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YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2024

January 16, 2025

Borsuk, A. M., Randall, J. M., Richburg, J., Montes, K. G., Edwards, E. J., & Brodersen, C. R. (2024). Palisade cell geometry in relation to leaf optical and photosynthetic properties in Viburnum. Plant Physiology, kiae659.

Estrada‐Villegas, S., Browne, L., Manzané‐Pinzón, E., & Comita, L. S. (2024). Liana versus tree seedling responses to spatial and temporal variation in dry season severity. Ecosphere, 15(11), e70058.

Franceschi, S., Fattorini, L., & Gregoire, T. G. (2024). Exploiting nearest-neighbour maps for estimating the variance of sample mean in equal-probability systematic sampling of spatial populations. Spatial Statistics, 64, 100865.

Gerow, A., Kathambi, V., Locke, D., Ashton, M., & Brodersen, C. (2024). Street tree communities reflect socioeconomic inequalities and legacy effects of colonial planning in Nairobi, Kenya. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 101, 128530.

Hardy, N. G., Kuebbing, S. E., Duguid, M. C., Ashton, M. S., Sheban, K. C., Inman, S. E., & Martin, M. P. (2024). Non‐native invasive plants in tropical dry forests: a global review of presence, impacts, and management. Restoration Ecology, e14288.

Harrison Day, B. L., Brodersen, C. R., & Brodribb, T. J. (2024). Weak link or strong foundation? Vulnerability of fine root networks and stems to xylem embolism. New Phytologist, 244(4), 1288-1302.

Johnson, K. M., Scherer, M., Gerber, D., Style, R. W., Dufresne, E. R., & Brodersen, C. R. (2024). Ice and air: Visualisation of freeze-thaw embolism and freezing spread in young L. tulipifera leaves. bioRxiv, 2024-10.

LaManna, J. A., Hartig, F., Myers, J. A., Freckleton, R. P., Detto, M., Surendra, A.,Comita, L. S.Huanca-Nunez, N.Jevon, F. V.,Krishnadas, M.,Sullivan, M. K, … & Delavaux, C. S. (2024). Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics. Ecology Letters, 27(9), e14506.

Lan, K., Cruz, D., Li, J., Agyei Boakye, A. A., Park, H., Tiller, P., … & Yao, Y. (2024). Life-Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Derived from Paper Sludge. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12(22), 8379-8390.

Marques, E. Q., Silvério, D. V., Galvão, L. S., Aragão, L. E., Uribe, M. R., Macedo, M. N., … & Brando, P. M. (2024). Assessing the effectiveness of vegetation indices in detecting forest disturbances in the southeast Amazon. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 27287.

Nieland, M. A., Lacy, P., Allison, S. D., Bhatnagar, J. M., Doroski, D. A., Frey, S. D., … Kuebbing, S. E.Ward, E. B., & Keiser, A. D. (2024). Nitrogen Deposition Weakens Soil Carbon Control of Nitrogen Dynamics Across the Contiguous United States. Global Change Biology, 30(12), e70016.

Popin, G. V., de Resende, M. E. B., Locatelli, J. L., Santos, R. S., Siqueira-Neto, M., Brando, P. M., … & Cerri, C. E. (2025). Land-use change and deep-soil carbon distribution on the Brazilian Amazon-Cerrado agricultural frontier. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 381, 109451.

Reeb, R. A., & Kuebbing, S. E. (2024). Phenology mediates direct and indirect interactions among co‐occurring invasive plant species. Ecology, 105(11), e4446.

Reeb, R. A., Heberling, J. M., & Kuebbing, S. E. (2024). Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity. AoB Plants, 16(6), plae058.

Santacruz Endara, P. G., Lozinguez, A., Valencia, R., Queenborough, S. A., Endara, M. J., Obando‐Tello, B., & Couvreur, T. L. (2025). Discreet but diverse and specific: Determining plant‐herbivore interactions across a species‐rich plant family in a tropical rain forest. Biotropica, e13392.

Schreel, J. D., Théroux-Rancourt, G., Diggle, P. K., Brodersen, C., & Roddy, A. B. (2024). Into the spongy-verse: structural differences between leaf and flower mesophyll. Integrative and comparative biology, icae154.

Shapira, O., Hochberg, U., Joseph, A., McAdam, S., Azoulay‐Shemer, T., Brodersen, C. R., … & Zait, Y. (2024). Wind speed affects the rate and kinetics of stomatal conductance. The Plant Journal, 120(4), 1552-1562.

Silveiro, A. C., Silvério, D. V., Macedo, M. N., Coe, M. T., Maracahipes, L., Uribe, M., … & Brando, P. M. (2024). Droughts amplify soil moisture losses in burned forests of southeastern Amazonia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(10), e2024JG008011.

Yao, Y. (2024). A woody biomass burial. Science, 385(6716), 1417-1418.

Zailaa, J., Scoffoni, C., & Brodersen, C. R. (2025). Stomatal closure as a driver of minimum leaf conductance declines at high temperature and vapor pressure deficit in Quercus. Plant Physiology, 197(1), kiae551.

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