Jim Lutz

Publications | Book Chapters

• Sedio, B.E, Lutz, J., and 25 co-authors, , (2022). Chemical similarity of co-occuring trees decreases with precipitation and temperature in North American forests: Temporal and Large-Scale Spatial Patterns of Plant Diversity and Diversification. Frontiers Media SA
• Ellison, A.M, Lutz, J., and 7 co-authors, , (2019). Species diversity associated with foundation species in temperate and tropical forests: Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems.
• Erickson, D.L, Lutz, J., And 24 co-authors, , (2017). Comparative evolutionary diversity and phylogenetic structure across multiple forest dynamics plots: a mega-phylogeny approach: Origin of Tropical Diversity: From Clades to Communities. Frontiers Research Topics, Frontiers Media SA
• Littell, J.S, O'neil, E.E, Hicke, J.A, Lutz, J., Norheim, R.A, Elsner, M.M, (2009). Forest ecosystems, disturbance, and climatic change in Washington State, USA: The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2025). Increase in area burned and wildfire frequency in Utah by 2050. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2025). Variable fire behavior causes greater bacterial and fungal richness. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Ancient Blue Spruce Hiding Among Engelmann Spruce. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Fungi Benefit Limber Pine and Bristlecone Pine. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Growing Season Frost Defoliates Aspen and Reduces Growth by 40%. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). High Deadwood Loadings Decades After Spruce Beetle Outbreak. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). High Overlap of Fungi Across the Range of Douglas-Fir. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Large Trees Promote Belowground Fungal Diversity. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Medium-sized Fires Burn Less Severely Than Large Fires. Utah State University Libraries
• Lutz, J., Birch, J.D, (2024). Pine Seedlings Regenerate Close to Large Deadwood and Mature Trees. Utah State University Libraries

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Partelli-Feltrin, R., and 23 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2025). Predicting immediate and delayed fire-induced mortality of Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii using a pyro-ecophysiology fire severity approach. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 34:12, WF24144. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24144
• DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2025). Dendrochronology of curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.). . Dendrochronologia, 125434, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126434
• Birch, J.D, Chikamoto, Y., Lutz, J., (2025). Large projected increases in area burned and wildfire frequency by 2050 in Utah, USA. Climatic Change, 179:4, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-04086-0
• Ku, C., Lutz, J., (2025). Death and Taxus: The contribution of mechanical damage to the multiple factors associated with Taxus brevifolia mortality. Ecological Processes, 14, 88. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-025-00654-5
• Blanco, A., and 15 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2025). Predicting immediate and delayed fire-induced mortality of Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii using a pyro-ecophysiology fire severity approach. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 34:11, WF15003. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF25003
• O'Dwyer, J., Lutz, J., Shappe, T., Alegre, D., Black, A.N, Grunwald, N.J, Jones, F.A, (2025). Genomic demography predicts community dynamics in a temperate montane forest. Science, 389, eadu6396. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu6396
• Munyaka, V., Lutz, J., and 10 co-authors, , (2025). Insights on the paleoclimate and paleoecology of an Early Miocene hominoid site: A multiproxy study from Koru, western Kenya. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 40:6, e2025PA005152. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005152
• Alcántara, J.M, Lutz, J., and 78 co-authors, , (2025). Key concepts and a world-wide look at plant recruitment networks. Biological Reviews, 100:3, 1127-1151. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13177
• Linger, E., Lutz, J., Cao, M., Zhang, W., Yang, X., Hu, Y., (2025). Drivers of biomass dynamics in a tropical seasonal rainforest of Southwest China: The roles of environment and forest attributes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 58, e03492. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03492
• Medeiros, C.D, Trueba, S., Henry, C., Fletcher, L.R, Lutz, J., Méndez-Alonzo, R., Kraft, N.J, Sack, L., (2025). Simplification of plant trait networks among communities along a climatic aridity gradient. Journal of Ecology, 113:4, 896-912. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70010
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Dickenson, M.B, Franklin, J., Larson, A.J, Swanson, M.E, Miesel, J.R, (2025). Small-scale fire refugia increase soil bacterial and fungal richness and increase community cohesion nine years after fire. Science of the Total Environment, 966, 178677. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178677
• Klimas, K., Yocom, L., Belmont, P., Lutz, J., Wall, S., DeRose, J., (2025). A machine learning model to predict wildfire burn severity for pre-fire risk assessments, Utah, USA. . Fire Ecology, 21:8, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00346-z
• Smith, A.M, Lutz, J., and 15 co-authors, , (2025). Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: Indoor and outdoor pyroecophysiology experiments. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 34, WF24136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24136
• Alcántara, J., and 81 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2024). Key concepts and a world-wide look at plant recruitment networks. Biological Reviews, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13177
• Henn, J., and nine co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2024). Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities. Ecosphere, e70137. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70137
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2024). Spruce up your climate analysis: Dendroclimatology of Picea engelmannii and Picea pungens. Ecosphere, 15:11, 1-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70047
• Journé, V., and 98 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2024). The relationship between maturation size and maximum tree size from tropical to boreal climates. Ecology Letters, 27:9, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14500
• Wright, T., Chikamoto, Y., Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., (2024). Remote Sensing Detection of Growing Season Freeze-Induced Defoliation of Montane Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Southern Utah, USA. Remote Sensing, 16:18, 3477. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183477
