31(1): e02211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2211.

Kenefic, L. S., J. M. Kabrick, B. O. Knapp, P. Raymond, K. L. Clark, A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, L. A. Vickers, D. C. Dey, and N. S. Rogers. 2021. Mixedwood silviculture in North America: the science and art of managing for complex, multi-species temperate forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51:921-934.

Kern, C. C., L. S. Kenefic, C. Kuehne, A. R. Weiskittel, S. J. Kaschmitter, A. W. D’Amato, D. C. Dey, J. M. Kabrick, B. J. Palik, and T. M. Schuler. 2021. Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests. Forest Ecology and Management 493.

Kern, C. C., L. S. Kenefic, C. Kuehne, A. R. Weiskittel, S. J. Kaschmitter, A. W. D’Amato, D. C. Dey, J. M. Kabrick, B. J. Palik, and T. M. Schuler. 2021. Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests. Forest Ecology and Management 493:119266.

Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, and S. Jovan. 2021. Investigating linkages between the size-growth relationship and drought, nitrogen deposition, and structural complexity in western US Forests. Forest Ecology and Management 497.

Lott, C. A., M. E. Akresh, B. E. Costanzo, A. W. D’Amato, S. Duan, C. J. Fiss, J. S. Fraser, H. S. He, D. I. King, D. J. McNeil, S. H. Stoleson, M. Yamasaki, and J. L. Larkin. 2021. Do Review Papers on Bird–Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States? Forests 12:990.

Nevins, M. T., A. W. D’Amato, and J. R. Foster. 2021. Future forest composition under a changing climate and adaptive forest management in southeastern Vermont, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 479:118527.

Palik, B. J., A. W. D’Amato, R. A. Slesak, D. Kastendick, C. Looney, and J. Kragthorpe. 2021. Eighth-year survival and growth of planted replacement tree species in black ash (Fraxinus nigra) wetlands threatened by emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 484:118958.

Palik, B. J., A. W. D’Amato, and R. A. Slesak. 2021. Wide-spread vulnerability of black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) wetlands in Minnesota USA to loss of tree dominance from invasive emerald ash borer. Forestry 94:455-463.

*Rogers, N. S., A. W. D’Amato, and W. B. Leak. 2021. Long-term evolution of composition and structure after repeated group selection over eight decades. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51:1080-1091.

Thiffault, N., P. Raymond, J. M. Lussier, I. Aubin, S. Royer-Tardif, A. W. D’Amato, F. Doyon, L. Benoit, M. Perron, J. Bousquet, N. Isabel, S. Carles, P. Lupien, and A. Malenfant. 2021. Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: From Concepts to Reality Report on a symposium held at Carrefour Forêts 2019. The Forestry Chronicle 97:13-27.

Vickers, L. A., B. O. Knapp, J. M. Kabrick, L. S. Kenefic, A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, D. A. MacLean, P. Raymond, K. L. Clark, D. C. Dey, and N. S. Rogers. 2021. Contemporary status, distribution, and trends of mixedwoods in the northern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51:881-896.

Andrews, C. M., A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, B. Palik, M. A. Battaglia, and J. B. Bradford. 2020. Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 57:1089-1102. PDF

Curzon, M. T., C. C. Kern, S. C. Baker, B. J. Palik, and A. W. D’Amato. 2020. Retention forestry influences understory diversity and functional identity. Ecological Applications 30:e02097. PDF

Donoso, P. J., K. J. Puettmann, A. W. D’Amato, D. B. Ponce, C. Salas-Eljatib, and P. F. Ojeda. 2020. Short-term effects of variable-density thinning on regeneration in hardwood-dominated temperate rainforests. Forest Ecology and Management 464:9. PDF

Grinde, A. R., R. A. Slesak, A. W. D’Amato, and B. P. Palik. 2020. Effects of tree retention and woody biomass removal on bird and small mammal communities. Forest Ecology and Management 465:118090. PDF

Kurth, V. J., A. W. D’Amato, J. B. Bradford, B. J. Palik, and C. E. Looney. 2020. Assessing the ecological impacts of biomass harvesting along a disturbance severity gradient. Ecological Applications 30:e02042. PDF

*Loeb, C. D., and A. W. D’Amato. 2020. Large landscape conservation in a mixed ownership region: Opportunities and barriers for putting the pieces together. Biological Conservation 243:108462. PDF

Ma, W., G. M. Domke, C. W. Woodall, and A. W. D’Amato. 2020. Contemporary forest carbon dynamics in the northern U.S. associated with land cover changes. Ecological Indicators 110:105901. PDF

