Publications

2024

Klimas, K.B., L.L. Yocom, B.P. Murphy, S.R. David, P.B. Belmont, J.A. Lutz, R.J. DeRose, and S.A. Wall. 2024. A machine learning model to predict wildfire burn severity for pre-fire risk assessments, Utah, USA. Fire Ecology. (in press)

Nesbit, K.A. L.L. Yocom, A.M. Trudgeon, P.C. Rogers, D.J. McAvoy, E. Lane, and R.J. DeRose. Stand composition and developmental stage affect flammability of quaking aspen forests in Utah, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. (link)

Birch, J. D., R.J. DeRose, and J. A. Lutz. 2024. Spruce up your climate analysis: Dendroclimatology of Picea engelmannii and Picea pungens. Ecosphere 15:e70047. (link)

Evans, M.E.K., Dey, S.M.N., Heilman, K.A., Tipton, J.R., DeRose, R.J., Klesse, S., Schultz, E.L., Shaw, J.D., 2024. Tree rings reveal the transient risk of extinction hidden inside climate envelope forecasts. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121, e2315700121. (link)

Senfeldr, M., D.J. Shinneman, S.K. McIlroy, P.C. Rogers, and R.J. DeRose. 2024. Climate-growth relationships of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Great Basin, Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management. 554 (121664). (link)

2023

DeRose, R.J., M.A. Windmuller-Campione, K.M. Waring, A.S. Nelson, J.N. Long, and M. Nobel. 2023. What does it mean to be a silviculturist? Journal of Forestry 122(2):185-193. (link)

Kusbach, A., P. Dujka, J. Šebesta, P. Lukeš, R.J. DeRose, and P. Maděra. 2023 Ecological classification can help with assisted plant migration in forestry, nature conservation, and landscape planning. Forest Ecology and Management 546:121349. (link)

DeRose, R.J. 2023. Conserving lodgepole pine genetic diversity in the face of uncertainty. Forest Ecology and Management 545:121235. (link)

Cabon, A., R.J. DeRose, J.D. Shaw, and W.R.L. Anderegg. 2023. Declining tree growth resilience mediates subsequent stand mortality in the U.S. Mountain West. Global Change Biology 29(17):4826-4841. (link)

Ols, C., R.J. DeRose, M.P. Girardin, M.E.K. Evans, S. Klesse, and V. Trouet. 2023. Detrending climate data prior to climate-growth analyses in dendroecology: a common best practice? Dendrochronologia 126094. (link)

Nesbit, K, R.J. DeRose, A.M. Trudgeon, P.C. Rogers, and L.L. Yocom. 2023. Quaking aspen’s influence on fire occurrence, behavior, and severity. Forest Ecology and Management, TAMM Review 521:120752. (link)

Finley, J.B., E. Robinson, and R.J. DeRose. 2023. Arroyo formation impacts on an early dryland agricultural community in northeastern Utah, USA. Geoarchaeology 38(1):109-126. (link)

2022

Birch, J.D., Y. Chikamoto, R.J. DeRose, V. Manvailer, E.H. Hogg, J. Karst, D.M. Love, and J.A. Lutz. In press. Frost-associated defoliation in Populus tremuloides causes repeated growth reductions over 185 years. Ecosystems 1-17. (link)

Watts, J., A. Brunelle, S. Brewer, B.J. Bentz, J.L. Morris, and R.J. DeRose. 2022. A Holocene record of mountain pine beetle outbreak at Lake of the Woods, Montana, USA. Western North American Naturalist 82(3):524-536. (link)

Blomdahl, E.M., J.H. Speer, M. Kaye, N.E. Zampieri, M. Rochner, B. Currey, D. Alving, G. Cahalan, B. Hagedorn, H. Li, R. Oelkers, L. Pelletier, I. Thapa, K. Willson, B.D. Woodward, and R.J. DeRose. 2022. Drivers of vegetation change in high elevation forests of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Journal of Vegetation Science 33:1-14. (link)