• Linger, E., and six co-authors , , Lutz, J., (2024). Phylogenetic effect on tree radial growth depends on drought and tree sizes. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 129:8, e2023JG007607. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007607
• Germain, S.J, Lutz, J., (2024). Stand diversity increases pine resistance and resilience to compound disturbance. Fire Ecology, 20, 53. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00283-x
• de Souza Leite, M., Lutz, J., and 49 co-authors, , (2024). Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests. Ecography, 2024:6, e07187. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07187
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., and four co-authors, , (2024). Optimal representation of spring phenology for predicting photosynthetic productivity across the Northern Hemisphere forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 350, 109975. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109975
• Luu, H., Lutz, J., and three co-authors, , (2024). The importance of regeneration processes on forest biodiversity in old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Philosophical Transactions B, 379, 20230016. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0016
• Hulsmann, L., and 50 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2024). Latitudinal patterns in stabalizing density dependence in forest communities. Nature, 627, 564-571. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07118-4
• Perng, B., And 17 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2024). Mapping distribution of woody plant species richness from field rapid assessment and machine learning. Taiwania, 69:1, 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2024.69.1
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., (2023). Fire regimes of Utah: the past as prologue. Fire, 6:11, 423. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6110423
• Ku, C., and five co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Large-diameter trees buffer monsoonal changes to tree biomass over two decades. Plant Ecology234, 1037-1048. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01360-y
• Medeiros, C.D, and nine co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Predicting plant species climate niches on the basis of mechanistic traits. Functional Ecology, 37:11, 2786-2808. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14422
• Becker, K.M, Lutz, J., (2023). Predicting snag fall in an old-growth forest after fire. Fire Ecology, 19, 71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00225-z
• Delavaux, C., and 74 co-authors, including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence forest structure and diversity. Communications Biology, 6, 1066. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05410-z
• Becker, K.M, Lutz, J., (2023). Differences in regeneration niche mediate how disturbance severity and microclimate affect forest species composition.. Forest Ecology and Management, 544, 121190. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121190
• Qiu, T., and 88 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature Plants, 9, 1044-1056. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5
• Birch, J.D, and five co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Heading and backing fire behaviors mediate the influence of fuels on wildfire energy. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32:8, 1244-1261. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22010
• Francis, E., Lutz, J., Farrior, C., (2023). Elevated mortality rates of large trees allow for increased frequency of intermediate trees: a hypothesis supported by demographic model comparison with plot and LiDAR data. Forest Ecology and Management, 540, 121035. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121035
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., (2023). Spatial patterns of seedlings dominated by proximity to deadwood and adult trees for Pinus flexilis and Pinus longaeva. Forest Ecology and Management, 540, 121049. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121049
• Bogdziewicz, M., and 94 co-authors including, , Lutz, J., (2023). Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32:5, 683-694. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120845
• Becker, K.M, Lutz, J., (2023). Fire-caused mortality within tree neighborhoods increases growth of Pinus lambertiana more than growth of Abies concolor. Forest Ecology and Management, 533, 120845. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120845
• Verdú, M., Lutz, J., And 92 co-authors, , (2023). RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology, 104:2, e3923. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3923
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Struckman, S., Miesel, J., Karst, J., (2023). Large-diameter trees and deadwood correspond with belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal richness. Ecological Processes, 12:3, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00415-8
• Birch, J.D, Chikamoto, Y., DeRose, J., Vinicius, M., Hogg, E.H, Karst, J., Love, D.M, Lutz, J., (2022). Frost-induced defoliation in Populus tremuloides causes repeated growth reductions over 185 years. Ecosystems, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00799-w
• Howe, A.A, Parks, S.A, Harvey, B.J, Saberi, S.J, Lutz, J., Yocom, L., (2022). Comparing Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 for burn severity mapping in western North America. Remote Sensing, 14:20, 5249. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205249
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Karst, J., (2022). Dancing with Douglas-fir: Determinism dominates fungal community assembly processes. Journal of Ecology, 110:8, 1857-1870. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13910
• Ren, H., Svenning, J., Mi, X., Lutz, J., Zhou, J., Ma, K., (2022). Scale-dependent species-area relationship: niche-based versus stochastic processes in a typical subtropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 110:8, 1883-1895. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13924
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., Shugart, H., Wang, L., Liu, F., Yan, X., (2022). Continental-scale parameterization and prediction of leaf phenology for North Amerrican Forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31:8, 1603-1615. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13533
• Journé, V., Lutz, J., and 93 co-authors, , (2022). Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters, 25:6, 1471-1482. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012
• Teich, M., Becker, K., Raleigh, M., Lutz, J., (2022). Large-diameter trees affect snow duration in post-fire old-growth forests. Ecohydrology, 15:3, e2414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2414
• Germain, S.J, Lutz, J., (2022). Climate warming may weaken stabalizing mechanisms in old forests. Ecological Monographs, 92:2, e1508. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1508
• Piponiot, C., Lutz, J., And 59 co-authors, , (2022). Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world . New Phytologist, 234:5, 1664-1677.
