Publications
Lab members in bold – pdfs are intended for personal use only and as substitutes for reprint requests.
Webb, E.E., H.D. Alexander, M.M. Loranty, A.C. Talucci, and J.W. Lichstein. 2024. Siberian larch fire regimes and climate change. Ecosystems (in press)
Lichstein, J.W., T. Zhang, E. Weng, C.E. Farrior, S. Malyshev, R. Dybzinski, E. Shevliakova, R.A. Birdsey, and S.W. Pacala. 2024. Effects of water limitation on optimal tree carbon allocation in an Earth system modeling framework. Journal of Ecology (in press)
Magee, L., S. Lapalikar, D. Cayetano, S. Machado, K. Pandit, B. Trentin, D. Wood, R. Liete, D.N. Cosenza, J. Mintz, D. Valle, R. Crandall, J.W. Lichstein, N. Montero, C. Cherro, R. Barreto, S. Bolhman, and D.J. Johnson. 2024. Oaks enhance early life stage longleaf pine growth and density in a subtropical xeric savanna. Oecologia 205:411-422. pdf
Liu, Yunpeng, J.A. Hogan, J.W. Lichstein, R.P. Guralnick, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, and S.M. Scheiner. 2024. Biodiversity and productivity in eastern USA forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 121:e2311132121 (pp. 1-9). pdf
Hogan, J.A., G.M. Domke, K. Zhu, D.J. Johnson, and J.W. Lichstein. 2024. Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 121:e2311132121 (pp. 1-11). pdf | Supporting Information
Webb, E.E., H.D. Alexander, A.K. Paulson, M.M. Loranty, J. DeMarco, A.C. Talucci, V. Spektor, N. Zimov, and J.W. Lichstein. 2024. Fire-induced carbon loss and tree mortality in Siberian larch forests. Geophysical Research Letters 51, e2023GL105216 (pp. 1-12). pdf
Holm. J.A., D.M. Medvigy, B. Smith, J.S. Dukes, M. Mishurov, X. Xu, J.W. Lichstein, C. Beier, C.D. Allen, K.S. Larsen, Y. Luo, C. Ficken, W.T. Pockman, W.R.L. Anderegg, and A. Rammig. 2023. Exploring the impacts of unprecedented climate extremes on forest ecosystems: hypotheses to guide modeling and experimental studies. Biogeosciences 20:2117-2142. pdf | Supplement
E.E. Webb, A.K. Lijedahl, J.A. Cordeiro, M.M. Loranty, C. Witharana, and J.W. Lichstein. 2022. Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic. Nature Climate Change 12:841-846. pdf | News & Views
Liu, Y., K. Ogle, J.W. Lichstein, and S.T. Jackson. 2022. Estimation of pollen productivity and dispersal: Using pollen assemblages in small lakes to understand vegetation composition. Ecological Monographs e1513 (pp. 1-19). pdf
Webb, E.E., M.M. Loranty, and J.W. Lichstein. 2021. Surface water amplifies the Arctic-boreal albedo feedback. Environmental Research Letters 16:084046. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., B. Peterson, J. Langebrake, and S. McKinley. 2021. Leaf economics of early- and late-successional plants. American Naturalist 198:347-359. pdf | Supplement
Crawford, M.S., K.E. Barry, A.T. Clark, C.E. Farrior, J. Hines, E. Ladouceur, J.W. Lichstein, I. Maréchaux, F. May, A.S. Mori, B. Reineking, L.A. Turnbull, C. Wirth, and N. Rüger. 2021. The function-dominance correlation drives the direction and strength of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Ecology Letters 24:1762-1775. pdf
Dugan, A.J., J.W. Lichstein, A. Steele, J.H. Metsaranta, S. Bick, and D. Hollinger. 2021. Opportunities for forest sector emissions reductions: a state-level analysis. Ecological Applications 35:e02327 (pp. 1-15). pdf | Supporting Information
Zhang, T., G.M. Domke, M.B. Russell, and J.W. Lichstein. 2021. An index for measuring functional extension and evenness in trait space. Ecology and Evolution 11:7461-7473. pdf
Blundo, C., A. Malizia, L.R. Malizia, and J.W. Lichstein. 2021. Forest biomass stocks and dynamics across the subtropical Andes. Biotropica 53:170-178. pdf