R.J. DeRose, Z. Merrill, M. Rochner, and M.F. Bekker. 2022. Variable demographic patterns interact with disturbance and climate to shape limber pine population viability. Proceedings of the Hi5-II Meeting. (link)

Giebink, C.L. R.J. DeRose, M. Castle, J.D. Shaw, and M.E.K. Evans. 2022. Climatic sensitivities derived from tree rings improve predictions of the Forest Vegetation Simulator growth and yield model. Forest Ecology and Management 517:120256. (link)

Giebink, C.L., D.J.P. Moore, G.M. Domke, K.A. Heilman, M.E.K. Evans, R.J. DeRose, and R.A. Fisher. 2022. The policy and ecology of forest-based climate mitigation: Pitfalls, needs and opportunities. Plant and Soil 1-28. special issue on Enhanced Natural Climate Solutions. (link)

DeRose, R.J., R.S. Gardner, R.L. Lindroth, and K.E. Mock. 2022 Polyploidy and growth – defense tradeoffs in natural populations of western quaking aspen. Journal of Chemical Ecology 48(4):431-440. (link)

Lee Molinari, R., Bekker, M.F., St. Clair, B.D., Bartholomew, J., DeRose, R.J., Kitchen, S.G., and St. Clair, S.B. 2022. Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development. Ecosphere 13(3). doi:10.1002/ecs2.3957. (link)

M.E.K. Evans, R.J. DeRose, S. Klesse, M.P. Girardin, K.A. Heilman, M.R. Alexander, A. Arsenault, F. Babst, M. Bouchard, S.M.P. Cahoon, E.M. Campbell, M. Dietze, L. Duchesne, D.C. Frank, C.L. Giebink, A. Gómez-Guerrero, G.G. García, E.H. Hogg, J. Metsaranta, C. Ols, S.A. Rayback, A. Reid, M. Ricker, P.G. Schaberg, J.D. Shaw, P.F. Sullivan, and S.A.V. GaytÁn. 2022. Adding tree rings to North America’s national forest inventories: an essential l tool to guide drawdown of atmospheric CO2. BioScience 72(3):233-246. (link)

Hacket-Pain, A. J.J. Foest, I.S. Pearse, J.M. LaMontagne, W.D. Koenig, G. Vacchiano, M. Bogdziewicz, T. Caignard, P. Celebias, J. van Dormolen, M. Fernández-Martínez, J.V. Moris, C. Palaghianu, M. Pesendorfer, A. Satake, E. Schermer, A.J. Tanentzap, P.A. Thomas, D. Vecchio, A. Wion, T., Wohlgemuth, T. Xue, M.D. Barrera, J.H. Barton, S. Boutin, S.D. Calderón, C.V. de Castilho, J.M. Cellini, H. Chapman, P. da Costa, L. Croisé, B. Dantzer, R.J. DeRose, F. L. Fonseca, L. Gallo, D.F. Greene, M.A. Hadad, A.H. Herrera, J.F. Johnstone, W. Kantorowicz, C.A. Klimas, J.G.A. Lageard, J. Lane, K. Lapin, M. Ledwon, A. Leeper, M.V. Lencinas, A.C. Lira-Guedes, M.C. Lordon, P. Marchelli, S. Marino, H.S. Van Marle, A.G. McAdam, M. Nicolas, L.H.O. Wadt, P. Panahi, G.M. Pastur , T. Patterson, P.L. Peri, Ł. Piechnik, M. Pourhashemi, C.E. Quezada, F.A. Roig, K.P. Rojas, Y.M. Rosas, S. Schüler, B. Seget, R. Soler, M.A. Steele, M. Toro-Manríquez, B. Yadok, J.L. Willis, A. Zolles, M. Żywiec, D. Ascoli. 2022. MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology 28(9):3066-3082. (link)

