Centennial Forest contacts
Administrative office
200 East Pine Knoll Drive P.O. Box 15018 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 Phone: 928-523-8175Centennial Forest
Experiential learning for NAU forestry students
The NAU Centennial Forest is Northern Arizona University’s research, teaching, and demonstration forest — a cooperative venture between Northern Arizona University and the Arizona State Land Department.
In 1959, the Arizona State Land Department designated 4,000 acres of forest land as an “outdoor laboratory” for the School of Forestry at Arizona State College in Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University). The research and education programs initiated by the designation helped establish the school as one of the top rated forestry institutions in the country.
In April 2000, the two organizations came together once again to establish a much larger research, education, and demonstration forest spanning nearly 50,000 acres of forest, woodland, and grassland.
Where is NAU’s Centennial Forest?
At nearly 50,000 acres, the Centennial Forest covers the spectrum from windblown desert grasslands to stately ponderosa pine forests. The diversity of ecosystems encompassed by the Centennial Forest, and the close proximity to NAU and Flagstaff make it an ideal location for education and research.
Education Accordion Open
The educational opportunities are just as exciting. Hands-on experience in many disciplines is very difficult to come by because of the time and expense of traveling to field sites. On the Centennial Forest, students can conduct archaeological surveys within minutes of campus. Forestry field laboratories occur on the Forest, and some of the student-collected data are even used to help manage the Forest. What better way to challenge students to learn than to let them actually participate in the entire process of natural resource management from data collection to decision making?
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Research Accordion Closed
Several research projects are underway to study forest and grassland ecosystems on a landscape level and over a very long period of time. Furthermore, the rich historical, geological, and archaeological resources, and the unique stewardship agreement of the Centennial Forest are attracting researchers from across the country, and even internationally. Investigating how forest management affects the ability of forests to capture an store carbon is a rapidly growing field of study on the Forest.
To apply for a research or teaching permit, please fill out an activity application found on our documents page. If you have questions on access to the Centennial Forest for research or education, please contact us by email.
Background
Managing the Centennial Forest Accordion Closed
An agreement signed by Arizona Governor Jane D. Hull in April 2000 establishes a new paradigm of cooperation for land stewardship in Arizona. Agencies and community groups actively participate by serving on the Centennial Forest Advisory Committee which provides oversight and helps develop a management plan for the Forest. Northern Arizona University’s School of Forestry and the Arizona State Forestry Division coordinate to manage the 47,500-acre area to provide research and education opportunities, reduce the risk of wildfire, provide ecosystem services such as clean water, carbon storage, wildlife habitat, timber, and livestock forage.
Location Accordion Closed
The Centennial Forest is divided roughly in half: one-half north of Flagstaff, Arizona, just west of Wupatki National Monument, and the other half southwest of town interspersed in a checkerboard pattern within the Coconino National Forest.
Geology and landforms Accordion Closed
The Centennial Forest sits atop the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. Several million years ago lava began to flow over this sedimentary plateau in the vicinity of Williams, Arizona. The zone of active volcanism slowly migrated northeastward to the area around Sunset Crater which erupted during the 11th century. One of the newest and most striking volcanic features on the Centennial Forest is SP Crater which erupted a little over 70,000 years ago. The sharp “ah ah” lava flows associated with this cinder cone have been used by NASA to test the robustness of space suits.
Climate and vegetation Accordion Closed
Annual precipitation ranges from an average of 10 to 15 inches in the northern grasslands to over 25 inches in the higher elevation areas southwest of Flagstaff. Intense monsoon thunderstorms account for most of the precipitation north of Flagstaff. Snowfall becomes increasingly important with the 2000 ft elevation gain to the southwest. Differences in elevation, topography and regional wind patterns help create a variety of vegetation types. Most common are the extensive ponderosa pine forests southwest of Flagstaff. Some of these forests have high concentrations of Gambel oak and New Mexican locust while others are pure ponderosa. Wetlands, meadows, and aspen can also be found. The northern portion of the Forest is home to extensive grasslands, shrub-grassland communities, open juniper woodlands, and pinyon-juniper forests.