Meunier, J., K. Nixon, T. A. Gorby, R. L. Swaty, K. J. Martin, and A. W. D’Amato. 2020. Understanding uncertainty in broad-scale mapping of historical vegetation in the Great Lakes Region. Natural Areas Journal 40:72-85, 14. PDF

*Toczydlowski, A. J. Z., R. A. Slesak, R. K. Kolka, R. T. Venterea, A. W. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2020. Effect of simulated emerald ash borer infestation on nitrogen cycling in black ash (Fraxinus nigra) wetlands in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 458:117769. PDF

*Bolton, N. W., and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Herbaceous vegetation responses to gap size within natural disturbance-based silvicultural systems in northeastern Minnesota, USA. Forests 10:111. PDF

*Byerly, H., A. W. D’Amato, S. Hagenbuch, and B. Fisher. 2019. Social influence and forest habitat conservation: Experimental evidence from Vermont’s maple producers. Conservation Science and Practice 1:e98. PDF

*Carter, D. R., R. A. Slesak, T. B. Harrington, D. H. Peter, and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) modifies microenvironment to promote nonnative plant communities. Biological Invasions 21:1055-1073. PDF

Engelstad, P. S., M. J. Falkowski, A. W. D’Amato, R. A. Slesak, B. J. Palik, G. M. Domke, and M. B. Russell. 2019. Mapping black ash dominated stands using geospatial and forest inventory data in northern Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 49:892-902. PDF

*Heuss, M., A. W. D’Amato, and K. J. Dodds. 2019. Northward expansion of southern pine beetle generates significant alterations to forest structure and composition of globally rare Pinus rigida forests. Forest Ecology and Management 434:119-130. PDF

Lewandowski, T. E., J. A. Forrester, D. J. Mladenoff, A. W. D’Amato, D. S. A. Fassnacht, E. Padley, and K. J. Martin. 2019. Do biological legacies moderate the effects of forest harvesting on soil microbial community composition and soil respiration. Forest Ecology and Management 432:298-308. PDF

*Lewandowski, T. E., J. A. Forrester, D. J. Mladenoff, E. Marin-Spiotta, A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, and R. K. Kolka. 2019. Long term effects of intensive biomass harvesting and compaction on the forest soil ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 137:107572. PDF

Ma, W., G. M. Domke, C. W. Woodall, and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Land use changes, disturbances, and their interactions on future forest aboveground biomass dynamics in the northern US. Forests 10:606. PDF

*Murray, H. F., and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Stand dynamics and structure of two primary Champlain Valley clayplain forests, Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist 26:95-115. PDF

Palik, B. J., and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Variable retention harvesting in Great Lakes mixed-pine forests: emulating a natural model in managed ecosystems. Ecological Processes 8:16. PDF

Pregitzer, C. C., M. S. Ashton, S. Charlop-Powers, A. W. D’Amato, B. R. Frey, B. Gunther, R. A. Hallett, K. S. Pregitzer, C. W. Woodall, and M. A. Bradford. 2019. Defining and assessing urban forests to inform management and policy. Environmental Research Letters 14:085002. PDF

*Reuling, L. F., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, K. J. Martin, and D. S. A. Fassnacht. 2019. Initial tree regeneration response to natural-disturbance-based silviculture in second-growth northern hardwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 49:628-639. PDF

*Santoro, J. A., and A. W. D’Amato. 2019. Structural, compositional, and functional responses to tornado and salvage logging disturbance in southern New England hemlock-hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 444:138-150. PDF

Vickers, L. A., W. H. McWilliams, B. O. Knapp, A. W. D’Amato, M. R. Saunders, S. R. Shifley, J. M. Kabrick, D. C. Dey, D. R. Larsen, and J. A. Westfall. 2019. Using a tree seedling mortality budget as an indicator of landscape-scale forest regeneration security. Ecological Indicators 96:718-727. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., E. J. Jokela, K. L. O’Hara, and J. N. Long. 2018. Silviculture in the United States: an amazing period of change over the past 30 years. Journal of Forestry 116:55-67. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., B. J. Palik, R. A. Slesak, G. Edge, C. Matula, and D. R. Bronson. 2018. Evaluating adaptive management options for black ash forests in the face of emerald ash borer invasion. Forests 9:348-365. PDF

Diamond, J. S., D. L. McLaughlin, R. A. Slesak, A. W. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2018. Forested versus herbaceous wetlands: Can management mitigate ecohydrologic regime shifts from invasive emerald ash borer? Journal of Environmental Management 222:436-446. PDF

Dodds, K. J., C. F. Aoki, A. Arango-Velez, J. Cancelliere, A. W. D’Amato, M. F. DiGirolomo, and R. J. Rabaglia. 2018. Expansion of Southern Pine Beetle into Northeastern Forests: Management and Impact of a Primary Bark Beetle in a New Region. Journal of Forestry 116:178-191. PDF

