Malcolm S. Itter
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View article: Connecting growth and yield models to continuous forest inventory data to better account for uncertainty
Connecting growth and yield models to continuous forest inventory data to better account for uncertainty Open
Models of forest growth and yield are frequently used to inform adaptive management decisions aimed at increasing forest resilience or promoting long-term carbon storage. Despite the increasing ecological detail represented in growth and y…
View article: Inferring ecological selection from multidimensional community trait distributions along environmental gradients
Inferring ecological selection from multidimensional community trait distributions along environmental gradients Open
Understanding the drivers of community assembly is critical for predicting the future of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological selection ubiquitously shapes communities by selecting for individuals with the most suitable trait co…
View article: Making more with forest inventory data: Toward a scalable, dynamical model of forest change
Making more with forest inventory data: Toward a scalable, dynamical model of forest change Open
Models of forest dynamics are an important tool to understand and predict forest responses to global change. Despite recent model development, predictions of forest dynamics under global change remain highly variable reflecting uncertainty…
View article: Bayesian joint species distribution model selection for community‐level prediction
Bayesian joint species distribution model selection for community‐level prediction Open
Aim Joint species distribution models (JSDMs) are an important tool for predicting ecosystem diversity and function under global change. The growing complexity of modern JSDMs necessitates careful model selection tailored to the challenges…
View article: Inferring ecological selection from multidimensional community trait distributions along environmental gradients
Inferring ecological selection from multidimensional community trait distributions along environmental gradients Open
Understanding the drivers of community assembly is critical for predicting the future of biodiversity and ecosystem services. While trait-based frameworks are often used to this end, correlations among traits and the assumption of unimodal…
View article: Forester and Logger Response to Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts and Vermont: A Secondary Disturbance
Forester and Logger Response to Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts and Vermont: A Secondary Disturbance Open
Forester and logger responses to the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) could substantially affect regions across the United States. We analyzed forester and logger responses to EAB in Massachusetts and Vermont, exploring characteristics ass…
View article: Current Symptoms of Climate Change in Boreal Forest Trees and Wildlife
Current Symptoms of Climate Change in Boreal Forest Trees and Wildlife Open
Measuring climate change impacts on forest ecosystems can be challenging, as many of these changes are imperceptible within the typical time scale of short-term (e.g., 3–4 years) funding of research projects. Boreal trees are notoriously i…
View article: Bayesian joint species distribution model selection for community-level prediction
Bayesian joint species distribution model selection for community-level prediction Open
Joint species distribution models (JSDMs) are an important conservation tool for predicting ecosystem diversity and function under global change. The growing complexity of modern JSDMs necessitates careful model selection tailored to the c…
View article: Peak radial growth of diffuse-porous species occurs during periods of lower water availability than for ring-porous and coniferous trees
Peak radial growth of diffuse-porous species occurs during periods of lower water availability than for ring-porous and coniferous trees Open
Climate models project warmer summer temperatures will increase the frequency and heat severity of droughts in temperate forests of Eastern North America. Hotter droughts are increasingly documented to affect tree growth and forest dynamic…
View article: Addressing data integration challenges to link ecological processes across scales
Addressing data integration challenges to link ecological processes across scales Open
Data integration is a statistical modeling approach that incorporates multiple data sources within a unified analytical framework. Macrosystems ecology – the study of ecological phenomena at broad scales, including interactions across scal…
View article: Shifts in timing and duration of breeding for 73 boreal bird species over four decades
Shifts in timing and duration of breeding for 73 boreal bird species over four decades Open
Significance The changing climate is causing shifts in the timing of species activity. We use data on over 820,000 nesting records to quantify changes in the beginning, end, and duration of breeding among boreal birds. In addition to a gen…
View article: The Value of Utilizing the Complete Temporal Distribution of Phenological Data
The Value of Utilizing the Complete Temporal Distribution of Phenological Data Open
Numerous studies over the past decades have shown that species phenologies are shifting. Behind the large-scale patterns of shifting phenologies lies, however, large variability across species and space in terms of both the sign of the shi…
View article: EcoMem: An R package for quantifying ecological memory
EcoMem: An R package for quantifying ecological memory Open
Ecological processes may exhibit memory to past disturbances affecting the resilience of ecosystems to future disturbance. Understanding the role of ecological memory in shaping ecosystem responses to disturbance under global change is a c…
View article: Boreal tree growth exhibits decadal‐scale ecological memory to drought and insect defoliation, but no negative response to their interaction
Boreal tree growth exhibits decadal‐scale ecological memory to drought and insect defoliation, but no negative response to their interaction Open
Interactions between drought and insect defoliation may dramatically alter forest function under novel climate and disturbance regimes, but remain poorly understood. We empirically tested two important hypotheses regarding tree responses t…
View article: Large Uptake of Atmospheric OCS Observed at a Moist Old Growth Forest: Controls and Implications for Carbon Cycle Applications
Large Uptake of Atmospheric OCS Observed at a Moist Old Growth Forest: Controls and Implications for Carbon Cycle Applications Open
Diurnal and vertical patterns of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and CO 2 mixing ratios above and within a 60‐m‐tall old‐growth temperate forest are presented. Canopy air from four different heights was sampled in situ using a continuous integrated…
View article: A Model-Based Approach to Wildland Fire Reconstruction Using Sediment\n Charcoal Records
A Model-Based Approach to Wildland Fire Reconstruction Using Sediment\n Charcoal Records Open
Lake sediment charcoal records are used in paleoecological analyses to\nreconstruct fire history including the identification of past wildland fires.\nOne challenge of applying sediment charcoal records to infer fire history is\nthe separa…
View article: A Model-Based Approach to Wildland Fire Reconstruction Using Sediment Charcoal Records
A Model-Based Approach to Wildland Fire Reconstruction Using Sediment Charcoal Records Open
Lake sediment charcoal records are used in paleoecological analyses to reconstruct fire history including the identification of past wildland fires. One challenge of applying sediment charcoal records to infer fire history is the separatio…
View article: Variable Effects of Climate on Forest Growth in Relation to Climate Extremes, Disturbance, and Forest Stand Dynamics
Variable Effects of Climate on Forest Growth in Relation to Climate Extremes, Disturbance, and Forest Stand Dynamics Open
Changes in the frequency, duration, and severity of climate extremes are forecast to occur under global climate change. The impacts of climate extremes on forest productivity and health are complicated by potential interactions with distur…
View article: Variable Effects of Climate on Forest Growth in Relation to Ecosystem State
Variable Effects of Climate on Forest Growth in Relation to Ecosystem State Open
Tree growth rings are applied in forest ecology to understand the relationship between climate and forest growth. To this end, individual trees considered sensitive to climate are sampled and the average effects of climate over a sample pe…