McDowell, N.G., C.D. Allen, K. Anderson-Teixeira, B.H. Aukema, B. Bond-Lamberty, L. Chini, J.S. Clark, M. Dietze, C. Grossiord, A. Hanbury-Brown, G.C. Hurtt, R.B. Jackson, D.J. Johnson, L. Kueppers, J.W. Lichstein, K. Ogle, B. Poulter, T.A.M. Pugh, R. Seidl, M.G. Turner, M. Uriarte, A.P. Walker, C. Xu. 2020. Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world. Science 368:964-975. pdf
Rüger, N., R. Condit, D.H. Dent, S.J. DeWalt, S.P. Hubbell, J.W. Lichstein, O.R. Lopez, C. Wirth, and C.E. Farrior. 2020. Demographic tradeoffs predict tropical forest dynamics. Science 368:165-168. pdf | Science Perspectives article
Kattge, J., et al. 2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26:119-188. pdf
Park, J.Y., H.C. Muller-Landau, J.W. Lichstein, S.W. Rifai, J.P. Dandois, and S.A. Bohlman. 2019. Quantifying leaf phenology of individual trees and species in a tropical forest using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images. Remote Sensing 11:1534. pdf
Osnas, J.L.D., M. Katabuchi, S.J. Wright, K. Kitajima, N. Kraft, P.B. Reich, M.J. Samaniego, S.A. Van Bael, S.W. Pacala, and J.W. Lichstein. 2018. Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 115(21):5480-5485. pdf | Supporting Information
Zhang, T., Ü. Niinemets, J. Sheffield, and J.W. Lichstein. 2018. Shifts in tree functional composition amplify the response of forest biomass to climate. Nature 556:99-102. link to paper | link to Nature News and Views article
Fell, M., J. Barber, J.W. Lichstein, and K. Ogle. 2018. Multidimensional trait space informed by a mechanistic model of tree growth and carbon allocation. Ecosphere 9(1):e02060, pages 1-25. pdf
Fisher, R.A., C.D. Koven, W.R.L. Anderegg, B.O. Christoffersen, M.C. Dietze, C. Farrior, J.A. Holm, G. Hurtt, R.G. Knox, P.J. Lawrence, J.W. Lichstein, M. Longo, A.M. Matheny, D. Medvigy, H.C. Muller-Landau, T.L. Powell, S.P. Serbin, H. Sato, J. Shuman, B. Smith, A.T. Trugman, T. Viskari, H. Verbeeck, E. Weng, C. Xu, X. Xu, T. Zhang, P. Moorcroft. 2018. Vegetation Demographics in Earth System Models: a review of progress and priorities. Global Change Biology 24:35-54. pdf
Liao, W., D.N.L. Menge, J.W. Lichstein, and G. Ángeles-Pérez. 2017. Global climate change will increase the abundance of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing trees in much of North America. Global Change Biology 23:4777-4787. pdf
Menge, D.N.L., S.A. Batterman, W. Liao, B.N. Taylor, J.W. Lichstein, and G. Ángeles-Pérez. 2017. Nitrogen-fixing trees comprise similar fractions of tree diversity in higher-latitude and lower-latitude forests in North America despite wide differences in abundance. Ecology Letters 20:842-851. pdf
Huang, Y., S. Gerber, T. Huang, and J.W. Lichstein. 2016. Evaluating the drought response of CMIP5 models using global gross primary productivity, leaf area, precipitation, and soil moisture data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30, doi:10.1002/2016GB005480. pdf
Caughlin, T.T., S. Elliott, and J.W. Lichstein. 2016. When does seed limitation matter for scaling up reforestation from patches to landscapes? Ecological Applications 26(8):2439-2450. pdf
Rifai, S.W.G, J.D.U. Muñoz, R. Negrón-Juarez, F.R.R. Arévalo, R. Tello-Espinoza, M.C. Vanderwel, J.W. Lichstein, J.Q. Chambers, and S.A. Bohlman. 2016. Landscape-scale consequences of differential tree mortality from catastrophic wind disturbance in the Amazon. Ecological Applications 26(7):2225-2237. pdf
Vanderwel, M.C., H. Zeng, J.P. Caspersen, G. Kunstler, J.W. Lichstein. 2016. Demographic controls of aboveground forest biomass across North America. Ecology Letters 19:414-423. pdf
Tautenhahn, S., J.W. Lichstein, M. Jung, J. Kattge, S.A. Bohlman, H. Heilmeier, A. Prokushkin, A. Kahl, C. Wirth. 2016. Dispersal limitation drives successional pathways in Central Siberian forests under current and intensified fire regimes. Global Change Biology 22:2178:2197. pdf