Fahey, R. T., B. C. Alveshere, J. I. Burton, A. W. D’Amato, Y. L. Dickinson, W. S. Keeton, C. C. Kern, A. J. Larson, B. J. Palik, K. J. Puettmann, M. R. Saunders, C. R. Webster, J. W. Atkins, C. M. Gough, and B. S. Hardiman. 2018. Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 421:59-71. PDF

Fraver, S., M. J. Ducey, C. W. Woodall, A. W. D’Amato, A. M. Milo, and B. J. Palik. 2018. Influence of transect length and downed woody debris abundance on precision of the line-intersect sampling method. Forest Ecosystems 5:39. PDF

Fraver, S., M. Tajvidi, A. W. D’Amato, D. L. Lindner, J. A. Forrester, and A. M. Milo. 2018. Woody material structural degradation through decomposition on the forest floor. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:111-115. PDF

Kolka, R. K., A. W. D’Amato, J. W. Wagenbrenner, R. A. Slesak, T. G. Pypker, M. B. Youngquist, A. R. Grinde, and B. J. Palik. 2018. Review of ecosystem level impacts of emerald ash borer on black ash wetlands: what does the future hold? Forests 9:179-194. PDF

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, and L. E. Frelich. 2018. Interspecific competition limits the realized niche of Fraxinus nigra along a waterlogging gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:1292-1301. PDF

Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, S. Fraver, and D. N. Kastendick. 2018. Size-growth relationship, tree spatial patterns, and tree-tree competition influence tree growth and stand complexity in a 160-year red pine chronosequence. Forest Ecology and Management 424:85-94. PDF

Ma, W., G. M. Domke, A. W. D’Amato, C. W. Woodall, B. F. Walters, and R. K. Deo. 2018. Using matrix models to estimate aboveground forest biomass dynamics in the eastern USA through various combinations of LiDAR, Landsat, and forest inventory data. Environmental Research Letters 13:125004. PDF

Ma, W., C. W. Woodall, G. M. Domke, A. W. D’Amato, and B. F. Walters. 2018. Stand age versus tree diameter as a driver of forest carbon inventory simulations in the northeastern U.S. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:1135-1147. PDF

*North, E. A., A. W. D’Amato, and M. B. Russell. 2018. Performance metrics for street and park trees in urban forests. Journal of Forestry 116:547-554. PDF

Ontl, T. A., C. Swanston, L. A. Brandt, P. R. Butler, A. W. D’Amato, S. D. Handler, M. K. Janowiak, and P. D. Shannon. 2018. Adaptation pathways: ecoregion and land ownership influences on climate adaptation decision-making in forest management. Climatic Change 146:75-88. PDF

*Sass, E. M., A. W. D’Amato, and D. R. Foster. 2018. Lasting legacies of historical clearcutting, wind, and salvage logging on old-growth Tsuga canadensis–Pinus strobus forests. Forest Ecology and Management 419-420:31-41. PDF

*Sass, E. M., A. W. D’Amato, D. R. Foster, A. Barker Plotkin, S. Fraver, P. K. Schoonmaker, and D. A. Orwig. 2018. Long-term influence of disturbance-generated microsites on forest structural and compositional development. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:958-965. PDF

*Scherer, S. S., C. C. Kern, A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, and M. R. Russell. 2018. Long-term pine regeneration, shrub layer dynamics, and understory community composition responses to repeated prescribed fire in Pinus resinosa forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48:117-129. PDF

Sommerfeld, A., C. Senf, B. Buma, A. W. D’Amato, T. Després, I. Díaz-Hormazábal, S. Fraver, L. E. Frelich, Á. G. Gutiérrez, S. J. Hart, B. J. Harvey, H. S. He, T. Hlásny, A. Holz, T. Kitzberger, D. Kulakowski, D. Lindenmayer, A. S. Mori, J. Müller, J. Paritsis, G. L. W. Perry, S. L. Stephens, M. Svoboda, M. G. Turner, T. T. Veblen, and R. Seidl. 2018. Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome. Nature Communications 9:4355. PDF

Woodall, C. W., J. A. Westfall, A. W. D’Amato, J. R. Foster, and B. F. Walters. 2018. Decadal changes in tree range stability across forests of the eastern U.S. Forest Ecology and Management 429:503-510. PDF

Bottero, A., A.W. D’Amato, B.J. Palik, J.B. Bradford, S. Fraver, M.A. Battaglia, and L.A. Asherin. 2017. Density-dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1605-1614. PDF

