UFRI Publication Archive
The UFRI Publication Archive includes scientific publications, forest science briefs, and our annual reports. When possible, we include PDF copies of publications, otherwise we link to external journals. If you need assistance accessing a publication, please contact UFRI at ufri@usu.edu.
| Year | Authors | Title | Topics | Publication | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UFRI | Utah Forest Restoration Institute Annual Report 2025 | Annual Report | Publication | |
| 2024 | Nesbit et al. | Stand composition and development stage affect fuel characteristics of quaking aspen forests in Utah, USA | quaking aspen, fire, regeneration, fuel load, fuel moisture, fire behavior | Canadian Journal of Forest Research | Publication |
| 2024 | Evans et al. | Tree rings reveal the transient risk of extinction hidden inside climate envelope forecasts | biodiversity, climate change, scale, species distribution modeling, time-series data, dendrochronology, tree rings |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Publication |
| 2024 | Klimas et al. | A machine learning model to predict wildfire burn severity for pre-fire risk assessments, Utah, USA | pre-fire risk, burn severity, machine learning model, vegetation regeneration, carbon dynamics, hydrology, erosion, | Springer Nature Link | Publication |
| 2024 | Senfeldr et al. | Variable climate-growth relationships of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) among Sky Island mountain ranges in the Great Basin, Nevada, USA | Great Basin, climate, growth, dendroecology, drought, quaking aspen, precipitation, tree rings | Forest Ecology and Management | Publication |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Ancient blue spruce hiding among Engelmann spruce | climate change, dendroclimatology, Engelmann spruce, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Pine seedlings regenerate close to large deadwood and mature trees | Great Basin bristlecone pine, Limber pine, seedling recruitment, spatial statistics, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Growing season frost defoliates aspen and reduces growth by 40% | aspen, blue ring, climate, dendroecology, heterospecific competition, T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot, white ring | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Large trees promote belowground fungal diversity | belowground ecology, ectomycorrhizal fungi, Pinus flexilis, Pinus longaeva, saprotrophic fungi, spatial dynamics, Smithsonian ForestGEO, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Fungi benefit Limber pine and Bristlecone pine | dendroecology, ectomycorrhizal, Great Basin Bristlecone pine, Limber pine, plant-soil (belowground) interactions, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | High deadwood loadings decades after spruce beetle outbreak | Cedar Breaks National Monument, dendroctonus refipennis, Utah Forest Dynamics Plot, vertical fuel structure | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | High overlap of fungi across the range of Douglas-fir | belowground dynamics, community assembly, ectomycorrhizal fungi, neutral theory, niche theory, old growth, plant-soil (belowground) interactions, Pseudotsuga menziesii | Lutz | Brief |
| 2024 | Lutz, J.A., Birch, J.D. | Medium-sized fires burn less severely than large fires | burn severity, dNBR, fire effects, fire size, spruce-fir, aspen, interior Douglas-fir, sagebrush steppe | Lutz | Brief |
| 2023 | DeRose et al. | What Does it Mean to be a Silviculturist? | art, complexity, creativity, flexibility, innovation, silviculture, forestry, management, Utah forests | Journal of Forestry | Publication |
| 2023 | DeRose, R.J. | Conserving lodgepole pine genetic diversity in the face of uncertainty | cone serotiny, disturbance, marginal populations, no-action management, peripheral populations, range limit, silviculture, lodgepole pine, biodiversity, management, fire, Utah forests | Forest Ecology and Management | Publication |
| 2023 | Nesbit et al. | Tamm Review: Quaking Aspen's Influence on Fire Occurrence, Behavior, and Severity | quaking aspen, fire activity, fire behavior, fuel break, fire risk reduction, Utah forests | Forest Ecology and Management | Publication |
| 2016 | DeRose et al. | Dendrochronology of Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little) | anisohydric, dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, drought-sensitive, pinyon-juniper, Utah juniper, climate change, precipitation | Tree Ring Research | Publication |