• Needham, J., Lutz, J., and 48 co-authors, , (2022). Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forests. Global Change Biology, 28:9, 2895-2909. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/GCB.16100
• Qiu, T., Lutz, J., and 101 co-authors, , (2022). Limits to reproduction and seed size-number tradeoffs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. . Nature Communications, 13, 2381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9
• Šamonil, P., Lutz, J., and 12 co-authors, , (2022). Tree mortality may drive landscape formation: comparative study from ten temperate forests. Ecosystems, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00755-8
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., Shugart, H.H, Yan, X., (2022). Predicting soil mineralized nitrogen dynamics with fine root growth and microbial processes in temperate forests. Biogeochemistry, 158, 21-37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00883-8
• Furniss, T.J, Das, A.J, van Mantgem, P.J, Stephenson, N.L, Lutz, J., (2022). Crowding, climate, and the case for social distancing among trees. Ecological Applications, 32:2, e2507. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2507
• Gonzalez-Akre, E., Lutz, J., And 25 co-authors, , (2022). allo-db: An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13:2, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13756
• Cansler, C.A, Lutz, J., And 7 co-authors, , (2022). Postfire treatments alter forest canopy structure up to three decades after fire. Forest Ecology and Management, 505, 119872. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119872
• Zhang, J., Lutz, J., And 11 co-authors, , (2022). Drone-acquired data reveal the importance of forest canopy structure in predicting tree diversity. Forest Ecology and Management, 505, 119945. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119945
• Anderson-Teixeira, K., Lutz, J., and 29 co-authors, , (2022). Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests. Global Change Biology, 28:1, 245-266. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15934
• Churchill, D.J, Lutz, J., And 7 co-authors, , (2022). Post-fire landscape evaluations in eastern Washington, USA: Assessing the work of contemporty wildfires. Forest Ecology and Management, 504, 119796. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119796
• Cansler, C.A, Lutz, J., And 7 co-authors, , (2022). Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity. Forest Ecology and Management, 504, 119764. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119764
• Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., And 6 co-authors, , (2022). Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain Regions. Forest Ecology and Management, 504, 119680. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119680
• Zhong, Y., Lutz, J., And 93 Co-Authors, , (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal-associated trees drive the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide. Nature Communications, 12, Article 3137. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3
• Birch, J., Lutz, J., Turner, B., Karst, J., (2021). Divergent, age-associated fungal communities of Pinus flexilis and Pinus longaeva. Forest Ecology and Management, 494, 119277. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119277
• Germain, S., Lutz, J., (2021). Shared friends counterbalance shared enemies in old forests. Ecology, 102, e03495. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3495
• Lutz, J., Struckman, S., Germain, S., Furniss, T., (2021). The importance of large-diameter trees to the creation of snag and deadwood biomass. Ecological Processes, 10, 28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00299-0
• Lutz, J., Struckman, S., Furniss, T.J, Birch, J.D, Yocom, L., McAvoy, D., (2021). Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA. Ecological Processes, 10, 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00275-0
• Sedio, B., Lutz, J., And 25 Co-Authors, , (2021). Chemical similarity of co-occuring trees decreases with precipitation and temperature in North American forests. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 679638. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679638
• Davies, S.J, Lutz, J., And 156 Co-authors, , (2021). ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. Biological Conservation, 253, 108907. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907
• Clark, J., Lutz, J., And 61 Co-authors, , (2021). Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects. Nature Communications, 12, 1242. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20836-3
• Germain, S.J, Lutz, J., (2020). Climate extremes may be more important than climate means when predicting species range shifts. Climatic Change, 163, 589-598. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02868-2
• Feng, J., Lutz, J., And 12 co-authors, , (2020). Mycorrhizal type influences plant density dependence and species richness across 15 temperate forests. Ecology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3259
• Shabbir, A., Zhang, J., Groninger, J., van Etten, E., Sarkodie, S., Lutz, J., Valencia, C., (2020). Seasonal weather and climate prediction over area burned in grasslands of northeast China. Scientific Reports, 10, 19961. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76191-2
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., Wang, L., Shugart, H.H, Yan, X., (2020). Using climate-driven leaf phenology and growth to improve predictions of photosynthesis in North American forests.. Global Change Biology, 26:12, 6974-6988. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15349
• Tamjidi, J., Lutz, J., (2020). The post-fire assembly process of tree species based on spatial analysis of a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Fire, 3:4, 72. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040072
• Shabbir, A., Lutz, J., And 5 co-authors, , (2020). Seasonal weather and climate prediction over area burned in grasslands of northeast China. Scientific Reports, 10, 19961. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76191-2
• Tamjidi, J., Lutz, J., (2020). Soil enzyme activity and soil nutrients jointly influence post-fire habitat models in mixed-conifer forests of Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Fire, 3:4, 1-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040054
• van Wagtendonk, J.W, Moore, P.E, Yee, J.L, Lutz, J., (2020). The distribution of woody species in relation to climate and fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Fire Ecology, 16:22, 1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-020-00079-9
• Ng, J., North, M.P, Arditti, A.J, Cooper, M.R, Lutz, J., (2020). Topographic variation in tree group and gap structure in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests with active fire regimes. Forest Ecology and Management, 472, 118220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118220
• Furniss, T.J, Larson, A.J, Kane, V.R, Lutz, J., (2020). Wildfire and drought moderate the spatial elements of tree mortality. Ecosphere, 11:8, e03214. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3214
• Povak, N., Churchill, D., Cansler, C., Hessburg, P., Kane, V., Kane, J., Lutz, J., Larson, A., (2020). Wildfire severity and postfire salvage harvest effects on long-term forest regeneration. Ecosphere, 11:8, e03199. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3199
• Rittger, K., Raleigh, M.S, Hill, A.F, Lutz, J., Dozier, J., Painter, T.H, (2020). Canopy adjustment and improved cloud detection for remotely sensed snow cover mapping. Water Resources Reearch, 56:6, e2019WR024914. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR024914
• Shabbir, A., Zhang, J., Johnston, J., Sarkodie, S., Lutz, J., Liu, X., (2020). Predicting the influence of climate on grassland area burned in Xilingol, China with dynamic simulations of autoregressive distributed lag models. PLoS ONE, 15:4, e0229894. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229894
• Lysgaard, C., HilleRisLambers, J., Lutz, J., Metz, M., (2020). The challenges of early life for coniferous trees of the Pacific Northwest.. Douglasia, 44:2, 9-12.