Bottero, A., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, C. C. Kern, J. B. Bradford, and S. S. Scherer. 2017. Influence of repeated prescribed fire on tree growth and mortality in Pinus resinosa forests, northern Minnesota. Forest Science 63:94-100. PDF

Curzon, M., S. Baker, C. Kern, B. Palik, and A.W. D’Amato. 2017. Influence of mature overstory trees on adjacent 12-Year regeneration and the woody understory: aggregated retention versus intact forest. Forests 8:31. PDF

Curzon, M. T., A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, E. S. Huff, and B. J. Palik. 2017. Succession, climate and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa-dominated forest, Minnesota, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 28:82-92. PDF

Curzon, M. T., A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, A. Bottero, J. R. Foster, and K. E. Gleason. 2017. Harvesting influences functional identity and diversity over time in forests of the northeastern U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management 400:93-99. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., D. A. Orwig, D. R. Foster, A. Barker Plotkin, P. K. Schoonmaker, and M. R. Wagner. 2017. Long-term structural and biomass dynamics of virgin Tsuga canadensis–Pinus strobus forests after hurricane disturbance. Ecology 98:721-733. PDF

D’Amato, A. W., B. J. Palik, J. F. Franklin, and D. R. Foster. 2017. Exploring the origins of ecological forestry in North America. Journal of Forestry 115:126-127. PDF

Gleason, K. E., J. B. Bradford, A. Bottero, A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, M. A. Battaglia, L. Iverson, L. Kenefic, and C. C. Kern. 2017. Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients. Ecosphere 8:e01849-n/a. PDF

Kern, C. C., J. I. Burton, P. Raymond, A. W. D’Amato, W. S. Keeton, A. A. Royo, M. B. Walters, C. R. Webster, and J. L. Willis. 2017. Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America. Forestry 90:4-17. PDF

Lesk, C., E. Coffel, A. W. D’Amato, K. Dodds, and R. Horton. 2017. Threats to North American forests from southern pine beetle with warming winters. Nature Climate Change 7:713. PDF

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, and R. Slesak. 2017. Canopy treatment influences growth of replacement tree species in Fraxinus nigra forests threatened by emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47:183-192. PDF

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, R. A. Slesak, and M. A. Slater. 2017. The response of Fraxinus nigra forest ground-layer vegetation to emulated emerald ash borer mortality and management strategies in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 389:352-363. PDF

Palik, B. J., and A. W. D’Amato. 2017. Ecological forestry: much more than retention harvesting. Journal of Forestry 115:51-53. PDF

*Roberts, M. W., A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, and B. J. Palik. 2017. Effects of variable retention harvesting on natural tree regeneration in Pinus resinosa (red pine) forests. Forest Ecology and Management 385:104-115. PDF

*Rowe, E. R., A. W. D’Amato, B. J. Palik, and J. C. Almendinger. 2017. Early response of ground layer plant communities to wildfire and harvesting disturbance in forested peatland ecosystems in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 398:140-152. PDF

Slesak, R.A., B.J. Palik, A.W. D’Amato, and V.J. Kurth. 2017. Changes in soil physical and chemical properties following organic matter removal and compaction: 20-year response of the aspen Lake-States Long Term Soil Productivity installations. Forest Ecology and Management 392: 68-77. PDF

Young, B. D., A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, D. N. Kastendick, and B. J. Palik. 2017. Seven decades of change in forest structure and composition in Pinus resinosa forests in northern Minnesota, USA: Comparing managed and unmanaged conditions. Forest Ecology and Management 395:92-103. PDF†

Cai, Z., L. L. Narine, A. W. D’Amato, and F. X. Aguilar. 2016. Attitudinal and revenue effects on non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness-to-harvest timber and woody biomass. Forest Policy and Economics 63:52-61. PDF

Clark, J. S., L. Iverson, C. W. Woodall, C. D. Allen, D. M. Bell, D. C. Bragg, A. W. D’Amato, F. W. Davis, M. H. Hersh, I. Ibanez, S. T. Jackson, S. Matthews, N. Pederson, M. Peters, M. W. Schwartz, K. M. Waring, and N. E. Zimmermann. 2016. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States. Global Change Biology 22:2329-2352. PDF

*Curzon, M. T., A. W. D’Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2016. Bioenergy harvest impacts to biodiversity and resilience vary across aspen-dominated forest ecosystems in the Lake States region, USA. Applied Vegetation Science 19:667-678. PDF

*Dymond, S. F., A. W. D’Amato, R. K. Kolka, P. V. Bolstad, S. D. Sebestyen, and J. B. Bradford. 2016. Growth–climate relationships across topographic gradients in the northern Great Lakes. Ecohydrology 9:918-929. PDF