Anderegg W.R.L., J.A. Hicke, R.A. Fisher, C.D. Allen, J. Aukema, B. Bentz, S. Hood, J.W. Lichstein, A.K. Macalady, N. McDowell, Y. Pan, K. Raffa, A. Sala, J.D. Shaw, N.L. Stephenson, C. Tague, M. Zeppel. 2015. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate. New Phytologist 208:674-683. pdf | Faculty of 1000 recommended
Weng, E., S. Malyshev, J.W. Lichstein, C.E. Farrior, R. Dybzinski, T. Zhang, E. Shevliakova, S.W. Pacala. 2015. Scaling from individuals to ecosystems in an Earth System Model using a mathematically tractable model of height-structured competition for light. Biogeosciences 12:2655-2694. pdf
Vanderwel, M., M. Slot, J.W. Lichstein, P.B. Reich, J. Kattge, O.K. Atkin, K.J. Bloomfield, M.G. Tjoelker, and K. Kitajima. 2015. Global convergence in leaf respiration from estimates of thermal acclimation across time and space. New Phytologist 207:1026-1037. pdf
Caughlin, T.T., J. Ferguson, J.W. Lichstein, P. Zuidema, S. Bunyavejchewin, and D. Levey. 2015. Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 298:20142095. pdf
Slot, M., C. Rey-Sánchez, S. Gerber, Lichstein, J.W., K. Winter, and K. Kitajima. 2014. Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance. Global Change Biology 20:2915-2926. pdf
Menge, D.N.L., J.W. Lichstein, and G. Ángeles-Pérez. 2014. Nitrogen fixation strategies explain the latitudinal shift in nitrogen-fixing tree abundance. Ecology 95(8):2236-2245. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., N. Golaz, S. Malyshev, E. Shevliakova, T. Zhang, J. Sheffield, R.A. Birdsey, J.L. Sarmiento, and S.W. Pacala. 2014. Confronting terrestrial biosphere models with forest inventory data. Ecological Applications 24(4):699-715. pdf | Appendix A | Appendix B
Caughlin, T.T., J. Ferguson, J.W. Lichstein, S. Bunyavejchewin, and D. Levey. 2014. The importance of long distance seed dispersal for the demography and distribution of a canopy tree species. Ecology 95(4):952-962. pdf
Chen, A., J.W. Lichstein, J.L.D. Osnas, and S.W. Pacala. 2014. Species-independent down-regulation of leaf photosynthesis and respiration in response to shading: evidence from six temperate forest tree species. PLoS ONE 9(4):e91798. pdf
Zhang, T., Lichstein, J.W., and R.A. Birdsey. 2014. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the dynamics of eastern U.S. forests: implications for developing broad-scale forest dynamics models. Ecological Modelling 279:89-99. pdf
Ogle, K., S. Pathikonda, K. Sartor, J.W. Lichstein, J.L.D. Osnas, and S.W. Pacala. 2014. A model-based meta-analysis for estimating species-specific wood density and identifying potential sources of variation. Journal of Ecology 102:194-208. pdf
Melvin, A.M., J.W. Lichstein, and C.C. Goodale. 2013. Forest liming increases forest floor carbon and nitrogen stocks in a mixed hardwood forest. Ecological Applications 23(8):1962-1975. pdf
Vanderwel, M.C., W.P. Cropper, J.W. Lichstein, and F.E. Putz. 2013. Predicting broad-scale carbon loss and recovery in managed tropical forests. Carbon Management 4(6):575-577. pdf
Osnas, J.L.D., J.W. Lichstein, P.B. Reich, and S.W. Pacala. 2013. Global leaf trait relationships: mass, area, and the leaf economics spectrum. Science 340:741-744. pdf | Supplementary Material | Faculty of 1000 recommended
Caughlin, T., J.H. Wheeler, J. Jankowski, and J.W. Lichstein. 2012. Urbanized landscapes favored by fig-eating birds increase invasive but not native juvenile strangler fig abundance. Ecology 93(7):1571-1580. pdf
Lichstein, J.W. and S.W. Pacala. 2011. Local diversity in heterogeneous landscapes: quantitative assessment with a height-structured forest metacommunity model. Theoretical Ecology 4:269-281. pdf | Appendices