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., Shugart, H.H, Yan, X., (2020). A physiological model for predicting dynamics of stem-wood nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees. Journal of Ecology, 108:2, 702-718. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13274
• Jeronimo, S., Lutz, J., Kane, V.R, Larson, A.J, Franklin, J.F, (2020). Burn weather and three-dimensional fuel structure determine post-fire tree mortality.. Landscape Ecology, 35, 859-878. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-00983-0
• Furniss, T.J, Kane, V.R, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., (2020). Detecting actual tree mortality with satellite-derived spectral indices and estimating landscape-level uncertainty. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237, 111497. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111497
• Levine, C.R, Lutz, J., And 8 Co-Authors, , (2019). Estimating historical forest density from land-survey data: A response to Baker and Williams (2018). Ecological Applications, 29:8, e01968. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1968
• Menge, D.N, Lutz, J., And 73 Co-Authors, , (2019). Rarity of nitrogen-fixing trees in Asia suggests lower potential for carbon sequestration. Journal of Ecology, 107:6, 2598-2610. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13199
• Rittger, K., Lutz, J., And 4 Co-Authors, , (2019). Canopy adjustment and improved cloud detection for remotely sensed snow cover mapping. Water Resources Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR024914
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., And 5 Co-Authors, , (2019). Density-dependent processes fluctuate over 50 years in an ecotone forest. Oecologia, 19:4, 909-918. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04534-6
• Stenzel, J.E, Lutz, J., And 8 Co-Authors, , (2019). Hitting a snag in estimating carbon emissions from wildfires. Global Change Biology, 25:11, 3985-3994. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14716
• Fang, J., Lutz, J., Shugart, H.H, Yan, X., (2019). A physiological model for predicting dynamics of stem-wood nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees. Journal of Ecology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13274
• Engone-Obiang, N.L, Lutz, J., And 5 Co-Authors, , (2019). Determinants of spatial patterns of canopy tree species in a tropical evergreen forest in Gabon. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30:5, 929-939. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12778
• Shabir, A.H, Zhang, J., Liu, X., Lutz, J., Valencia, C., Johnson, J.D, (2019). Determining the sensitivity of grassland area burned to climate variation in Xilingol, China with an autoregressive distributed lag approach. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28:8, 628-639. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18171
• Ren, H., Lutz, J., 19 co-authors, , (2019). Environment- and trait-mediated scaling of tree occupancy in forests worldwide. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 1155-1167. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12922
• Cansler, C.A, Swanson, M.E, Furniss, T.J, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., (2019). Fuel dynamics after reintroduced fire in an old-growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Fire Ecology, 15:16, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0035-y
• Steady, W.D, Lutz, J., E., Smith, A.M, (2019). The survival of Pinus ponderosa saplings to increasing levels of fire intensity and impacts on post-fire growth.. Fire, 2:23, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2020023
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Hogg, E.H, Simard, S.W, Pelletier, R., LaRoi, G.H, Karst, J., (2019). Decline of an ecotone forest: 50 years of demography in the southern boreal forest. Ecosphere, 10:4, e02698. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2698
• Blomdahl, E.M, Thompson, C.M, Kane, J.R, Vane, V.R, Churchill, D.J, Moskal, L.M, Lutz, J., (2019). Forest structure predictive of fisher (Pekania pennanti) dens exists in recently burned forest in Yosemite, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 444, 174-186. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016
• Bishop, M., Furniss, T.J, Mock, K.E, Lutz, J., (2019). Genetic and spatial structuring of Populus tremuloides in a mixed-species forest of southwestern Utah, USA. Western North American Naturalist, 79:1, 63-71.