Foster, J.R., A.O. Finley, A.W. D’Amato, J.B. Bradford, and S. Banejee. 2016. Predicting tree biomass growth in the temperate–boreal ecotone: Is tree size, age, competition, or climate response most important? Global Change Biology 22:2138-2151. PDF

*Gill, K. G., A. W. D’Amato, and S. Fraver. 2016. Multiple developmental pathways for range-margin Pinus banksiana forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:200-214. PDF

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, and M. R. Reinikainen. 2016. Examining the influences of tree-to-tree competition and climate on size-growth relationships in hydric, multi-aged Fraxinus nigra stands. Forest Ecology and Management 375:238-248. PDF

*Pszwaro, J. L., A. W. D’Amato, T. E. Burk, M. B. Russell, B. J. Palik, and T. F. Strong. 2016. Analysis of stand basal area development of thinned and unthinned Acer rubrum forests in the upper Great Lakes region, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:645-655. PDF

*Roberts, M. W., A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, and B. J. Palik. 2016. Long-term impacts of variable retention harvesting on ground-layer plant communities in Pinus resinosa forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:1106-1116. PDF

*Scherer, S. S., A. W. D’Amato, C. C. Kern, B. J. Palik, and M. B. Russell. 2016. Long-term impacts of prescribed fire on stand structure, growth, mortality, and individual tree vigor in Pinus resinosa forests. Forest Ecology and Management 368:7-16. PDF

Slesak, R. A., T. B. Harrington, and A. W. D’Amato. 2016. Invasive scotch broom alters soil chemical properties in Douglas-fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Plant and Soil 398: 281-289. PDF

Woodall, C. W., B. F. Walters, M. B. Russell, J. W. Coulston, G. M. Domke, A. W. D’Amato, and P. A. Sowers. 2016. A tale of two forest carbon assessments in the eastern United States: forest use versus cover as a metric of change. Ecosystems 19:1401-1417. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., P. Catanzaro, L.S. Fletcher. 2015. Early regeneration and structural responses to patch selection and structural retention within second-growth northern hardwoods. Forest Science 61:183-189. PDF

Forrester, J. A., D. J. Mladenoff, A. W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, D. L. Lindner, N. J. Brazee, M. K. Clayton, and S. T. Gower. 2015. Temporal trends and sources of variation in carbon flux from coarse woody debris in experimental forest canopy openings. Oecologia 179:889-900. PDF

Kukrety, S., D.C. Wilson, A.W. D’Amato, and D.R. Becker. 2015. Assessing sustainable forest biomass potential and bioenergy implications for the northern Lake States region, USA. Bimass and Bioenergy 81:167-176. PDF

Lewandowski, T. E., J. A. Forrester, D. J. Mladenoff, J. L. Stoffel, S. T. Gower, A. W. D’Amato, and T. C. Balser. 2015. Soil microbial community response and recovery following group selection harvest: Temporal patterns from an experimental harvest in a US northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 340:82-94. PDF

Pederson, N., A.W. D’Amato, J.M. Dyer, D.R. Foster, D. Goldblum, J.L. Hart, A.E. Hessl, L.R. Iverson, S.T. Jackson, D. Martin-Benito, B.C. McCarthy, R.W. McEwan, D.J. Mladenoff, A.J. Parker, B. Shuman, and J.W. Williams. 2015. Climate remains an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the eastern United States. Global Change Biology 21:2105-2110. PDF

Russell, M.B., A.W. D’Amato, M.A. Albers, C.W. Woodall, K.J. Puettmann, M.R. Saunders, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2015. Performance of the Forest Vegetation Simulator in managed white spruce plantations influenced by eastern spruce budworm in northern Minnesota. Forest Science 61:723-730. PDF

Russell, M. B., G. M. Domke, C. W. Woodall, and A. W. D’Amato. 2015. Comparisons of allometric and climate-derived estimates of tree coarse root carbon stocks in forests of the United States. Carbon Balance and Management 10:20. PDF

Russell, M.B., S. Fraver, T. Aakala, J.H. Gove, C.W. Woodall, A.W. D’Amato, and M.J. Ducey. 2015. Quantifying carbon stores and decomposition in dead wood: a review. Forest Ecology and Management 350:107-128. PDF

*Telander, A.C., R.A. Slesak, A.W. D’Amato, B.J. Palik, K.N. Brooks, and C.F. Lenhart. 2015. Sap flow of black ash in wetland forests of northern Minnesota, USA: Hydrologic implications of tree mortality due to emerald ash borer. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 206: 4-11. PDF

Woodall, C.W., M.B. Russell, B.F. Walters, A.W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, and G.M. Domke. 2015. Net carbon flux of dead wood in forests of the Eastern US. Oecologia 177:861-874. PDF

