PUBLICATIONS (please e-mail me directly at jiburton(at)esf.edu for pdf reprints and pre-prints):
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (*graduate student):
26. Patton, R.M.*, Kiernan, D.H., Burton, J.I. & Drake, J.E. (2022) Management trade-offs between forest carbon stocks, sequestration rates and structural complexity in the central Adirondacks. Forest Ecology and Management, 525, 120539.
25. Hecking, M.J.*, Zukswert, J.M.*, Drake, J.E., Dovciak, M. & Burton, J.I. (2022) Montane temperate-boreal forests retain the leaf economic spectrum despite intraspecific variability. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4.
24. Burton, J.I., Mladenoff, D.J., Forrester, J.A. and Clayton, M.K. (2021), Effects of forest canopy gaps on the ground‐layer plant community depend on deer – evidence from a controlled experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32 (1): e12969
23. Pettit, J.M.*, Voelker, S.L., DeRose, R.J. and J.I. Burton. 2020. Spruce beetle outbreak was not driven by drought stress: Evidence from a tree-ring iso-demographic approach indicates temperatures were more important. Global Change Biology 26: 5829– 5843.
22. Burton, J.I., Perakis, S.S., Brooks, J.R. & K.J. Puettmann, K.J. 2020. Trait integration and functional differentiation among co-existing plant species. American Journal of Botany 107(4) 628-638.
Highlighted in the April 2020 issue
21. Pettit, J.M.*, J.I. Burton, R.J. DeRose, J.N. Long and S.L. Voelker. 2019. Epidemic spruce beetle outbreak changes drivers of Engelmann spruce regeneration. Ecosphere 10 (11) , e02912
20. Olson, D.H. and J.I. Burton. 2019. Climate associations with headwater streamflow in managed forests over 16 years and projections of future dry headwater stream channels. Forests 10 (11), 968.
19. Sabo, A.E., J.A. Forrester, J.I. Burton, P.D. Jones, D.J. Mladenoff, and E.L. Kruger. 2019. Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 433:386-395.
18. Webster, C.R., Y. Dickinson, J.I. Burton, M. Jenkins, C. Kern, P. Raymond, M. Saunders, M. Walters, J.L. Willis. 2018. Tamm Review: Seeing the forest through the understory: promoting and maintaining diversity in contemporary hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 421, 98-108.
17. Fahey, R.T., B. Alveshere, J.I. Burton, A.W. D'Amato, Y.L. Dickinson, W.S. Keeton, C.C. Kern, A.J. Larson, B.J. Palik, K.J. Puettmann, C.R. Webster, J.W. Atkins, C.M. Gough, B.S. Hardiman, M.R. Saunders. 2018. Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and Silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 421, 59-71.
16. Burton, J.I., S.S. Perakis, S.C. McKenzie, C.E. Lawrence and K.J. Puettmann. 2017. Intraspecific variability and reaction norms of forest understory plant species traits. Functional Ecology 31: 1881-1893.
15. Kern, C.C., Burton, J.I., Raymond, P.A., D’Amato, A.W., Keeton, W.S., Royo, A.A., Walters, M.B., Webster, C.R., and J.L. Willis. 2017 Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests. Invited Review. Forestry 90: 4-17.
14. Puettmann, K.J., A. Ares, J.I. Burton and E.K. Dodson. 2016. Forest restoration using variable density thinning: lessons from Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Forests 7 (12): 1-14.
13. Burton, J.I., D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2016. Effects of riparian buffer width on wood loading in headwater streams after repeated forest thinning. Forest Ecology and Management. Forest Ecology and Management 372: 247-257.
12. Olson, D.H. and J.I. Burton. 2014. Near-term effects of repeated-thinning with riparian buffers on headwater stream vertebrates and habitats in Oregon, USA. Forests 5(11), 2703-2729.
11. Burton, J.I., L.M. Ganio and K.J. Puettmann. 2014. Multi-scale spatial controls of understory vegetation in Douglas-fir – western hemlock forests of western Oregon, USA. Ecosphere 5(12) 151.
10. Burton, J.I., D.J. Mladenoff, J.A. Forrester, M.K. Clayton. 2014. Experimentally linking canopy gap size, resources and productivity to the maintenance of diversity in forest ground-layer plant communities. Journal of Ecology 102: 1634-1648.
9. Dodson, E.K., J.I. Burton and K.J. Puettmann. 2014. Multi-scale controls on natural regeneration dynamics after partial overstory removal in Douglas-fir forests in western Oregon, USA. Forest Science 60(5): 953-961.