• Macriss, N., Furniss, T.J, Jeronimo, S.M, Crowley, E.L, Germain, O.W, Germain, S.J, Kane, V.R, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., (2019). Data for tree mortality calibration of satellite and LiDAR-derived fire severity estimates. Utah State University Digital Commons, doi: https://doi.org/10.26078/jsz1-3980 *
• Chu, C., Lutz, J., Seventy co-authors, , (2019). Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees. Ecology Letters, 22:2, 245-255. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13175
• Jeronimo, S.M, Kane, V.R, Churchill, D.J, Lutz, J., North, M.P, Asner, G.P, Franklin, J.F, (2019). Forest structure and pattern vary by climate and landform across active-fire landscapes in the montane Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management, 437, 70-86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.033
• Ellison, A.M, Lutz, J., Co-Authors, S., (2019). Species diversity associated with foundation species in temperate and tropical forests. Forests, 10:2, 128. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10020128
• Furniss, T.J, Larson, A.J, Kane, V.R, Lutz, J., (2019). Multi-scale assessment of post-fire tree mortality models. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28:1, 46-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18031
• Blomdahl, E.M, Kolden, C.A, Meddens, A.J, Lutz, J., (2019). The importance of small fire refugia in the central Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 432, 1041-1052. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.038
• Lutz, J., Furniss, T.J, Becker, K.M, Blomdahl, E.M, Germain, S.J, 9., (2018). Global importance of large-diameter trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27:7, 849-864. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12747
• Meddens, A.J, Kolden, C.A, Lutz, J., six other authors, , (2018). Fire refugia: What are they and why do they matter for global change? . BioScience, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy103
• Cansler, C.A, Swanson, M.E, Furniss, T.J, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., (2018). Data for pre-fire and post-fire surface fuel loading in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Utah State University Digital Commons, doi: https://doi.org/10.15142/T3G93X *
• LaManna, J., Lutz, J., 46 co-authors, , Myers, J., (2018). Response to Chisholm and Fung Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale” . Science, 360:6391, eaar5245. doi: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6391/eaar5245
• LaManna, J., Lutz, J., 46 co-authors, , Myers, J., (2018). Response to Hulsmann and Hartig Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science, 360:6391, eaar3824. doi: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6391/eaar3824
• Smith, A.A, Lutz, J., Hoffman, C.M, Williamson, G., Hudak, A.T, (2018). Preface: Special issue on wildland fires. Land, 7:2, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land7020046
• Das, A., Larson, A., Lutz, J., (2018). Individual species-area relationships in temperate coniferous forests. Journal of Vegetation Science , 29:2, 317-324. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12611
• Meddens, A.J, Kolden, C.A, Lutz, J., Abatzoglou, J., Hudak, A., (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns of unburned areas within fire perimeters in the northwestern United States from 1984 to 2014. Ecosphere, 9:2, 1-16. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2029
• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Swanson, M.E, (2018). Advancing fire science with large forest plots and a long-term multidisciplinary approach. Fire, 1:1, 1-7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire1010005
• LaManna, J.A, Lutz, J., 46 co-authors, , Myers, J.A, (2017). Negative density dependence contributes to global patterns of plant biodiversity. Science, 356, 1389-1392.
• Furniss, T.J, Lutz, J., (2017). Reconciling niches and neutrality in a subalpine temperate forest. Ecosphere, 8:6, Article01847.
• Levine, C.R, Cogbill, C.V, Collins, B.M, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., North, M.P, Restaino, C.M, Safford, H.D, Stephens, S.L, Battles, J.J, (2017). Evaluating a new method for reconstructing forest conditions from General Land Office survey records. Ecological Applications, 27:5, 1498-1513.
• Lutz, J., Furniss, T.J, Germain, S.J, Becker, K.M, Blomdahl, E.M, Jeronimo, S.M, Cansler, C.A, Freund, J.A, Swanson, M.E, Larson, A.J, (2017). Shrub communities, spatial patterns, and shrub-mediated tree mortality following reintroduced fire in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Fire Ecology, 13:1, 104-126.
• Abatzoglu, J.T, Kolden, C.A, Williams, A.P, Lutz, J., Smith, A.M, (2017). Climatic influences on interannual variability in regional burn severity across western US forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 26:4, 269-275.
• Lutz, J., Matchett, J.R, Tarnay, L.W, Smith, D.F, Becker, K.M, Furniss, T.J, Brooks, M.L, (2017). Fire and the distribution and uncertainty of carbon sequestered as aboveground tree biomass in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Land, 6:10, 1-24.
• Smith, A.M, Lutz, J., 11 co-authors, , (2017). Impacts of fire radiative energy density doses on Pinus contorta and Larix occidentalis seedling physiology and mortality. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 26:1, 82-94.