Woodall, C.W., M.B. Russell, B.G. Walters, A.W. D’Amato, K. Zhu, and S.S. Saatchi. 2015. Forest production dynamics along a wood density spectrum in eastern United States forests. Trees-Structure and Function 29:299-310. PDF

Woodall, C. W., B. F. Walters, J. W. Coulston, A. W. D’Amato, G. M. Domke, M. B. Russell, and P. A. Sowers. 2015. Monitoring network confirms land use change is a substantial component of the forest carbon sink in the eastern United States. Scientific Reports 5:17028. PDF

Aguilar, F. X., Z. Cai, and A. W. D’Amato. 2014. Non-industrial private forest owner’s willingness-to-harvest: How higher timber prices influence woody biomass supply. Biomass and Bioenergy 71:202-215. PDF

Brazee, N., D. Linder, A.W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, A. Milo, J.R. Forrester, and D.J. Mladenoff. 2014. Disturbance and diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi: effects of canopy gaps and downed woody debris. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2155-2172. PDF

*Curzon, M.T., A.W. D’Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2014. Harvest residue removal and soil compaction impact forest productivity and recovery: Potential implications for bioenergy harvests. Forest Ecology and Management 329:99-107. PDF

Foster, J.R., A.W. D’Amato, and J. Bradford. 2014. Looking for age-related growth decline in natural forests: biomass patterns from tree rings and simulated mortality. Oecologia 175: 363-374. PDF

Fraver, S., A. W. D’Amato, J. B. Bradford, B. G. Jonsson, M. Jönsson, and P.-A. Esseen. 2014. Tree growth and competition in an old-growth Picea abies forest of boreal Sweden: influence of tree spatial patterning. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 374-385. PDF

Kurth, V.J., J.B. Bradford, R.A. Slesak, and A.W. D’Amato. 2014. Initial soil respiration response to biomass harvesting and green-tree retention in aspen-dominated forests of the Great Lakes region. Forest Ecology and Management 328: 342-352. PDF

Kurth, V.J., A.W. D’Amato, B.J. Palik, and J.B. Bradford. 2014. Fifteen-year patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen following biomass harvesting. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78: 624-633. PDF

*Reinikainen, M.R., A.W. D’Amato, J. Bradford, and S. Fraver. 2014. Influence of stocking, site quality, stand age, low-severity canopy disturbance, and forest composition on sub-boreal aspen mixedwood carbon stocks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44: 230-242. PDF

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, A.W. D’Amato, G.M. Domke, and S.S. Saatchi. 2014. Beyond mean functional traits: Influence of functional trait profiles on forest structure, production, and mortality across the eastern US. Forest Ecology and Management 328:1-9. PDF

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, A.W. D’Amato, S. Fraver, and J.B. Bradford. 2014. Technical note: Linking climate change and downed woody debris decomposition across forests of the eastern United States. Biogeosciences 11: 6417-6425. PDF

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato, G.M. Domke, and K.E. Skog. 2014. Residence time and decay for downed woody debris biomass/carbon in eastern US forests. Ecosystems 17: 765-777. PDF

Slesak, R.A., C.F. Lenhart, K.N. Brooks, A.W. D’Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2014. Water table response to harvesting and simulated emerald ash borer mortality in black ash wetlands in Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44: 961-968. PDF

Aakala, T., S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato, and B. Palik. 2013. Influence of competition and age on tree growth in structurally complex old-growth forests in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 308: 128-135. PDF

Berger, A, B.J. Palik, A.W. D’Amato, J. Bradford, S. Fraver, D. King, K. Nislow, and R. Brooks. 2013. Ecological impacts of energy-wood harvests: lessons from whole-tree harvesting and natural disturbance. Journal of Forestry 111: 139-153. PDF

Bradford, J.B., N.R. Jensen, G.M. Domke, and A.W. D’Amato. 2013. Potential increases in natural disturbance rates could offset forest management impacts on ecosystem carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 308: 178-187. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., J. Bradford, S. Fraver, and B. Palik. 2013. Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems. Ecological Applications 23: 1735-1742. PDF

Fraver, S., A. Milo, J. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato, L. Kenefic, B. Palik, C. Woodall, and J. Brissette. 2013. Woody debris volume depletion through decay: implications for biomass and carbon accounting. Ecosystems 16: 1262-1272. PDF

Kern, C.C., A.W. D’Amato, and T.F. Strong. 2013. Diversifying the composition and structure of managed, late-successional forests with harvest gaps: What is the optimal gap size? Forest Ecology and Management 304: 110-120. PDF

*Klockow, P.A., D’Amato, A.W., Bradford, J.B., 2013. Impacts of post-harvest slash and live-tree retention on biomass and nutrient stocks in Populus tremuloides Michx.-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 278-288. PDF

