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Publications

Babl, E. K., Alexander, H. D., Siegert, C. M., Willis, J. W. 2020. Could canopy, bark, and leaf litter traits of encroaching non-oak species influence future flammability of upland oak forests? Forest Ecology and Management. Download

Siegert, C. M., Drotar, N., Alexander, H. D. 2019. Spatial and temporal variability of throughfall in an upland oak-hickory forest. Geosciences 9 (405):1–13. Download

Kropp, H., Loranty, M., Natali, S., Kholodov, A., Alexander, H. D., Zimov, N., Mack, M., Spawn, S. 2019. Tree density influences ecohydrological drivers of plant–water relations in a larch boreal forest in Siberia. Ecohydrology 12(7):e2132. Download

Watson, P., Alexander, H. D. 2019. Effects of shrub encroachment and removal on grassland recovery in South Texas Coastal Prairies. Rangeland Ecology and Management 72:275–282. Download

Loranty, M. M., Kropp, H., Natali, S. M., Alexander, H. D., Mack, M. C., Zimov, N., Davydov, S. P. 2018. Vegetation indices do not capture forest cover variation in upland Siberian larch forests. Remote Sensing 10:1686. Download

Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Thomas, H., et al. (many authors, including Alexander, H. D.). 2018. Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2018:1–10. Download

Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Rüger, N., Normand, S., et al. (many authors, including Alexander, H. D.). 2018. Plant functional trait change across the tundra biome and over three decades of warming. Nature 562:57–62. Download

Ludwig, S., Alexander, H. D., Kielland, K., Mann, P., Natali, S. M., Ruess, R. 2018. Fire severity effects on nutrient dynamics and microbial activities in a Siberian larch forest. Global Change Biology 2018:1–12. Download

Alexander, H. D., Natali, S., Loranty, M., Mack, M. C., Ludwig, S., Davydov, S., Zimov, N. 2018. Soil burn severity impacts on larch recruitment on permafrost soils of far northeastern Siberia. Forest Ecology and Management 417: 144-153. Download

Alexander, H. D., M. C. Mack. 2017. Gap regeneration within mature deciduous forests of Interior Alaska: implications for future forest successional dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management 396(2017): 35-43. Download

Arthur, M. A., B. A. Blankenship, A. Schörgendorfer, H. D. Alexander. 2017. Alterations to the fuel bed after single and repeated prescribed fires in an Appalachian hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 403:126-136. Download

Jean, M., J. Johnstone, M. Mack, H.D. Alexander. 2017. Patterns of bryophyte succession in a 160 year chronosequence in deciduous and coniferous forests of boreal Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47(8):1021-1032. Download

Kropp, H., M. Loranty, H. D. Alexander, L. Berner, S. Natali, S. Spawn. 2017. Hydrologic suppression of transpiration and stomatal conductance in a Siberian Arctic boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122: 487-497. Download

Webb, E. E., K. Heard, S. Natali, A. Bunn, H. D. Alexander, L. Berner, A. Kholodov, M. Loranty, J. Schade, V. Spektor, N. Zimov. 2017. Variability in above and belowground carbon stocks in a Siberian larch watershed. Biogeosciences 14:4270-4294. Download

Abbott, B.W., J. B. Jones, E. A. G. Schuur, F. S. Chapin III, W. B. Bowden, M. S. Bret-Harte, H. E. Epstein, M. D. Flannigan, T. K. Harms, T. N. Hollingsworth, M. C. Mack, A. D. McGuire, S. M. Natali, A. V. Rocha, S. E. Tank, M. R. Turetsky, J. E. Vonk, K. P. Wickland, G. R. Aiken, H. D. Alexander, etal. 2016. Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. Environmental Research Letters 11(3): 1-13. Download

Alexander, H. D. and Mack, M. C. 2016. A canopy shift in interior Alaskan boreal forests: consequences for above and belowground carbon and nitrogen pools during post fire succession. Ecosystems 19(1):98-114. Download

Alexander, H. D., Moczygemba, J., and Dick, K. 2016. Growth and survival of thornscrub forest seedlings in response to restoration strategies aimed at alleviating abiotic and biotic stressors. Journal of Arid Environments 124: 180-188. Download

Dick, K., H. D. Alexander, J. D. Moczygemba. 2016. Use of shelter tubes, grass-specific herbicide, and herbivore exclosures to reduce stressors and improve restoration of semi-arid thornscrub forests. Restoration Ecology 24(6):785-793. Download

Loranty, M., W. Liberman-Cribbin, L. T. Berner, H. D. Alexander, S. J. Goetz, A. L. Kholodov, S. N. Natali. 2016. Spatial variation in vegetation productivity trends, fire distrubance, and soil carbon acros arctic-boreal permafrost ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters 11(9):1-14. Download