8. Sabatini, F.M., J.I. Burton, R.M. Scheller, K.L. Amatangelo and D.J. Mladenoff. 2014. Functional diversity of ground-layer plant communities in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests. Applied Vegetation Science 17(3): 398-407
7. Burton, J.I., A. Ares, D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Management trade-off between above-ground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests. Ecological Applications 23(6): 1297-1310
6. Burton, J.I., D.J. Mladenoff, M.K. Clayton and J.A. Forrester. 2011. The roles of environmental filtering and colonization in the fine-scale spatial patterning of ground-layer plant communities in north temperate deciduous forests. Journal of Ecology 99(3):764-776
5. Foster, J.R., J.I. Burton, J.A. Forrester, F. Liu, J.D. Muss, F.M. Sabatini, R.M. Scheller and D.J. Mladenoff. 2010. Evidence for a recent increase in forest growth is questionable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(21): E86-E87. doi:10.1073/pnas.1002725107.
4. Dyer, J.H., S.T. Gower, J.A. Forrester, C.G. Lorimer, D.J. Mladenoff and J.I. Burton. 2010. Effects of selective tree harvests on aboveground biomass and productivity of a second-growth northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(12):2360-2369.
3. Burton, J.I., E.K. Zenner, L.E. Frelich, and M.W. Cornett. 2009. Patterns of plant community structure within and among primary and second-growth northern hardwood forest stands. Forest Ecology and Management 258:2556 – 2568.
2. Burton, J.I., E.K. Zenner and L.E. Frelich. 2008. Frost crack incidence in northern hardwood forests of the southern boreal – north temperate transition zone. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25:133-138.
1. Lain E.J., A. Haney, J.M. Burris and J. Burton. 2008. Response of vegetation and birds to severe wind disturbance and salvage logging in a southern boreal forest. Forest Ecology & Management. 256:863-871.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1. Nelson, M.P., Gosnell, H., Warren, D., Batavia, C., Betts, M., Burton, J., Davis, E.J., Friesen, C., Perakis, S., Schulze, M., and C. Segura. 2017. Enhancing Public Trust in Federal Forest Management. Page 259-274 In Van Horne, B. and D.H. Olson, editors. People, Forests, and Change: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest. Island Press. 331 pages.
TECHNICAL REPORTS (Peer reviewed):
2. Burton, J.I., A. Ares, S.E. Mulford, D.H. Olson, and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Above-ground carbon storage, down wood, and understory plant species richness after thinning in western Oregon. In Paul Anderson and Kathryn Ronnenberg, Eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 91-100
1. Burton, J.I., D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Headwater stream flow, climate variation, and riparian buffers with thinning in western Oregon. In Paul Anderson and Kathryn Ronnenberg, Eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 239
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (*graduate student):
26. Patton, R.M.*, Kiernan, D.H., Burton, J.I. & Drake, J.E. (2022) Management trade-offs between forest carbon stocks, sequestration rates and structural complexity in the central Adirondacks. Forest Ecology and Management, 525, 120539.
25. Hecking, M.J.*, Zukswert, J.M.*, Drake, J.E., Dovciak, M. & Burton, J.I. (2022) Montane temperate-boreal forests retain the leaf economic spectrum despite intraspecific variability. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4.
24. Burton, J.I., Mladenoff, D.J., Forrester, J.A. and Clayton, M.K. (2021), Effects of forest canopy gaps on the ground‐layer plant community depend on deer – evidence from a controlled experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32 (1): e12969
23. Pettit, J.M.*, Voelker, S.L., DeRose, R.J. and J.I. Burton. 2020. Spruce beetle outbreak was not driven by drought stress: Evidence from a tree-ring iso-demographic approach indicates temperatures were more important. Global Change Biology 26: 5829– 5843.
22. Burton, J.I., Perakis, S.S., Brooks, J.R. & K.J. Puettmann, K.J. 2020. Trait integration and functional differentiation among co-existing plant species. American Journal of Botany 107(4) 628-638.
Highlighted in the April 2020 issue
21. Pettit, J.M.*, J.I. Burton, R.J. DeRose, J.N. Long and S.L. Voelker. 2019. Epidemic spruce beetle outbreak changes drivers of Engelmann spruce regeneration. Ecosphere 10 (11) , e02912
20. Olson, D.H. and J.I. Burton. 2019. Climate associations with headwater streamflow in managed forests over 16 years and projections of future dry headwater stream channels. Forests 10 (11), 968.
19. Sabo, A.E., J.A. Forrester, J.I. Burton, P.D. Jones, D.J. Mladenoff, and E.L. Kruger. 2019. Ungulate exclusion accentuates increases in woody species richness and abundance with canopy gap creation in a temperate hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 433:386-395.
18. Webster, C.R., Y. Dickinson, J.I. Burton, M. Jenkins, C. Kern, P. Raymond, M. Saunders, M. Walters, J.L. Willis. 2018. Tamm Review: Seeing the forest through the understory: promoting and maintaining diversity in contemporary hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 421, 98-108.