Russell, M., C. Woodall, S. Fraver, and A.W. D’Amato. 2013. Estimates of coarse woody debris decay class transitions for forests across the eastern United States. Ecological Modeling 251: 22-31. PDF

*Silver, E.J., D’Amato, A.W., Fraver, S., Palik, B.J., Bradford, J.B., 2013. Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 110-118. PDF

*Silver, E.J., S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato, T. Aakala, and B. J. Palik. 2013. Long-term mortality rates and spatial patterns in an old-growth Pinus resinosa forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43: 809-816. PDF

Aakala, T., S. Fraver, B. Palik, and A.W. D’Amato. 2012. Spatially random mortality in old-growth red pine forests in northern Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 899-907. PDF

Bradford, J., and A.W. D’Amato. 2012. Quantifying tradeoffs in multi-objective land management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 210-217. PDF

Bradford, J.B., S. Fraver, A. Milo, A.W. D’Amato, B. Palik, and D. Shinneman. 2012. Effects of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 209-214. PDF

Brazee, N.J., D. L. Lindner, S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato, and A.M. Milo. 2012. Wood-inhabiting, polyporoid fungi in aspen-dominated forests managed for biomass in the U.S. Lake States. Fungal Ecology 5: 600-609. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., J. Segari, and D. Gilmore. 2012. Influence of site preparation on natural regeneration and understory plant communities within red pine shelterwood systems. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 29: 60-66. PDF

*Domke, G.M., D.R. Becker, A.W. D’Amato, A.R. Ek, C.W. Woodall. 2012. Carbon emissions associated with the procurement and utilization of forest harvest residues for energy, northern Minnesota, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy 36: 141-150. PDF

*Gronewold, C., A.W. D’Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2012. Relationships between growth, quality, and stocking within managed old-growth northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 1115-1125. PDF

*Reinikainen, M.R., A.W. D’Amato, and S. Fraver. 2012. Repeated insect outbreaks promote multi-cohort aspen mixedwood forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 266: 148-159. PDF

*Bolton, N.W., and A.W. D’Amato. 2011. Regeneration responses to gap size and coarse woody debris in forest harvests patterned after natural disturbances in northeastern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 1215-1222. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., J. Bradford, B. Palik, and S. Fraver. 2011. Forest management for mitigation and adaptation to climate change mitigation: insights from long-term silviculture experiments. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 803-816. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., S. Fraver, J. Bradford, B. Palik, and *L. Dunn. 2011. Singular and interactive effects of blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire in sub-boreal pine systems. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2070-2078. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., *S.J. Troumbly, M.R. Saunders, K.J. Puettmann, and M. Albers. 2011. Growth and survival of Picea glauca following thinning of plantations affected by spruce budworm. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28: 72-78. PDF

*Domke, G.M., A.J. David, A.W. D’Amato, and A.R. Ek. 2011. Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28: 117-122. PDF

Fraver, S. T. Jain, J.B. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato, D. Kastendick, B. Palik, D. Shinneman, and J. Stanovick. 2011. The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA. Ecological Applications 21: 1895-1901. PDF

Woodall, C.W., A.W. D’Amato, J.B. Bradford, and A.O. Finley. 2011. Effects of stand and inter-specific stocking on maximizing standing tree carbons stocks in the eastern U.S. Forest Science 57: 365-378. PDF

Bradford, J., A.W. D’Amato, B. Palik, and S. Fraver. 2010. A new method for evaluating forest thinning: growth dominance in managed Pinus resinosa stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 843-849. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., P. Catanzaro, D. Damery, K. Ferrare, and D.B. Kittredge. 2010. Are family forest owners facing a future in which good forest management is not enough? Journal of Forestry 108: 32-38. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., B. Palik, and C. Kern. 2010. Growth, yield, and structure of extended rotation Pinus resinosa stands in Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1000-1010. PDF

*Gronewold, C., A.W. D’Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2010. The influence of cutting cycle and stocking level on the structure and composition of managed old-growth northern hardwoods. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1151-1160. PDF

Sharik, T.L., W. Adair, M. Battaglia, F.A. Baker, E.J. Comfort, A.W. D’Amato, C. DeLong, J. DeRose, M. Ducey, M. Harmon, L. Levy, J. Logan, J.J. O’Brien, B. Palik, S.D. Roberts, P.C. Rogers, D.J. Shinneman, T. Spies, and S.L. Taylor. 2010. Emerging themes in the ecology and management of North American forests. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010: 1-11. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2009. Understory vegetation in old-growth and second-growth Tsuga canadensis forests in western Massachusetts. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1043-1052. PDF