Heilman, K.A., M.C. Dietze, A.A. Arizpe, J. Aragon, A. Gray, J.D. Shaw, A.O. Finley, S. Klesse, R.J. DeRose, and M.E.K. Evans. 2022. Ecological forecasting of tree growth: regional fusion of tree-ring and forest inventory data to quantify drivers and characterize uncertainty. Global Change Biology 28(7):2442-2460. (link)

Schultz, E.L., L. Hulsmann, M.D. Pillet, F. Hartig, D.D. Breshears, S. Record, J.D. Shaw, R.J. DeRose, P.A. Zuideman, and M.E.K. Evans. 2022. Climate-driven, but dynamic and complex? A reconciliation of competing hypotheses for species’ distributions. Ecology Letters 25(1):38-51. (link)

2021

Windmuller-Campione, M., R.J. DeRose, and J.N. Long. 2021. Landscape-scale drivers of resistance and resilience to bark beetles: a conceptual susceptibility model. Forests 12(6):798. (link)

Castagneri, D., G. Vacchiano, A. Hacket-Pain, R.J. DeRose, T. Klein, and A. Bottero. 2021. Global meta-analysis reveals different competition effects on tree growth resistance and resilience to drought. Ecosystems (25(1):30-43. (link)

Carter, V.A., A. Brunelle, M.J. Power, R.J. DeRose, M.F. Bekker, I. Hart, S. Brewer, J. Spangler, E. Robinson, M.B. Abbott, S.Y. Maezumi, and B.F. Codding. 2021. Legacies of Indigenous land use shaped past wildfire regimes in the Basin-Plateau Region, USA. Nature: Communications Earth and Environment 2(1):1-19. (link)

2020

Heaton, M.J., C. Berrett, R.J. DeRose, and M.F. Bekker. 2020. Spatial and covariate-varying relationships among dominant tree species in Utah. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 27(3):591-607. (link)

Pettit, J.M., S.L. Voelker, R.J. DeRose, and J.I. Burton. 2020. Spruce beetle outbreak was not driven by drought stress: evidence from a tree-ring iso-demographic approach indicate temperatures were more important. Global Change Biology 26(10): 5829-5843. (link)

Klesse, S., R.J. DeRose, F. Babst, B.A. Black, L.D.L. Anderegg, J. Axelson, A. Ettinger, H. Griesbauer, C. Guiterman, J. Harvey, Y.-H. Lo, A. Lynch, C. O'Connor, C. Restaino, D. Sauchyn, J.D. Shaw, D.J. Smith, L. Wood, J. Villenueva-Diaz, and M.E.K. Evans. 2020. Continental-scale tree-ring-based projection of Douglas-fir growth: Testing the limits of space-for-time substitution. Global Change Biology 26(9):5146-5163. (link)

Frost, S.M., M.E. Alexander, R.J. DeRose, and M.J. Jenkins. 2020. Fire-environment analysis: an example of Army Garrison Camp Williams, Utah. Fire 3(1):6. (link)

Finley, J.B, E. Robinson, R.J. DeRose, E. Hora-Cook. 2020. Multidecadal climate variability and the fluorescence of Fremont societies in Eastern Utah. American Antiquity 85(1):93-112. (link)

2019

Wurtzebach, Z., R.J. DeRose, K. Pelz, S. Goeking, J.D. Shaw, C. Witt, J. Menlove, S. Healey, and R. Bush. 2019. Forest Inventory and Analysis program: enhancing USFS planning rule assessment, planning, and monitoring. Journal of Forestry 118(3):298-306. (link)

Pettit, J.M., J.I. Burton, R.J. DeRose, J.N. Long, and S.L. Voelker, S.L. 2019. An epidemic spruce beetle outbreak changes drivers of Engelmann spruce seedling establishment. Ecosphere 10(11):e02912. (link)

Malanson, G.P., R.J. DeRose, and M.F. Bekker. 2019. Individual variation and ecotypic niches in simulations of the impact of climatic volatility. Ecological Modelling 411:108782. (link)