• Becker, K.M, Lutz, J., (2016). Can low-severity fire reverse overstory compositional change in montane forests of the Sierra Nevada, USA?. Ecosphere, 7:12, e01484. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1484
• Herrmann, V., McMahon, S.M, Detto, M., Lutz, J., Davies, S.J, Chang-Yang, C., Anderson-Teixeira, K.J, (2016). Tree circumference dynamics over short time scales using automated dendrometer bands in four forests. PLOS ONE, 11:12, e0169020. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169020
• Stavros, E.N, Tane, Z., Kane, V.R, Veraverbeke, S., McGaughey, R.J, Lutz, J., Ramirez, C., Schimel, D., (2016). Unprecedented remote sensing data over the King and Rim megafires in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Ecology, 97:11, 3244. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1577
• Meddens, A.J, Kolden, C.A, Lutz, J., (2016). Detecting unburned islands within fire perimeters using Landsat and ancillary data across the northwestern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186, 275-285. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.08.023
• Larson, A.J, Cansler, C.A, Cowdery, S.G, Hebert, S., Furniss, T.J, Swanson, M.E, Lutz, J., (2016). Post-fire morel (Morchella) mushroom production, spatial structure, and harvest sustainability. Forest Ecology and Management, 377, 16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.038
• Memiaghe, H., Lutz, J., Korte, L., Alonson, A., Kenfack, D., (2016). Ecological importance of small-diameter trees to the structure, diversity, and biomass of a tropical evergreen forest at Rabi, Gabon. PLOS ONE, 11:5, e0154988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154988
• Smith, A.M, Kolden, C.A, Lutz, J., A., (2016). The science of firescapes: achieving fire resilient communities. Bioscience, 66:2, 130-146. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv182
• Smith, A.M, Sparks, A.M, Lutz, J., A., (2016). Towards a new paradigm in fire severity research using dose-response experiments. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25:2, 158-166. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF15130
• Kolden, C.A, Abatzoglu, J.T, Lutz, J., Cansler, C.A, Kane, J.T, van Wagtendonk, J.W, Key, C.H, (2015). Climate contributors to forest mosaics: ecological persistence following wildfire. Northwest Science, 89:3, 219-238. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3955/046.089.030
• Dickerson-Lange, S.E, Lutz, J., Gersonde, R., Martin, K.A, Forsyth, J.E, Lundquist, J.D, (2015). Observations of distributed snow depth and snow duration within diverse forest structures in a maritime mountain watershed. Water Resources Research, 51:11, 9353-9366. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017873
• Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., Donato, D.C, Freund, J.A, Swanson, M.E, HilleRisLambers, J., Sprugel, D.G, Franklin, J.F, (2015). Spatial aspects of tree mortality strongly differ between young and old-growth forests. Ecology, 96:11, 2855-2861. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-0628.1
• Lutz, J., (2015). The evolution of long-term data for forestry: large temperate research plots in an era of global change. Northwest Science, 89:3, 255-269. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3955/046.089.0306
• Kane, V.R, Cansler, C.A, Povak, N.A, Kane, J.T, McGaughey, R.J, Lutz, J., Churchill, D.J, North, M.P, (2015). Mixed severity fire effects within the Rim fire: Relative importance of local climate, fire weather, topography, and forest structure. Forest Ecology and Management, 358, 62-79. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.001
• Barth, M.A, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., (2015). Use of a forest reconstruction model to assess changes to Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest during the fire suppression era. Forest Ecology and Management, 354, 104-118. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.030
• Mark, H.E, Fasth, B., Halpern, C.B, Lutz, J., (2015). Uncertainty analysis: an evaluation metric for synthesis science. Ecosphere, 6, art63. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00235.1
• Anderson-Teixeira, K.J, Davies, S.J, Lutz, J., 85 other authors, , (2015). CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change. Global Change Biology, 21:2, 528-549. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712
• Dickerson-Lange, S.E, Lutz, J., Martin, K.A, Raleigh, M.S, Gersonde, R., Lundquist, J.D, (2015). Evaluating observational methods to quantify snow duration under diverse forest canopies. Water Resources Research, 51:2, 1203-1224. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015744
• Freund, J.A, Franklin, J.F, Lutz, J., (2015). Structure of early old-growth Douglas-fir forests in the Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and Management, 335, 11-25. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.023
• Kane, V.R, Lutz, J., Cansler, C.A, Povak, N.A, Churchill, D., Smith, D.F, Kane, J.T, North, M.M, (2015). Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns. Forest Ecology and Management, 338, 1-13. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.038
• Rejou-Mechain, M., Muller-Landau, H.C, Lutz, J., 59 co-authors, , (2014). Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks. Biogeosciences, 11, 6827-6840.
• Erickson, D.L, Jones, F.A, Swenson, N.G, Pei, N., Lutz, J., T., (2014). Comparative evolutionary diversity and phylogenetic structure across multiple forest dynamics plots: a mega-phylogeny approach. Frontiers in Genetics, 5:358, 1-14. doi: fgene.2014.00358
• Kane, V.R, North, M., Lutz, J., Churchill, D., Roberts, S.L, Smith, D.F, McGaughey, R.J, Kane, J.T, Brooks, M.L, (2014). Assessing fire-mediated change to forest spatial structure using a fusion of Landsat and airborne LiDAR data in Yosemite National Park. Remote Sensing of Environment, 151, 89-101.
• Freund, J.A, Larson, A.J, Franklin, J.F, Lutz, J., (2014). Multi-decadal establishment for single-cohort Douglas-fir forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44:9, 1068-1078. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2013-0533
• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Furniss, T.J, Freund, J.A, Swanson, M.E, Donato, D.C, Bible, K.J, Chen, J., Franklin, J.F, (2014). Spatially non-random tree mortality and ingrowth maintain equilibrium pattern in an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forest. Ecology, 95:8, 2047-2054. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0157.1
• Lutz, J., Schwindt, K.A, Furniss, T.J, Freund, J.A, Swanson, M.E, Hogan, K.I, Kenagy, G.E, Larson, A.J, (2014). Community composition and allometry of Leucothoe davisiae, Cornus sericea, and Chrysolepis sempervirens. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44:6, 677-683. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2013-0524
• Michel, L.A, Peppe, D.J, Lutz, J., Driese, S.G, Dunsworth, H.M, Harcourt-Smith, W.E, Horner, W.H, Lehmann, T., Nightingale, S., McNulty, K.P, (2014). Remnants of an early forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes. Nature Communications, 5:3236, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4236
• Halpern, C.B, Lutz, J., (2013). Canopy closure exerts weak controls on understory dynamics: a 30-year study of overstory-understory interactions. Ecological Monographs, 83:2, 221-237.