Land use Accordion Closed
The Centennial Forest has been home to Native Americans for several thousand years. Evidence of hunting and gathering can be found almost anywhere in the Forest, but two areas contain evidence of large settlements including petroglyphs and Sinaguan pit houses.
Euro-American settlement in the late 1800s brought timber harvesting and domestic livestock to the region. Since these activities began relatively recently, timber and grazing records are available for the entire duration of Euro-American settlement. Logging activity touched much of the southwestern portion of the forest, but a few areas were uncut or only lightly affected by logging.
Today, portions of the Centennial Forest are being thinned for the purpose of restoring damaged ecosystems and protecting community values from the risk of catastrophic fire. Most of the Centennial Forest is leased for commercial grazing operations.
Centennial Forest cooperators
- Arizona State Land Department
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
- Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
- Ecological Restoration Institute
- Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
- Center for Sustainable Environments at NAU
- Flagstaff Arboretum
Research Bibliography
Please contact us if you have worked in the Centennial Forest and do not see your research on this list.
1917 Accordion Closed
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Hill, R. R. (1917). Effects of grazing upon western yellow-pine reproduction in the national forests of Arizona and New Mexico (Issue 580). US Department of Agriculture. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bFRCAQAAMAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&ots=i248yqFZ4T&sig=OYYiijObtinqJo8B4ALxzYt-KaA#v=onepage&q&f=false
1923 Accordion Closed
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Talbot, M., & Hill, R. (1923). Progress report on the range study plots on the Coconino National Forest comprising a description of project and digest of data.
1937 Accordion Closed
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Cooperrider, C. K., & Cassidy, H. (1937). Cattle grazing on cut-over timberlands in relation to regeneration of pine forests. Unpub. Pap. on File at Flagstaff, AZ: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Valley Experimental Forest Archives.
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Cassidy, H. (1937). How cattle may use cut-over ponderosa pine-bunchgrass with minimum injury to reproduction. Res. Note 15. Tucson, AZ: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ….
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Cassidy, H. (1937). How to Handle Sheep on Cut-over Ponderosa Pine-bunchgrass Ranges to Keep Injury to Reproduction to a Minimum. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station.
1938 Accordion Closed
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Cooperrider, C. K. (1938). Recovery processes of ponderosa pine reproduction following injury to young annual growth. Plant Physiology, 13(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.13.1.5
1939 Accordion Closed
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Cooperrider, C., & Cassidy, H. (1939). Cattle grazing in cutover timberlands in relation to regeneration of ponderosa pine forests of the Southwest. Southwestern Forest and Range Experimental Station. Unpub. Pap. on File at Flagstaff, AZ: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Valley Experimental Forest Archives.
1950 Accordion Closed
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Arnold, J. F. (1950). Changes in ponderosa pine bunchgrass ranges in northern Arizona resulting from pine regeneration and grazing. Journal of Forestry, 48(2), 118–126.
1999 Accordion Closed
- Bailey, J. D., & Wagner, M. R. (1999). Stand Treatment Impacts on Forest Health (STIFH): Structural Responses Associated with Silvicultural Treatments. 137–145. https://www.academia.edu/51516927/Stand_Treatment_Impacts_on_Forest_Health_STIFH_Structural_Responses_Associated_with_Silvicultural_Treatments
2003 Accordion Closed
- Seventh Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. (n.d.). https://openknowledge.nau.edu/2866/1/FuleEtal.2003.SeventhBiennialConferenceOfResearch.pdf
- Steed, B. E. (2003). Factors affecting the ecology and management of Ips pini [Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science]. Northern Arizona University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/305285581?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
2004 Accordion Closed
- Robinson, M. S., Chavez, J., Velazquez, S., & Jayanty, R. K. M. (2004). Chemical Speciation of PM 2.5 Collected during Prescribed Fires of the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 54(9), 1112–1123. https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.2004.10470985