Morris, J.L., R.J. DeRose, T. Brussel, S. Brewer, A. Brunelle, and J.N. Long. 2019. Stable or seral? Fire-driven alternative states in aspen forests of western North America. Biology Letters 15, 20190011. (link)

Wine, M.L., S.E. Null, R.J. DeRose, and W.A. Wurtsbaugh, 2019. Climatization—negligent attribution of Great Salt Lake desiccation: A comment on Meng (2019). Climate 7(5), 67. (link)

Witt, C. J.D. Shaw, J. Menlove, S.A. Goeking, R.J. DeRose, K.A. Pelz, T.A. Morgan, and S.W. Hayes. 2019. Montana’s forest resources, 2006-2015. Resource Bulletin. RMRS-RB-30. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (link)

2018

Klesse, S., R.J. DeRose, C.H. Guiterman, A.M. Lynch, C.D. O’Connor, J.D. Shaw, and M.E.K. Evans. 2018. Sampling bias overestimates climate change impacts on forest growth in the southwestern United States. Nature Communications 9:5336. (link)

Babst, F., P. Bodesheim, N. Charney, A.D. Friend, M.P. Girardin, S. Klesse, D.J.P. Moore, K. Seftigen, J. Björklund, O. Bouriaud, A. Dawson, R.J. DeRose, M.C. Dietze, A.H. Eckes, B. Enquist, D.C. Frank, M.D. Mahecha, B. Poulter, S. Record, V. Trouet, R.H. Turton, Z. Zhang, and M.E.K. Evans. 2018. When tree rings go global: Challenges and opportunities for retro- and prospective insight. Quaternary Science Reviews 197:1–20. (link)

Pettit, J.L., R.J. DeRose, and J.N. Long. 2018. Climatic drivers of ponderosa pine growth in central Idaho. Tree-Ring Research 74:172-184. (link)

Voelker, S.L., R.J. DeRose, M.F. Bekker, C. Sriladda, N. Leksungnoen, and R. Kjelgren. 2018. Anisohydric water use behavior links growing season evaporative demand to ring-width increment in conifers from summer-dry environments. Trees 32:735-749. (link)

Long, J.N., M. Windmuller-Campione, and R.J. DeRose. 2018. Building resistance and resilience: regeneration should not be left to chance. Forests 9:270. (link)

Stagge, J.H., D.E. Rosenberg, R.J. DeRose, and T.M. Rittenour. 2018. Monthly paleostreamflow reconstruction from annual tree-ring chronologies. Journal of Hydrology 557:791-804. (link)

Morris, J.L., S. Cottrell, C.J. Fettig, R.J. DeRose, K.M. Mattor, V.A. Carter, J. Clear, J. Clement, W.D. Hansen, J.A. Hicke, and P.E. Higuera. 2018. Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(S1):S34-S43. (link)

Witt, C., R.J. DeRose, S.A. Goeking, and J.D. Shaw. 2018. Idaho’s forest resources, 2006-2015. Resource Bulletin. RMRS-RB-29. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (link)

DeRose, R.J., J.D. Shaw, S.A. Goeking, J. Menlove, C. Witt, T. Morgan, K. Marcille, and C.P. McIver. 2018. Wyoming’s forest resources, 2011-2015. Resource Bulletin. RMRS-RB-28. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (link)

Malesky, D.M., B.J. Bentz, G.R. Brown, A.R. Brunelle, J.M. Buffington, L.M. Chappell, R.J. DeRose, J.C. Guyon II, C.L. Jorgensen, R.A. Loehman, L.L. Lowrey, A.M. Lynch, M. Matyjasik, J.D. McMillin, J.E. Mercado, J.L. Morris, J.F. Negron, W.G. Padgett, R.A. Progar, and C.B. Randall. 2018. Effects of climate change on ecological disturbances [Chapter 8]. In: Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, J.J. Ho, N.J. Little, and L.A. Joyce, eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 2]. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 199-263. (link)

