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YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2022

Arnold, W., Taylor, M., Bradford, M., Raymond, P. A., & Peccia, J. (2022, December). Variable Distribution and Diversity of Methanogens in Soil Explains Spatial Heterogeneity of Wetland CH 4 Fluxes (link is external). In Fall Meeting 2022. AGU.

Barker, W., Comita, L. S., Wright, S. J., Phillips, O. L., Sedio, B. E., & Batterman, S. A. (2022). Widespread herbivory cost in tropical nitrogen-fixing tree species (link is external). Nature, 1-5.

Bouda, M., Huggett, B. A., Prats, K. A., Wason, J. W., Wilson, J. P., & Brodersen, C. R. (2022). Hydraulic failure as a primary driver of xylem network evolution in early vascular plants (link is external). Science, 378(6620), 642-646.

Buitrago-Tello, R., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Yao, Y., & Echeverria, D. (2022). Carbon footprint of bleached softwood fluff pulp: Detailed process simulation and environmental life cycle assessment to understand carbon emissions (link is external). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(28), 9029-9040.

Ding, Y., Pang, Z., Lan, K., Yao, Y., Panzarasa, G., Xu, L., … & Hu, L. (2022). Emerging engineered wood for building applications (link is external). Chemical Reviews.

Echeverria, D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., & Yao, Y. (2022). Process Simulation-Based Life Cycle Assessment of Dissolving Pulps (link is external). Environmental Science & Technology, 56(7), 4578-4586.

Estrada-Villegas, S., Stevenson, P. R., López, O., DeWalt, S. J., Comita, L. S., & Dent, D. H. (2022). Animal seed dispersal recovery during passive restoration in a forested landscape (link is external). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1867), 20210076.

Jevon, F. V., Polussa, A., Lang, A. K., William Munger, J., Wood, S. A., Wieder, W. R., & Bradford, M. (2022). Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests (link is external). Biogeochemistry, 161(3), 335-352.

Lan, K., Zhang, B., & Yao, Y. (2022). Circular utilization of urban tree waste contributes to the mitigation of climate change and eutrophication (link is external). One Earth, 5(8), 944-957.

Li, Z., Chen, C., Xie, H., Yao, Y., Zhang, X., Brozena, A., … & Hu, L. (2022). Sustainable high-strength macrofibres extracted from natural bamboo (link is external). Nature Sustainability, 5(3), 235-244.

Rowland, F., Prats, K., Alshwairikh, Y., Burak, M. K., Fanton, A. C., & Duguid, M. C. (2022). Towards a new stable state: Equitably assessing trainee writing productivity post-COVID-19 (link is external).

Wu, N., Lan, K., & Yao, Y. (2023). An integrated techno-economic and environmental assessment for carbon capture in hydrogen production by biomass gasification (link is external). Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 188, 106693.

Zhu, Y., Liu, R., Zhang, H., Liu, S., Zhang, Z., Yu, F., & Gregoire, T. G. (2022). Post-flooding disturbance recovery promotes carbon capture in riparian zones (link is external). Biogeosciences Discussions, 1-25.

 

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Jacob Peters, doctoral candidate at the Yale School of the Environment
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