- Steed, B. E., & Wagner, M. R. (2004). Importance of Log Size on Host Selection and Reproductive Success of Ips pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Ponderosa Pine Slash of Northern Arizona and Western Montana. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 97(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/97.2.436
2005 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R. (2005). Environmental and vegetational gradients on an Arizona Ponderosa pine landscape: Implications for ecological restoration [Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science]. Northern Arizona University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/305375509?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
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Bakker, J. D. (2005). Long-term vegetation dynamics of ponderosa pine forests [Northern Arizona University]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/305375435?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses
- Bickford, C. P., Kolb, T. E., & Geils, B. W. (2005). Host physiological condition regulates parasitic plant performance: Arceuthobium vaginatum subsp. cryptopodum on Pinus ponderosa. Oecologia, 146(2), 179–189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0215-0
- Breshears, D. D., Cobb, N. S., Rich, P. M., Price, K. P., Allen, C. D., Balice, R. G., Romme, W. H., Kastens, J. H., Floyd, M. L., Belnap, J., Anderson, J. J., Myers, O. B., & Meyer, C. W. (2005). Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(42), 15144–15148. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0505734102
- Haskins, K. E., & Gehring, C. A. (2005). Evidence for mutualist limitation: The impacts of conspecific density on the mycorrhizal inoculum potential of woodland soils. Oecologia, 145(1), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0115-3
- Macmahon, J., Allen, C. D., Ayres, M., Berg, E., Alaska Allan Carroll, Hansen, M., Hicke, J., Joyce, L., Paine, T., Powell, J., Raffa, K., Régnière, J., Reid, M., Seybold, S. J., Tomback, D., Vandygriff, J., Veblen, T., White, M., Witcosky, J., … Macfarlane, W. W. (2005). Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Western North America: Causes and Consequences. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28285.18408
- Wolfson, B. A. S., Kolb, T. E., Sieg, C. H., & Clancy, K. M. (2005). Effects of post-fire conditions on germination and seedling success of diffuse knapweed in Northern Arizona. Forest Ecology and Management, 216(1–3), 342–358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.047
2006 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., & Covington, W. W. (2006a). Forest ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: Multifactor classification and implications for ecological restoration. Journal of Biogeography, 33(8), 1368–1383. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01513.x
- Abella, S. R., & Covington, W. W. (2006b). Vegetation–environment relationships and ecological species groups of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape, USA. Plant Ecology, 185(2), 255–268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-006-9102-y
- Abella, S. R., Fule, P. Z., & Covington, W. W. (2006). Diameter Caps for Thinning Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Viewpoints, Effects, and Tradeoffs. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/104.8.407
- DeGomez, T. E., Hayes, C. J., Anhold, J. A., Mcmillin, J. D., Clancy, K. M., & Bosu, P. P. (2006). Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Southwestern Ponderosa Pines from Attack by Engraver Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 99(2), 393–400. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/99.2.393
- Fettig, C., DeGomez, T., Gibson, K., Dabney, C., & Borys, R. (2006). Effectiveness of Permethrin Plus-C (Masterline ) and Carbaryl (Sevin SL ) for Protecting Individual, High-Value Pines (Pinus) From Bark Beetle Attack. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 32(5), 247–252. https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2006.031
- Fettig, C. J., Allen, K. K., Borys, R. R., Christopherson, J., Dabney, C. P., Eager, T. J., Gibson, K. E., Hebertson, E. G., Long, D. F., Munson, A. S., Shea, P. J., Smith, S. L., & Haverty, M. I. (2006). Effectiveness of Bifenthrin (Onyx) and Carbaryl (Sevin SL) for Protecting Individual, High-Value Conifers from Bark Beetle Attack (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the Western United States. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 99(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/99.5.1691
- Gaylord, M. L., Kolb, T. E., Wallin, K. F., & Wagner, M. R. (2006). Seasonality and Lure Preference of Bark Beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and Associates in a Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forest. Environmental Entomology, 35(1), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.37