17. Fahey, R.T., B. Alveshere, J.I. Burton, A.W. D'Amato, Y.L. Dickinson, W.S. Keeton, C.C. Kern, A.J. Larson, B.J. Palik, K.J. Puettmann, C.R. Webster, J.W. Atkins, C.M. Gough, B.S. Hardiman, M.R. Saunders. 2018. Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and Silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management 421, 59-71.
16. Burton, J.I., S.S. Perakis, S.C. McKenzie, C.E. Lawrence and K.J. Puettmann. 2017. Intraspecific variability and reaction norms of forest understory plant species traits. Functional Ecology 31: 1881-1893.
15. Kern, C.C., Burton, J.I., Raymond, P.A., D’Amato, A.W., Keeton, W.S., Royo, A.A., Walters, M.B., Webster, C.R., and J.L. Willis. 2017 Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests. Invited Review. Forestry 90: 4-17.
14. Puettmann, K.J., A. Ares, J.I. Burton and E.K. Dodson. 2016. Forest restoration using variable density thinning: lessons from Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Forests 7 (12): 1-14.
13. Burton, J.I., D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2016. Effects of riparian buffer width on wood loading in headwater streams after repeated forest thinning. Forest Ecology and Management. Forest Ecology and Management 372: 247-257.
12. Olson, D.H. and J.I. Burton. 2014. Near-term effects of repeated-thinning with riparian buffers on headwater stream vertebrates and habitats in Oregon, USA. Forests 5(11), 2703-2729.
11. Burton, J.I., L.M. Ganio and K.J. Puettmann. 2014. Multi-scale spatial controls of understory vegetation in Douglas-fir – western hemlock forests of western Oregon, USA. Ecosphere 5(12) 151.
10. Burton, J.I., D.J. Mladenoff, J.A. Forrester, M.K. Clayton. 2014. Experimentally linking canopy gap size, resources and productivity to the maintenance of diversity in forest ground-layer plant communities. Journal of Ecology 102: 1634-1648.
9. Dodson, E.K., J.I. Burton and K.J. Puettmann. 2014. Multi-scale controls on natural regeneration dynamics after partial overstory removal in Douglas-fir forests in western Oregon, USA. Forest Science 60(5): 953-961.
8. Sabatini, F.M., J.I. Burton, R.M. Scheller, K.L. Amatangelo and D.J. Mladenoff. 2014. Functional diversity of ground-layer plant communities in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests. Applied Vegetation Science 17(3): 398-407
7. Burton, J.I., A. Ares, D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Management trade-off between above-ground carbon storage and understory plant species richness in temperate forests. Ecological Applications 23(6): 1297-1310
6. Burton, J.I., D.J. Mladenoff, M.K. Clayton and J.A. Forrester. 2011. The roles of environmental filtering and colonization in the fine-scale spatial patterning of ground-layer plant communities in north temperate deciduous forests. Journal of Ecology 99(3):764-776
5. Foster, J.R., J.I. Burton, J.A. Forrester, F. Liu, J.D. Muss, F.M. Sabatini, R.M. Scheller and D.J. Mladenoff. 2010. Evidence for a recent increase in forest growth is questionable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(21): E86-E87. doi:10.1073/pnas.1002725107.
4. Dyer, J.H., S.T. Gower, J.A. Forrester, C.G. Lorimer, D.J. Mladenoff and J.I. Burton. 2010. Effects of selective tree harvests on aboveground biomass and productivity of a second-growth northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(12):2360-2369.
3. Burton, J.I., E.K. Zenner, L.E. Frelich, and M.W. Cornett. 2009. Patterns of plant community structure within and among primary and second-growth northern hardwood forest stands. Forest Ecology and Management 258:2556 – 2568.
2. Burton, J.I., E.K. Zenner and L.E. Frelich. 2008. Frost crack incidence in northern hardwood forests of the southern boreal – north temperate transition zone. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25:133-138.
1. Lain E.J., A. Haney, J.M. Burris and J. Burton. 2008. Response of vegetation and birds to severe wind disturbance and salvage logging in a southern boreal forest. Forest Ecology & Management. 256:863-871.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1. Nelson, M.P., Gosnell, H., Warren, D., Batavia, C., Betts, M., Burton, J., Davis, E.J., Friesen, C., Perakis, S., Schulze, M., and C. Segura. 2017. Enhancing Public Trust in Federal Forest Management. Page 259-274 In Van Horne, B. and D.H. Olson, editors. People, Forests, and Change: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest. Island Press. 331 pages.
TECHNICAL REPORTS (Peer reviewed):
2. Burton, J.I., A. Ares, S.E. Mulford, D.H. Olson, and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Above-ground carbon storage, down wood, and understory plant species richness after thinning in western Oregon. In Paul Anderson and Kathryn Ronnenberg, Eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 91-100
1. Burton, J.I., D.H. Olson and K.J. Puettmann. 2013. Headwater stream flow, climate variation, and riparian buffers with thinning in western Oregon. In Paul Anderson and Kathryn Ronnenberg, Eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 239