Lichstein, J.W., J. Dushoff, K. Ogle, A. Chen, D.W. Purves, J.P. Caspersen, and S.W. Pacala. 2010. Unlocking the forest inventory data: relating individual-tree performance to unmeasured environmental factors. Ecological Applications 20(3):684-699. pdf | Supplementary material
Malizia, A., H.R. Grau, and J.W. Lichstein. 2010. Soil phosphorus and disturbances influence liana communities in a subtropical montane forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 21:551-560. pdf
Menge, D.N.L., J.L. DeNoyer, and J.W. Lichstein. 2010. Phylogenetic constraints do not explain the rarity of nitrogen-fixing trees in late-successional temperate forests. PLoS ONE 5(8):e12056. pdf | Supplementary material
Chisholm, R.A, and J.W. Lichstein. 2009. Linking dispersal, immigration and scale in the neutral theory of biodiversity. Ecology Letters 12:1385-1393. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., C. Wirth, H.S. Horn, and S.W. Pacala. 2009. Biomass chronosequences of United States forests: implications for carbon storage and forest management. Pages 301-341 in C. Wirth, G. Gleixner, and M. Heimann, eds. Old-growth forests: function, fate and value. Ecological Studies vol. 207, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. pdf
Wirth, C. and J.W. Lichstein. 2009. The imprint of succession on old-growth forest carbon balances: insights from a trait-based model of forest dynamics. Pages 81-113 in C. Wirth, G. Gleixner, and M. Heimann, eds. Old-growth forests: function, fate and value. Ecological Studies vol. 207, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pdf
Purves, D.W., J.W. Lichstein, N. Strigul, and S.W. Pacala. 2008. Predicting and understanding forest dynamics using a simple, tractable model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 105(44):17018-17022. pdf | Supplement | Appendix
Wirth C., J.W. Lichstein, J. Dushoff, A. Chen, and F.S. Chapin III. 2008. White spruce meets black spruce: dispersal, postfire establishment, and growth in a warming climate. Ecological Monographs 78(4):489-505. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., J. Dushoff, S.A. Levin, and S.W. Pacala. 2007. Intraspecific variation and species coexistence. American Naturalist 170(6):807-818. pdf
Purves, D.W., J.W. Lichstein, and S.W. Pacala. 2007. Crown plasticity and competition for canopy space: a new spatially implicit model parameterized for 250 North American tree species. PLoS ONE 2(9):e870. pdf
Lichstein, J.W. 2007. Multiple regression on distance matrices: a multivariate spatial analysis tool. Plant Ecology 188(2):117-131. pdf
Jetz, W., C. Rahbek, and J.W. Lichstein. 2005. Local and global approaches to spatial data analysis in ecology. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14(1): 97-98. pdf
Roy, S.B., P.D. Walsh, and J.W. Lichstein. 2005. Can logging in equatorial Africa affect adjacent parks? Ecology and Society 10(1):article 6. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., H.R. Grau, and R. Aragón. 2004. Recruitment limitation in secondary forests dominated by an exotic tree. Journal of Vegetation Science 15(6):721-728. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., T.R. Simons, and K.E. Franzreb. 2002. Landscape effects on breeding songbird abundance in managed forests. Ecological Applications 12(3):836-857. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., T.R. Simons, S.A. Shriner, and K.E. Franzreb. 2002. Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology. Ecological Monographs 72(3):445-463. pdf
Lichstein, J.W., M.L. Ballinger, A.R. Blanchette, H.M. Fishman, and G.D. Bittner. 2000. Structural changes at cut ends of earthworm giant axons in the interval between dye barrier formation and neuritic outgrowth. Journal of Comparative Neurology 416(2):143-157.