Arthur, M. A., Blankenship, B.A., Schorgendorfer, A., Carmean, G., Loftis, D. L., and Alexander, H. D., 2015. Stand structure and tree health following repeated prescribed fire in an Appalachian hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 340: 46-61. Download

Berner, L. T., H.D. Alexander, M.M. Loranty, P. Ganzlin, M.C. Mack, S.J. Goetz. 2015. Biomass allometry for alder, dwarf birch, and willow in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems of northeastern Siberia and northern Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management 337:110-118. Download

Broderick, D.E., K.E. Frey, J. Rogan, H.D. Alexander. 2015. Estimating belowground carbon stocks in a permafrost watershed in Northeast Siberia by linking field measurements to Landsat – 5 TM and Worldview – 2 data. GIS and Remote Sensing 52(2):1-25.

Lei, J., B.K. Wylie, D.R. Nossov, B. Peterson, H.D. Alexander, M.C. Mack, J. Rover, M.P. Waldrop, J.W. McFarland, X. Chen, N.J. Pastick. 2015. Spatially explicit estimation of aboveground boreal forest biomass in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska. International Journal of Remote Sensing 36(4):939-953. Download

Alexander, H. D., M. A. Arthur. 2014. Increasing red maple leaf litter alters decomposition rates and nitrogen cycling in historically oak – dominated forests of the eastern U.S. Ecosystems 17:1371-1383. Download

McLauchlan, K.K., P.E. Higuera, D.G. Gavin, S.P. Perakis, M.M. Mack, H.D. Alexander, J. Battles, F. Biondi, B. Buma, D. Colombaroli, S. Enders, D.R. Engstrom, F.S. Hu, J. Marlon, J. Marshall, M. McGlone, J. Morris, L. Nave, B. Shuman, E. Smithwick, D. Urrego, D. Wardle, C. Williams, J.J. Williams. 2014. Reconstructing disturbances and their biogeochemical consequences over multiple timescales. Bioscience 64(2):105-116.

Alexander, H. D., M.C. Mack, S. Goetz, P.S.A. Beck, F. Belshe. 2012. Implications of increased deciduous cover on stand structure and aboveground carbon pools of Alaskan boreal forests. Ecosphere 3(5):45.

Alexander, H. D., M.C. Mack, S. Goetz, P.S.A. Beck, M. Loranty, K. Earl, S. Zimov, S. Davydov, C.C. Thompson. 2012. Carbon accumulation patterns during post– fire succession in Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) forests of Siberia. Ecosystems 15(7): 1065-1082. Download

Arthur, M. A., H.D. Alexander, D. Dey, C.J. Schweitzer, D.L. Loftis. 2012. Refining the oak – fire hypothesis for management of oak – dominated forests of the eastern United States. Journal of Forestry 110(5): 257-266.

Berner, L. T., P.S.A. Beck, M.M. Loranty, H.D. Alexander, M.C. Mack, S.J. Goetz. 2012. Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) biomass distribution, fire regime and post – fire recovery in northeastern Siberia. Biogeosciences 9: 3943-3959.

Beck, P. S. A.,S. Goetz, M.C. Mack, H.D. Alexander, J. Yufang, J.T. Randerson, M. Loranty. 2011. The impacts and implications of an intensifying fire regime on boreal forest composition and albedo. Global Change Biology 17: 285-2866.

Alexander, H. D., M. A. Arthur. 2010. Implications of a predicted shift from upland oaks to red maple on forest hydrology and nutrient availability. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(4): 716-726.

Alexander, H. D., M. A. Arthur. 2009. Foliar morphology and chemistry of upland oaks, red maple, and sassafras seedlings in response to single and repeated prescribed fires. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 740-754.

Alexander, H. D., M. A. Arthur, D. L. Loftis, S. R. Green. 2008. Survival and growth of upland oak and co – occurring competitor seedlings following single and repeated prescribed fires. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1021-1030.

Forbes, M., H. D. Alexander, K. H. Dunton. 2008. The effects of pulsed riverine versus non – pulsed wastewater inputs of freshwater on plant community structure in a semi – arid salt marsh. Wetlands 28(4): 984-994.

Alexander, H. D., K. H. Dunton. 2006. Wastewater effluent as an alternative freshwater source in a hypersaline salt marsh: Impacts on salinity, inorganic nitrogen, and emergent vegetation. Journal of Coastal Research 22(2): 377-392.

Alexander, H. D., K. H. Dunton. 2002. Freshwater inundation effects on emergent vegetation of a hypersaline salt marsh. Estuaries 25(6B): 1426-1435.