Puettmann, K.J., A.W. D’Amato, U. Kohnle, and J. Bauhus. 2009. Growth dynamics of Abies alba during repeated group shelterwood (Femelschlag) cuttings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 2437-2449. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., D.A Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2008. The influence of successional processes and disturbance on the structure of Tsuga canadensis forests. Ecological Applications 18: 1182-1199. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., and D.A. Orwig. 2008. Stand and landscape-level disturbance dynamics in western Massachusetts. Ecological Monographs 78: 507-522. PDF

Kittredge, D.B., A.W. D’Amato, P.F. Catanzaro, J. Fish, and B. Butler. 2008. Estimating ownerships and parcels on non-industrial private forest in Massachusetts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25: 93-98. PDF

Orwig, D.A., R.C. Cobb, A.W. D’Amato, M.L. Kizlinski, and D.R. Foster. 2008. Ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid outbreaks in southern New England forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 834-844. PDF

Puettmann, K.J., A.W. D’Amato, M. Arikian, and J.C. Zasada. 2008. Spatial impacts of soil disturbance and residual overstory on density and growth of regenerating aspen. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 2110-2120. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2006. New estimates of Massachusetts old-growth forests: Useful data for regional conservation and forest reserve planning. Northeastern Naturalist 13: 495-506. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., and K.J. Puettmann. 2004. The relative dominance hypothesis explains interaction dynamics in mixed species Alnus rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests. Journal of Ecology 92: 450-463. PDF

Puettmann, K.J., and A.W. D’Amato. 2002. Selecting plot sizes when quantifying growing conditions in understories. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19: 137-140. PDF

Fassnacht, K.S., D.R. Bronson, B.J. Palik, A.W. D’Amato, C.G. Lorimer, and K.J. Martin. 2015. Accelerating the development of old-growth characteristics in second-growth northern hardwoods. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station GTR NRS-144. 33 pp. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., N.W. Bolton, C.R. Blinn, and A.R. Ek. 2010. Current status and long-term trends of silvicultural practices in Minnesota: a 2008 assessment. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Staff Paper Series No. 205. 58 pp. PDF

Domke, G.M, A.W. D’Amato, A.J. David, and A.R. Ek. 2008. Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. In Zalesny Jr., R.S., R. Mitchell, and J. Richardson (eds.). Proceedings of the Short Rotation Crops International Conference. USDA, Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-31. PDF

Domke, G.M., A.R. Ek, D. R. Becker, J. F. Espeleta, A.W. D’Amato, P. B. Reich, S. Suh, M. A. Kilgore, D. A. Current, H. M. Hoganson, T. E. Burk, and C. R. Blinn. 2008. Assessment of carbon flows associated with forest management and biomass procurement for the Laskin Biomass Facility. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Staff Paper Series No. 198. 39 pp. PDF

Kelty, M.J., A.W. D’Amato, and P.K. Barten. 2008. Silvicultural and ecological considerations of forest biomass harvesting in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Initiative, Technical Report. 65 pp. PDF

Pederson, N., A.W. D’Amato, and D.A. Orwig. 2007. Central hardwood natural history from dendrochronology: maximum ages from rarely studied species. In Clatterbuck, W.K. and D.S. Buckley (eds.). Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. USDA, Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-101. PDF

Orwig, D.A. and A.W. D’Amato. 2007. Southern New England old-growth forests: how much is left and can they inform management decisions? New England Society of American Foresters News Quarterly Volume 68 (4): 10-11. PDF

Kelty, M.J., and A.W. D’Amato. 2006. An historical perspective on diameter-limit cutting in the Northeast. In Kenefic, L.S. and R.D. Nyland (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. USDA Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-342. PDF

Foster, D.R., D.B. Kittredge, B. Donahue, G. Motzkin, D. Orwig, A. Ellison, B. Hall, B. Colburn, and A. W. D’Amato. 2005. Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper no. 26. 24 pp. PDF

Catanzaro, P.F., and A.W. D’Amato.  2019.  Forest carbon: an essential natural solution for climate change. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet. 28 pp. PDF

Catanzaro, P.F., A.W. D’Amato, and E.J. Silver Huff. 2016. Increasing forest resiliency for an uncertain future. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet. 32 pp. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., and P. Catanzaro. 2009. A forest manager’s guide to restoring late-successional forest structure. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet. 8 pp. PDF

Catanzaro, P.F., D.T. Damery, A.W. D’Amato, and K. Ferrare. 2007. The economic viability of ownerships in the Deerfield River Watershed. Kohlberg Foundation and New England Forestry Foundation Pamphlet, 35 pp. PDF

D’Amato, A.W., and P. Catanzaro. 2007. Restoring old-growth characteristics. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet, 18 pp. PDF