• Martin, K.A, Van Stan, II, J.T, Dickerson-Lange, S.E, Lutz, J., Berman, J.W, Gersonde, R., Lundquist, J.D, (2013). Development and testing of a snow interceptometer to quantify canopy water storage and interception processes in the rain/snow transition zone of the North Cascades, Washington, USA. Water Resources Research, 49:6, 324303256.
• Raleigh, M.S, Rittger, K., Moore, C.E, Henn, B., Lutz, J., Lundquist, J.D, (2013). Ground-based testing of MODIS fractional snow cover in subalpine meadows and forests of the Sierra Nevada. Remote Sensing of Environment, 128, 44-57.
• Kane, V.R, Lutz, J., Roberts, S.L, Smith, D.F, McGaughey, R.J, Povak, N.A, Brooks, M.L, (2013). Landscape-scale effects of fire severity on mixed-conifer and red fir forest structure in Yosemite National Park. Forest Ecology and Management, 287, 17-31.
• Lundquist, J.D, Dickerson-Lange, S.E, Lutz, J., Cristea, N., (2013). Lower forest density enhances snow retention in regions with warmer winters: A global framework developed from plot-scale observations and modeling. Water Resources Research
• Churchill, D., Larson, A.J, Dahlgreen, M.C, Franklin, J.F, Hessburg, P.F, Lutz, J., (2013). Restoring forest resilience: from reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management, 291, 442-457.
• Chisholm, R.A, Muller-Landau, H.C, Lutz, J., 63 co-authors, , (2013). Scale-dependent relationships between species richness and ecosystem function in forests. Journal of Ecology, 101, 1214-1224.
• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Freund, J.A, Swanson, M.E, Bible, K.J, (2013). The ecological importance of large-diameter trees to forest structural heterogeneity. PLOS ONE
• Gabrielson, A.T, Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., Reardon, J.J, (2012). Biomass and burning characteristics of sugar pine cones. Fire Ecology, 8:3, 58-70.
• Lutz, J., Miller, J.D, Collins, B.M, Stephens, S.L, van Wagtendonk, J.W, Yasuda, D.A, (2012). Differences in wildfires among ecoregions and land management agencies in the Sierra Nevada region, California, USA. Ecosphere, 3:9, 80.
• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Swanson, M.E, Freund, J.A, (2012). Ecological importance of large-diameter trees in a temperate mixed-conifer forest. PLOS ONE, 7:5, e36131.
• Fisher, E.V, Mackay, K.M, Cusak, D.F, DeSantis, L.G, Hartzell-Nichols, L., Lutz, J., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Meyer, R., Riveros-Iregui, D.A, Sorte, C.B, Taylor, J.R, White, S.A, (2012). Is pre-tenure interdisciplinary research a career risk?. Eos, 93:32, 311-312.
• Kolden, C.A, Lutz, J., Key, C.H, Kane, J.T, van Wagtendonk, J.W, (2012). Mapped versus actual burned area within wildfire perimeters: characterizing the unburned. Forest Ecology and Management, 286, 38-47.
• Lutz, J., Martin, K.A, Lundquist, J.D, (2012). Using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing to measure ground surface temperature in thinned and unthinned forests. Northwest Science, 86:2, 108-121.
• Lutz, J., Key, C.H, Kolden, C.A, Kane, J.T, van Wagtendonk, J.W, (2011). Fire frequency, area burned, and severity: A quantitative approach to defining a normal fire year. Fire Ecology, 7:2, 51-65.
• Lutz, J., van Wagtendonk, J.W, Franklin, J.F, (2010). Climatic water deficit, tree species ranges, and climate change in Yosemite National Park. Journal of Biogeography, 37:5, 936-950.
• Kane, V.R, Bakker, J.D, McGaughey, R.J, Lutz, J., Gersonde, R., Franklin, J.F, (2010). Examining conifer canopy structural complexity across forest ages and zones with LiDAR data. Canadian Journal of Forest Research , 40:4, 774-787.
• Lutz, J., Littell, J.S, O'neil, E.E, McKenzie, D., Hicke, J.A, Norheim, R.A, Elsnet, M.M, (2010). Forest ecosystems, disturbance, and climatic change in Washington State, USA. Climatic Change, 102:1-2, 129-158.
• Lutz, J., van Wagtendonk, J.W, Thode, A.E, Miller, J.D, Franklin, J.F, (2009). Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18:7, 765-774.
• Sprugel, D.G, Rascher, K.G, Gersonde, R., Dovčiak, M., Lutz, J., Halpern, C.B, (2009). Spatially explicit modeling of overstory manipulations in young forests: effects on stand structure and light. Ecological Modelling, 220:24, 3565-3575.
• Lutz, J., van Wagtendonk, J.W, Franklin, J.F, (2009). Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 257:11, 2296-2307.