- Kolb, T. E., Guerard, N., Hofstetter, R. W., & Wagner, M. R. (2006). Attack preference of Ips pini on Pinus ponderosa in northern Arizona: Tree size and bole position. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 8(4), 295–303. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2006.00308.x
- Simonin, K., Kolb, T. E., Montes-Helu, M., & Koch, G. W. (2006). Restoration thinning and influence of tree size and leaf area to sapwood area ratio on water relations of Pinus ponderosa. Tree Physiology, 26(4), 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/26.4.493
- Van Horne, M. L., & Fulé, P. Z. (2006). Comparing methods of reconstructing fire history using fire scars in a southwestern United States ponderosa pine forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36(4), 855–867. https://doi.org/10.1139/x05-289
2007 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., Springer, J. D., & Covington, W. W. (2007). Seed banks of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: Responses to environmental gradients and fire cues. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 37(3), 552–567. https://doi.org/10.1139/X06-255
- Abella, S. R., & Zimmer, B. W. (2007). Estimating Organic Carbon from Loss-On-Ignition in Northern Arizona Forest Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71(2), 545–550. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2006.0136
- Bakker, J. D., & Moore, M. M. (2007). Controls on vegetation structure in southwestern Ponderosa pine forests, 1941 and 2004. Ecology, 88(9), 2305–2319. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1775.1
- DeGomez, T., Hayes, C., Anhold, J., McMillin, J., & Clancy, K. (2007). Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) and One-Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) from Attack by PhloeosinusBark Beetles. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 33(3), 162–167. https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2007.018
- Gaylord, M. L., Kolb, T. E., Wallin, K. F., & Wagner, M. R. (2007). Seasonal dynamics of tree growth, physiology, and resin defenses in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 37(7), 1173–1183. https://doi.org/10.1139/X06-309
- Kim, Y.-S., Dewhurst, S., & Hospodarsky, D. (2007). The 2005 Planning Rule as a Teaching Tool. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/105.6.320
- Laughlin, D. C., & Abella, S. R. (2007). Abiotic and biotic factors explain independent gradients of plant community composition in ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Modelling, 205(1–2), 231–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.018
- Laughlin, D. C., Abella, S. R., Covington, W. W., & Grace, J. B. (2007). Species richness and soil properties in Pinus ponderosa forests: A structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science, 18(2), 231–242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2007.tb02534.x
- Simonin, K., Kolb, T. E., Montes-Helu, M., & Koch, G. W. (2007). The influence of thinning on components of stand water balance in a ponderosa pine forest stand during and after extreme drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 143(3–4), 266–276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.01.003
2008 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., & Fulé, P. Z. (2008). Fire effects on Gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine-oak forests (RMRS-RN-34; pp. 1–6). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RN-34
- Abella, S. R., & Springer, J. D. (2008a). Canopy-tree influences along a soil parent material gradient in Pinus ponderosa-Quercus gambelii forests, northern Arizona. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 135(1), 26–36. https://doi.org/10.3159/07-RA-019R1.1
- Abella, S. R., & Springer, J. D. (2008b). Estimating soil seed bank characteristics in ponderosa pine forests using vegetation and forest-floor data (RMRS-RN-35; pp. 1–7). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RN-35
- Bakker, J. D. (2008). Increasing the utility of Indicator Species Analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(6), 1829–1835. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01571.x
- DeGomez, T., Fettig, C. J., McMillin, J. D., Anhold, J. A., & Hayes, C. (2008). Managing slash to minimize colonization of residual trees by Ips and other bark beetle species following thinning in southwestern ponderosa pine (p. 12) [Pamphlet]. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona. https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/34232
- DeGomez, T., Hayes, C. J., McMillin, J., Anhold, J., & Wagner, M. R. (2008). Using verbenone and non-host volatiles to prevent pine engraver beetle colonization of Ponderosa pine slash, 2005-06. Arthropod Management Tests, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/33.1.H3
- Dore, S., Kolb, T. E., Montes-Helu, M., Sullivan, B. W., Winslow, W. D., Hart, S. C., Kaye, J. P., Koch, G. W., & Hungate, B. A. (2008). Long-term impact of a stand-replacing fire on ecosystem CO 2 exchange of a ponderosa pine forest: WILDFIRE ALTERS PONDEROSA PINE NEE. Global Change Biology, 14(8), 1801–1820. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01613.x