2017

Wurtsbaugh, W.A., C. Miller, S.E. Null, R.J. DeRose, P. Wilcock, M. Hahnenberger, F. Howe, and J. Moore. 2017. Decline of the world's saline lakes. Nature Geoscience 10:816. (link)

DeRose, R.J., J.D. Shaw, and J.N. Long. 2017. Building the Forest Inventory and Analysis tree-ring data set. Journal of Forestry 115:283-291. (link)

Barandiaran, D., S.-Y. Wang, R.J. DeRose. 2017. Gridded snow water equivalent reconstruction for Utah using Forest Inventory and Analysis tree-ring data. Water 9:403. (link)

DeRose, R.J., M.F. Bekker, and J.N. Long. 2017. Traumatic resin ducts as indicators of bark beetle outbreaks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47:1168-1174. (link)

Carter, V.A., A. Brunelle, T.A. Minckley, J.D. Shaw, R.J. DeRose, and S. Brewer. 2017. Climate variability and fire effects on quaking aspen in the central Rocky Mountains, USA. Journal of Biogeography 44:1280-1293. (link)

Morris, J.L., S. Cottrell, C.J. Fettig, W.D. Hansen, R.L. Sherriff, V.A. Carter, J.L. Clear, J. Clement, R.J. DeRose, J.A. Hicke, and P.E. Higuera. 2017. Managing bark beetle impacts on ecosystems and society: priority questions to motivate future research. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:750-60. (link)

Brough, A.M., R.J. DeRose, M.M. Conner, and J.N. Long. 2017. Summer-fall home-range fidelity of female elk in northwestern Colorado: implications for aspen management. Forest Ecology and Management 389:220-227. (link)

Sun, Y., M.F. Bekker, R.J. DeRose, R. Kjelgren, and S.-Y. Wang. 2017. Statistical treatment for the wet bias in tree-ring chronologies: a case study from the Interior West, USA. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 24:131-150. (link)

Britton, J., R.J. DeRose, K. Mock, and D. McAvoy. 2017. The regeneration of aspen stands in southern Utah. Utah State University, Extension Fact Sheet. (link)

Thompson, M.T., J.D. Shaw, C. Witt, C.E. Werstak, M.C. Amacher, S.A. Goeking, R.J. DeRose, T.A. Morgan, C.B. Sorenson, S.W. Hayes and J. Menlove. 2017. Colorado's forest resources, 2004-2013. Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB-23. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 136 p. (link)

 

2016

Britton, J.M., R.J. DeRose, K.E. Mock, and J.N. Long. 2016. Herbivory and advance reproduction influence quaking aspen regeneration response to management in southern Utah, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:674-682. (link)

DeRose, R.J., M.F. Bekker, R. Kjelgren, B.M. Buckley, and E.B. Allen. 2016. Dendrochronology of Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little). Tree-Ring Research 72:1-14. (link)

Menlove, J., J.D. Shaw, C. Witt, C.E. Werstak, R.J. DeRose, S.A. Goeking, M.C. Amacher, T.A. Morgan, and C.B. Sorenson. 2016. Nevada's forest resources, 2004-2013. Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB-22. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 167 p. (link)

Werstak, C.E., J.D. Shaw, S.A. Goeking, C. Witt, J. Menlove, M.T. Thompson, R.J. DeRose, M.C. Amacher, S. Jovan, T.A. Morgan and C.B. Sorenson. 2016. Utah's forest resources, 2003-2012. Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB-20. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 159 p. (link)

2015

Morris, J.L., R.J. DeRose, and A.R. Brunelle. 2015. Long-term landscape changes in a subalpine spruce-fir forest in central Utah, USA. Forest Ecosystems 2:1-12. (link)

Gillies, R.R., O.Y. Chung, S.-Y. Wang, R.J. DeRose, and Y. Sun. 2015. Added value from 576 years of tree-ring records in the prediction of the Great Salt Lake level. Journal of Hydrology 529:962-968. (link)