• Kane, V.R, Gillespie, A.R, McGaughey, R.J, Lutz, J., Ceder, K., Franklin, J.F, (2008). Interpretation and topographic correction of conifer forest canopy self-shadowing using spectral mixture analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112:10, 3820–3832. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.001
• Lutz, J., Freund, J.A, Hagmann, R.K, Kane, V.R, Larson, A.J, Franklin, J.F, (2008). Mid-career graduate students in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 6:7, 392-393. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2008)6[392:MGSIE]2.0.CO;2
• L., R.S, W., v.J, A., K.D, K., M.A, Lutz, J., (2008). Modeling the effects of fire severity and spatial complexity on small mammals in Yosemite National Park, California. Fire Ecology, 4:2, 83-104.
• Larson, A.J, Lutz, J., Gersonde, R.F, Franklin, J.F, Hietpas, F.F, (2008). Productivity influences the rate of forest structural development. Ecological Applications, 18, 899-910. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/07-1191.1
• van Wagtendonk, J.W, Lutz, J., (2007). Fire regime attributes of wildland fires in Yosemite National Park, USA. Fire Ecology, 3:2, 34-52. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.0302034
• Lutz, J., Halpern, C.B, (2006). Tree mortality during early forest development: a long-term study of rates, causes, and consequences. Ecological Monographs, 76:2, 257-275. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615(2006)076[0257:TMDEFD]2.0.CO;2

Public or Trade Journal

• Knox, J., Lutz, J., (2016). Utah Forest Dynamics Plot. UCLS Newsletter, 4:15, 5-8. *
• Knox, J., Lutz, J., (2015). The Utah Forest Dynamics Plot. California Surveyor, 182, 20-26. *
• Knox, J., Lutz, J., (2010). Return to the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot. California Surveyor, 163, 10-12. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Kane, V.R, (2021). Using multi-scale spatial data to improve predictions of immediate and delayed post-fire mortality. Joint Fire Science Program *
• Kane, V.R, Kane, J.T, Lutz, J., Franklin, J.F, (2016). Integrated, observation-based carbon monitoring for wooded ecosystems in Washington, Oregon, and California: Results of LiDAR-based mapping of biomass. *
• Lutz, J., Larson, A.J, Becker, K.M, Furniss, T.J, Blomdahl, E., Germaine, S.J, Swanson, M.E, (2016). Post Rim Fire assessment of fuel consumption and mortaity in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot. Final Report to the National Park Service.. *
• Kane, V.R, Farris, C., Kane, J.T, LeFevre, M., Jeronimo, S., Lutz, J., Churchill, D., (2016). Forest structure patterns across Crater Lake National Park from LiDAR data. Report to the National Park Service *
• Matchett, J.R, Lutz, J., Tarnay, L.W, Smith, D.G, Becker, K.M, Brooks, M.L, (2015). Impacts of fire management on aboveground tree carbon stocks in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. National Park Service
• Becker, K.M, Lutz, J., (2014). Annually resolved impacts of fire management on carbon stocks in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. *

Other Reports

• Janík, D., Král, K., Adam, D., Vrška, T., Lutz, J., (2018). ForestGEO Dead Wood Census Protocol. Smithsonian ForestGEO

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

• Birch, J.D, Chikamoto, Y., Lutz, J., (2025). Data for "Large projected increases in area burned and wildfire frequency by 2050 in Utah, USA" . Utah State University
• Struckman, S., Jess, R., DeRose, R.J, Lutz, J., (2025). PYFDP Yosemite National Park - QUKE - ITRDB CA749. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• O'Dwyer, J., Lutz, J., Schappe, T., Alegre, D., Black, A., Grunwald, N., Jones, F.A, (2025). Data for Genomic demography predicts community dynamics in a temperate montane forest. Dryad
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, R.J, Lutz, J., (2024). Picea pungens (PCPU UT576) tree-ring chronology for Cedar Breaks National Monument. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Struckman, S., Miesel, J., Karst, J., (2022). Data for gridding. Utah State University
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Karst, J., (2022). Data for dancing. Utah State University
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., (2022). Utah Forest Dynamics Plot - PPTR - ITRDB UT556. International Tree-Ring Data Bank *
• Germain, S.J, Lutz, J., (2021). Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot Dead Trees - PILA - ITRDB CA727. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information *
• Germain, S.J, Lutz, J., (2021). Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot Living Trees - PILA - ITRDB CA728. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information *
• Birch, J.D, Lutz, J., Karst, J., (2021). Data from Divergent, age-associated fungal communities of Pinus flexilis and Pinus longaeva. Utah State University *
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2020). Abies bifolia (ABBI) tree-ring chronology for Cedar Breaks National Monument. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2020). Picea engelmannii (PCEN) tree-ring chronology for Cedar Breaks National Monument. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2020). Pinus flexilis (PIFL) tree-ring chronology for Cedar Breaks National Monument. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• Birch, J.D, DeRose, J., Lutz, J., (2020). Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) tree-ring chronology for Cedar Breaks National Monument. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• Picotte, J., And 19 Co-authors, , Lutz, J., (2020). Composite Burn Index (CBI) Data for the Conterminous US, Collected Between 1996 and 2018. US Geological Survey
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