- Finkral, A. J., & Evans, A. M. (2008). The effects of a thinning treatment on carbon stocks in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(7), 2743–2750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.041
- Gaylord, M. L., Williams, K. K., Hofstetter, R. W., McMillin, J. D., Degomez, T. E., & Wagner, M. R. (2008). Influence of temperature on spring flight initiation for southwestern ponderosa pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Environmental Entomology, 37(1), 57–69. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225x(2008)37[57:iotosf]2.0.co;2
- Hofstetter, R. W., Chen, Z., Gaylord, M. L., McMillin, J. D., & Wagner, M. R. (2008). Synergistic effects of α-pinene and exo-brevicomin on pine bark beetles and associated insects in Arizona. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132(5), 387–397. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01263.x
- Pureswaran, D. S., Hofstetter, R. W., & Sullivan, B. T. (2008). Attraction of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, to pheromone components of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in an allopatric zone. Environmental Entomology, 37(1), 70–78. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225x(2008)37[70:aotspb]2.0.co;2
- Steed, B. E., & Wagner, M. R. (2008). Seasonal pheromone response by Ips pini in northern Arizona and western Montana, U.S.A. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 10(3), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00368.x
- Sullivan, B. W., Kolb, T. E., Hart, S. C., Kaye, J. P., Dore, S., & Montes-Helu, M. (2008). Thinning reduces soil carbon dioxide but not methane flux from southwestern USA ponderosa pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(12), 4047–4055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.051
2009 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., & Denton, C. W. (2009). Spatial variation in reference conditions: Historical tree density and pattern on a Pinus ponderosa landscape. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39(12), 2391–2403. https://doi.org/10.1139/X09-146
- Davis, T. S., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2009). Effects of gallery density and species ratio on the fitness and fecundity of two sympatric bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology, 38(3), 639–650. https://doi.org/10.1603/022.038.0315
- Evans, A. M., & Finkral, A. J. (2009). From renewable energy to fire risk reduction: A synthesis of biomass harvesting and utilization case studies in US forests. GCB Bioenergy, 1(3), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01013.x
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Laughlin, D. C. (2009). Functional consequences of long-term vegetation dynamics [Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science]. Northern Arizona University.
- Montes-Helu, M. C., Kolb, T., Dore, S., Sullivan, B., Hart, S. C., Koch, G., & Hungate, B. A. (2009). Persistent effects of fire-induced vegetation change on energy partitioning and evapotranspiration in ponderosa pine forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149(3–4), 491–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.09.011
2010 Accordion Closed
- Davis, T., Hofstetter, R., Klepzig, K., Foster, J., & Keim, P. (2010). Interactions between multiple fungi isolated from two bark beetles, Dendroctonus brevicomis and D. frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Yeast and Fungal Research, 1, 118–126. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215771759_Interactions_between_multiple_fungi_isolated_from_two_bark_beetles_Dendroctonus_brevicomis_and_D_frontalis_Coleoptera_Curculionidae
- Dore, S., Kolb, T. E., Montes-Helu, M., Eckert, S. E., Sullivan, B. W., Hungate, B. A., Kaye, J. P., Hart, S. C., Koch, G. W., & Finkral, A. (2010). Carbon and water fluxes from ponderosa pine forests disturbed by wildfire and thinning. Ecological Applications, 20(3), 663–683. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-0934.1
- Gaylord, M. L., Hofstetter, R. W., & Wagner, M. R. (2010). Impacts of Silvicultural Thinning Treatments on Beetle Trap Captures and Tree Attacks During Low Bark Beetle Populations in Ponderosa Pine Forests of Northern Arizona. Journal of Economic Entomology, 103(5), 1693–1703. https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10082
2011 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R. (2011). How well do U.S. Forest Service terrestrial ecosystem surveys correspond with measured vegetation properties? Silva Fennica, 45(4). https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/96
- Bero, B. N., Reiboldt, A., Davis, W., Bedard, N., & Russell, E. (2011). Low temperature fluidized wood chip drying with monoterpene analysis. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 69(4), 545–552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-010-0519-6