DeRose, R.J., M.F. Bekker, S.-Y. Wang, B.M. Buckley, R. Kjelgren, T.J. Bardsley, T.M. Rittenour, and E.B. Allen. 2015. A millennium-length reconstruction of Bear River stream flow, Utah. Journal of Hydrology 529:524-534. (link)

Zeppenfeld, T.M., Svoboda, R.J. DeRose, M. Heurich, J. Muller, P. Ciskova, M. Stary, R. Bace, and D. Donato. 2015. Response of Picea forests to stand-replacing bark beetle outbreaks: neighborhood effects lead to direct regeneration. Journal of Ecology 52:1402-1411. (link)

DeRose, R.J., J.D. Shaw, and J.N. Long. 2015. Spatiotemporal patterns of ring-width variability in the northern Interior West. In: Stanton, S.M. and G.A. Christensen, comps. 2015. Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium 2015. December 8–10; Portland, Oregon. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-931. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Pp. 352-355. (link)

2014

DeRose, R.J, and A.J. Leffler. 2014. Simulation of quaking aspen potential fire behavior in northern Utah, USA. Forests 5:3241-3256. (link)

DeRose, R.J., S.-Y. Wang, and J.D. Shaw. 2014. Using inventory-based tree-ring data as a proxy for historical climate: investigating the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and teleconnections. The International Forestry Review 16:406. (link)

DeRose, R.J., K.E. Mock, and J.N. Long. 2014. Cytotype differences in radial increment provide novel insight into aspen reproductive ecology and stand dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45:1-8. (link)

DeRose, R.J. and J.N. Long. 2014. Resistance and Resilience: a conceptual model for silviculture. Forest Science 60:1205-1212. (link)

DeRose, R.J., S.-Y. Wang, B.M. Buckley, and M.F. Bekker. 2014. Tree-ring reconstruction of the level of Great Salt Lake, USA. The Holocene 24:805-813. (link)

Bekker, M.F., R.J. DeRose, B.M., Buckley, R. Kjelgren, and N.S. Gill. 2014. A 576-year Weber River streamflow reconstruction from tree-rings for contemporary water resource risk assessment in the metropolitan Wasatch Front, Utah. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 50:1338-1348. (link)

2013

Allen, E.B., T.M. Rittenour, R.J. DeRose, M.F. Bekker, R. Kjelgren, and B.M. Buckley. 2013. A tree-ring based reconstruction of Logan River streamflow, northern Utah. Water Resources Research 49:8579-8588. (link)

DeRose, R.J., B.J. Bentz, J.D. Shaw, and J.N. Long. 2013. Effect of increasing temperatures on the distribution of spruce beetle in Engelmann spruce forests of the Interior West, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 308:198-206. (link)

Vacchiano, G., R.J. DeRose, M. Svoboda, J.D. Shaw, and R. Motta. 2013. A density management diagram for central European Norway Spruce. European Journal of Forest Research 132:535-549. (link)

DeRose, R.J., Wang, S.-Y., and Shaw, J.D. 2013. Feasibility of high-density climate reconstruction based on Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) collected tree-ring data. Journal of Hydrometeorology 14(1): 375–381. (link)

Morris, J.L., A. Brunelle, R.J. DeRose, H. Seppä, M.J. Power, V. Carter, and R. Bares. 2013. Using fire regimes to delineate zones in a high-resolution lake sediment record from the western United States. Quaternary Research 79:24–36. (link)

2012

DeRose, R.J. and J.N. Long. 2012. Drought-driven disturbance history characterizes a southern Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42:1649-1660. (link)

Moore, P.M., R.J. DeRose, H. Van Miegroet, and J.N. Long. 2012. Using silviculture to influence carbon sequestration in southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests. Forests 3:317-330. (link)

DeRose, R.J. and R.S. Seymour. 2012. Leaf area and structural changes after thinning in even-aged Picea rubens and Abies balsamea stands in Maine, USA. International Journal of Forestry Research 2012:181057. (link)