- Davis, T. S., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2011a). Oleoresin chemistry mediates oviposition behavior and fecundity of a tree-killing bark beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(11), 1177–1183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-011-0033-2
- Davis, T. S., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2011b). Reciprocal interactions between the bark beetle-associated yeast Ogataea pini and host plant phytochemistry. Mycologia, 103(6), 1201–1207. https://doi.org/10.3852/11-083
- Davis, T. S., Hofstetter, R. W., Foster, J. T., Foote, N. E., & Keim, P. (2011). Interactions between the yeast Ogataea pini and filamentous fungi associated with the western pine beetle. Microbial Ecology, 61(3), 626–634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-010-9773-8
- Gaylord, M. L., Hofstetter, R. W., Kolb, T. E., & Wagner, M. R. (2011). Limited response of ponderosa pine bole defenses to wounding and fungi. Tree Physiology, 31(4), 428–437. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpr025
- Hulcr, J., Adams, A. S., Raffa, K., Hofstetter, R. W., Klepzig, K. D., & Currie, C. R. (2011). Presence and diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and sympatric bark beetle galleries across North America. Microbial Ecology, 61(4), 759–768. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-010-9797-0
- Laughlin, D. C., Moore, M. M., & Fulé, P. Z. (2011). A century of increasing pine density and associated shifts in understory plant strategies. Ecology, 92(3), 556–561. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-2103.1
- Sullivan, B. W., Kolb, T. E., Hart, S. C., Kaye, J. P., Hungate, B. A., Dore, S., & Montes-Helu, M. (2011). Wildfire reduces carbon dioxide efflux and increases methane uptake in ponderosa pine forest soils of the southwestern USA. Biogeochemistry, 104(1–3), 251–265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9499-1
2012 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., Cayenne Engel, E., Springer, J. D., & Wallace Covington, W. (2012). Relationships of exotic plant communities with native vegetation, environmental factors, disturbance, and landscape ecosystems of Pinus ponderosa forests, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 271, 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.035
- Davis, T. S., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2012). Plant secondary chemistry mediates the performance of a nutritional symbiont associated with a tree-killing herbivore. Ecology, 93(2), 421–429. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0231.1
- Hofstetter, R., Gaylord, M., Martinson, S., & Wagner, M. (2012). Attraction to monoterpenes and beetle-produced compounds by syntopic Ips and Dendroctonus bark beetles and their predators. Agriculture and Forest Entomology, 14, 207–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00560.x
- Puhlick, J. J., Laughlin, D. C., & Moore, M. M. (2012). Factors influencing ponderosa pine regeneration in the southwestern USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 264, 10–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.002
- Springer, J. D., & Egan, D. (2012). Strategies for Enhancing and Restoring Rare Plants and Their Habitats. Northern Arizona University, Ecological Restoration Institute, 1–8. https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1322/
- Yturralde, K. M., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2012). Efficacy of commercially available ultrasonic pest repellent devices to affect behavior of bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 105(6), 2107–2114. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec12166
2013 Accordion Closed
- Davis, T., & Hofstetter, R. (2013). Allometry of Phloem Thickness and Resin Flow and Their Relation to Tree Chemotype in a Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forest. Forest Science -Washington-, 60. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.12-155
- Davis, T. S., Crippen, T. L., Hofstetter, R. W., & Tomberlin, J. K. (2013). Microbial volatile emissions as insect semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39(7), 840–859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0306-z
- Miller, D. R., Dodds, K. J., Eglitis, A., Fettig, C. J., Hofstetter, R. W., Langor, D. W., Mayfield, A. E., Munson, A. S., Poland, T. M., & Raffa, K. F. (2013). Trap lure blend of pine volatiles and bark beetle pheromones for Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in pine forests of Canada and the United States. Journal of Economic Entomology, 106(4), 1684–1692. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec13061
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Strahan, R. T. (2013). A functional trait perspective on demography, community assembly, and response to long-term grazing.
2014 Accordion Closed
- Aflitto, N. C., Hofstetter, R. W., McGuire, R., Dunn, D. D., & Potter, K. A. (2014). Technique for studying arthropod and microbial communities within tree tissues. Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE, 93, e50793. https://doi.org/10.3791/50793
- Aflitto, N., & Hofstetter, R. (2014). Use of acoustics to deter bark beetles from entering tree material. Pest Management Science, 70. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3720
- Foelker, C. J., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2014). Heritability, Fecundity, and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Four Species of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107(1), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1603/AN12153
- Hofstetter, R. W., & Moser, J. C. (2014). The Role of Mites in Insect-Fungus Associations. Annual Review of Entomology, 59(1), 537–557. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162039
2015 Accordion Closed
- Abella, S. R., Crouse, J. E., Covington, W. W., & Springer, J. D. (2015). Diverse responses across soil parent materials during ecological restoration: Restoration across soil parent materials. Restoration Ecology, 23(2), 113–121. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12160
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Dowling, H. E. (2015). Mapped permanent quadrats: A window through time into herbaceous plant demography [Northern Arizona University]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1705906187?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses
- Sankey, T., Donald, J., McVay, J., Ashley, M., O’Donnell, F., Lopez, S. M., & Springer, A. (2015). Multi-scale analysis of snow dynamics at the southern margin of the North American continental snow distribution. Remote Sensing of Environment, 169, 307–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.028
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Strahan, R. T., Laughlin, D. C., Bakker, J. D., & Moore, M. M. (2015). Long-term protection from heavy livestock grazing affects ponderosa pine understory composition and functional traits. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68(3), 257–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2015.03.008
- Yturralde, K. M., & Hofstetter, R. W. (2015). Characterization of Stridulatory Structures and Sounds of the Larger Mexican Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus approximatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist, 98(2), 516–527. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.098.0219
2016 Accordion Closed
- Miller, D. R., Allison, J. D., Crowe, C. M., Dickinson, D. M., Eglitis, A., Hofstetter, R. W., Munson, A. S., Poland, T. M., Reid, L. S., Steed, B. E., & Sweeney, J. D. (2016). Pine Sawyers (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Attracted to α-Pinene, Monochamol, and Ipsenol in North America. Journal of Economic Entomology, 109(3), 1205–1214. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow071
- Pfammatter, J. A., Coyle, D. R., Gandhi, K. J. K., Hernandez, N., Hofstetter, R. W., Moser, J. C., & Raffa, K. F. (2016). Structure of Phoretic Mite Assemblages Across Subcortical Beetle Species at a Regional Scale. Environmental Entomology, 45(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvv150
- Pureswaran, D. S., Hofstetter, R. W., Sullivan, B. T., Grady, A. M., & Brownie, C. (2016). Western Pine Beetle Populations in Arizona and California Differ in the Composition of Their Aggregation Pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(5), 404–413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0696-9
- Pureswaran, D. S., Hofstetter, R. W., Sullivan, B. T., & Potter, K. A. (2016). The Role of Multimodal Signals in Species Recognition Between Tree-Killing Bark Beetles in a Narrow Sympatric Zone. Environmental Entomology, 45(3), 582–591. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw022
2017 Accordion Closed
- Ruggirello, M., & Auty, D. (2017). Nondestructive Testing of Ponderosa Pine Wood Quality: Influence of Stand and Tree-Level Variables on Acoustic Velocity and Wood Density [Master of Forestry, Northern Arizona University]. https://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.19678.36169
- Sankey, T., Donager, J., McVay, J., & Sankey, J. B. (2017). UAV lidar and hyperspectral fusion for forest monitoring in the southwestern USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 195, 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.04.007
2018 Accordion Closed
- Davis, T., Stewart, J., Mann, A., Bradley, C., & Hofstetter, R. (2018). Evidence for multiple ecological roles of Leptographium abietinum , a symbiotic fungus associated with the North American spruce beetle. Fungal Ecology, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.04.008
- Kraberger, S., Hofstetter, R. W., Potter, K. A., Farkas, K., & Varsani, A. (2018). Genomoviruses associated with mountain and western pine beetles. Virus Research, 256, 17–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2018.07.019
- Laughlin, D. C., Strahan, R. T., Adler, P. B., & Moore, M. M. (2018). Survival rates indicate that correlations between community‐weighted mean traits and environments can be unreliable estimates of the adaptive value of traits. Ecology Letters, 21(3), 411–421. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12914