DeRose, R.J. and J.N. Long. 2012. Factors influencing the spatial and temporal dynamics of Engelmann spruce mortality during a spruce beetle outbreak on the Markagunt Plateau, Utah. Forest Science 58:1-14. (link)

DeRose, R.J., S.-Y. Wang, and J.D. Shaw. 2012. Forest Inventory and Analysis-collected tree-ring data as growth and climate proxy. Proceedings from the 2012 Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, Moving from status to trends, December 4-6, 2012. General Technical Report GTR-NRS-P-105. pp 92-98. (link)

2011

Ex, S.A., DeRose, R.J., and Long, J.N. 2011. Stand development and population dynamics of curlleaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.) woodlands in Utah’s Bear River Mountains. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 26(4): 183–188. (link)

DeRose, R.J., J.N. Long, and R.D. Ramsey. 2011. Combining dendrochronological data and the disturbance index to assess Engelmann spruce mortality caused by a spruce beetle outbreak in southern Utah, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment 115:2342-2349. (link)

2010

Sharik, T.L., W. Adair, M. Battaglia, F.A. Baker, E.J. Comfort, A. D’Amato, C. Delong, R.J. DeRose, M.J. Ducey, M. Harmon, L. Levy, J.A. Logan, J. O’Brien, B.J. Palik, S.D. Roberts, P.C. Rogers, D.J. Shinneman, T. Spies, S.L. Taylor, C. Woodall, and A. Youngblood. 2010. 7th North American Forest Ecology Workshop: Emerging issues in North American forest ecology and management. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010:964260. (link)

DeRose, R.J. and R. Gardner. 2010. A technique to improve measurement of elusive tree-ring boundaries in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.). Tree-Ring Research 66:75-78. (link)

DeRose, R.J., and J.N. Long. 2010. Regeneration response and seedling bank dynamics on a Dendroctonus rufipennis-killed Picea engelmannii landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science 21:377-387. (link)

DeRose, R.J., and R.S. Seymour. 2010. Patterns of leaf area index during stand development in even-aged balsam fir - red spruce stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40:629-637. (link)

DeBlander, L.T., J.D. Shaw, C. Witt, J. Menlove, M.T. Thompson, T.A. Morgan, R.J. DeRose, and M.C. Amacher. 2010. Utah’s forest resources, 2000-2005. Resource Bulletin, RMRS-RB-10. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (link)

2009

DeRose, R.J. and J.N. Long. 2009. Wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak: simulation of interacting disturbances in the central Rocky Mountains. Ecoscience 16:28-38. (link)

DeRose, R.J. and R.S. Seymour. 2009. The effect of site quality on growth efficiency of upper crown class Picea rubens and Abies balsamea in Maine, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39:1-8. (link)

DeRose, R.J., J.N. Long, and J.D. Shaw. 2009. Relationships between forest structure, composition, site, and spruce beetle occurrence in the Intermountain West. In: McWilliams, W., G. Moisen, and R. Czaplewski, comps. 2008. Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium 2008; October 21-23, 2008; Park City, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-56CD (39). Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 1CD. (link)

2008

DeRose, R.J., J.D. Shaw, G. Vacchiano, and J.N. Long. 2008. Improving longleaf pine mortality predictions in the Southern Variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator. Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference, Ft. Collins, CO. Feb. 13-15, 2007. Proceedings RMRS-P-54 pp 160-166. (link)

Vacchiano, G., J.D. Shaw, R.J. DeRose, and J.N. Long. 2008. Inventory-based sensitivity analysis guides calibration of the large tree diameter growth submodel of the Southern Variant of FVS. Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference, Ft. Collins, CO. Feb. 13-15, 2007. Proceedings RMRS-P-54 pp 149-159. (link)

2007

DeRose, R.J. and J.N. Long. 2007. Disturbance, structure, and composition: spruce beetle and Engelmann spruce forests on the Markagunt Plateau, Utah. Forest Ecology and Management 244: 16-23. (link)