- Temuulen Sankey. (2018). Predicting snow water equivalence (SWE) and soil moisture response to restoration 1 treatments in headwater ponderosa pine forests of the Desert LCC (R13AC80032). Northern Arizona University. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5a7079b9e4b06e28e9cae524
2019 Accordion Closed
- Kolb, T., Keefover-Ring, K., Burr, S. J., Hofstetter, R., Gaylord, M., & Raffa, K. F. (2019). Drought-Mediated Changes in Tree Physiological Processes Weaken Tree Defenses to Bark Beetle Attack. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(10), 888–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01105-0
- Islam, S., Huang, Q., Afghah, F., Fule, P., & Razi, A. (2019). Fire Frontline Monitoring by Enabling UAV-Based Virtual Reality with Adaptive Imaging Rate. 2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 368–372. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9049048
2020 Accordion Closed
- Huang, Q., Razi, A., Afghah, F., & Fule, P. (2020). Wildfire Spread Modeling with Aerial Image Processing. 2020 IEEE 21st International Symposium on “A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks” (WoWMoM), 335–340. https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM49955.2020.00063
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Laughlin, D. C., Gremer, J. R., Adler, P. B., Mitchell, R. M., & Moore, M. M. (2020). The net effect of functional traits on fitness. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35(11), 1037–1047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.010
- Riquelme, M., Hofstetter, R., Auty, D., & Gaylord, M. (2020). Bunching as a Method to Reduce Wood Moisture through Transpirational Drying following Forest Restoration Treatments in Northern Arizona. Journal of Forestry, 118, 625–635. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa038
- Pham, T. G. (2020). Evaluating the effects of vegetation cover and phenology on the components of the surface energy fluxes, soil temperature and its damping depth, soil moisture and the partitioning of the evapotranspiration across forest, grassland and desert ecosystems [Master of Science]. University of Oklahoma. https://shareok.org/handle/11244/324940
- Vaughan, D. (2020). Wood properties of southwestern Pinus ponderosa and relationships with silviculture, climate, and wood products [Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science]. Northern Arizona University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2413983205/A92CEC6602794414PQ/1?accountid=12706
2021 Accordion Closed
- Bedoya, C. L., Hofstetter, R. W., Nelson, X. J., Hayes, M., Miller, D. R., & Brockerhoff, E. G. (2021). Sound production in bark and ambrosia beetles. Bioacoustics, 30(1), 58–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2019.1686424
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Partridge, S. P. (2021). The fecundity kernel: Reproductive analyses to fill the gap in perennial graminoid demography. https://libproxy.nau.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/fecundity-kernel-reproductive-analyses-fill-gap/docview/2572563016/se-2?accountid=12706
- Pirtel, N. L., Hubbard, R. M., Bradford, J. B., Kolb, T. E., Litvak, M. E., Abella, S. R., Porter, S. L., & Petrie, M. D. (2021). The aboveground and belowground growth characteristics of juvenile conifers in the southwestern United States. Ecosphere, 12(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3839
- Sullivan, B. T., Grady, A. M., Hofstetter, R. W., Pureswaran, D. S., Brownie, C., Cluck, D., Coleman, T. W., Graves, A., Willhite, E., Spiegel, L., Scarbrough, D., Orlemann, A., & Zúñiga, G. (2021). Evidence for Semiochemical Divergence Between Sibling Bark Beetle Species: Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus barberi. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 47(1), 10–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-020-01233-y
2022 Accordion Closed
- MacDonald, C. (2022). Soil quality indicators and vegetation responses following ecological restoration thinning of Ponderosa pine on three soil parent material types under grazing and non-grazing in Northern Arizona [Master of Science in Forestry]. Stephen F. Austin State University. https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/460/
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Moore, M. M., Jenness, J. S., Laughlin, D. C., Strahan, R. T., Bakker, J. D., Dowling, H. E., & Springer, J. D. (2022). Cover and density of southwestern ponderosa pine understory plants in permanent chart quadrats (2002–2020). Ecology, 103(5), e3661. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0092
- Vallance, N. (2022). Physiological ecology of free-living golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus laterlias) before and during hibernation [Master of Science in Biology]. Northern Arizona University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2679156058?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
- Zhang, V. Y., & Buck, C. L. (2022). Seasonal patterns in behavior and glucocorticoid secretion of a specialist Holarctic tree squirrel (Sciurus aberti). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 192(3–4), 541–559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-022-01429-6