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• Janowiak, Maria K.; Swanston, Christopher W.; Nagel, Linda M.; Webster, Christopher R.; Palik, Brian J.; Twery, Mark J.; Bradford, John B.; Parker, Linda R.; Hille, Andrea T.; Johnson, Sheela M. 2011. Silvicultural decisionmaking in an uncertain climate future: a workshop-based exploration of considerations, strategies, and approaches. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-81. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 14 p.
• Kolka, Randall K.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Bradford, John B. 2011. An evolving research agenda at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Chapter 3.. In: Kolka, Randall K.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Verry, Elon S.; Brooks,Kenneth N., eds. Peatland biogeochemistry and watershed hydrology at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press: 73-91.
• Powers, Matthew D.; Palik, Brian J.; Bradford, John B.; Fraver, Shawn; Webster, Christopher R. 2010. Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest. Forst Ecology and Management. 260: 1138-1148.
• Bradford, John B.; Kastendick, Douglas N. 2010. Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen-birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40: 401-409.
• Bradford, John B.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Palik, Brian J.; Fraver, Shawn. 2010. A new method for evaluating forest thinning: growth dominance in managed Pinus resinosa stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40: 843-849.

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• Chambers, Jeanne C.; Brown, Jessi L.; Bradford, John B.; Board, David I; Campbell, Steven B.; Clause, Karen J.; Hanberry, Brice ; Schlaepfer, Daniel R.; Urza, Alexandra K. 2023. New indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance to support prioritization and management in the sagebrush biome, United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1009268.
• Chenoweth, Damaris A.; Schlaepfer, Daniel R.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Brown, Jessi L.; Urza, Alexandra K.; Hanberry, Brice ; Board, David ; Crist, Michele ; Bradford, John B. 2022. Ecologically relevant moisture and temperature metrics for assessing dryland ecosystem dynamics. Ecohydrology. 2022: e2509.
• Adler, Peter B.; Bradford, John B.; Chalfoun, Anna ; Chambers, Jeanne C.; DeCrappeo, Nicole ; Evans, Jeffrey S.; Finn, Sean P.; Fleishman, Erica ; Germino, Matthew J.; Griffin, Kathleen ; Jackson, Steven T.; O'Donnell, Michael S.; O'Malley, Robin ; Oyler-McCance, Sara J.; Prendeville, Holly R.; Skone, Brandi ; Svancara, Leona K.; Turner, Lee. 2021. Climate adaptation [Chapter L.]. In: Remington, Thomas E.; Deibert, Patricia A.; Hanser, Steven E.; Davis, Dawn M.; Robb, Leslie A.; Welty, Justin L. Sagebrush conservation strategy - Challenges to sagebrush conservation. Open-File Report 2020-1125. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. p. 121-137. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201125.
• Looney, Christopher E.; Previant, Wilfred J.; Bradford, John B.; Nagel, Linda M. 2021. Species mixture effects and climate influence growth, recruitment and mortality in Interior West USA Populus tremuloides ‐conifer communities. Journal of Ecology. 109(8): 2934-2949
• Andrews, Caitlin M.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Fraver, Shawn ; Palik, Brian ; Battaglia, Michael A.; Bradford, John B. 2020. Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57: 1089-1102.
• Carter, Sarah K.; Pilliod, David S.; Haby, Travis ; Prentice, Karen L.; Aldridge, Cameron L.; Anderson, Patrick J.; Bowen, Zachary H.; Bradford, John B.; Cushman, Samuel A.; DeVivo, Joseph C.; Duniway, Michael C.; Hathaway, Ryan S.; Nelson, Lisa ; Schultz, Courtney A.; Schuster, Rudy M.; Trammell, E. Jamie; Weltzin, Jake F. 2020. Bridging the research-management gap: Landscape science in practice on public lands in the western United States. Landscape Ecology. 35: 545-560.
• Kolb, Thomas E.; Flathers, Kelsey ; Bradford, John B.; Andrews, Caitlin ; Asherin, Lance A.; Moser, W. Keith. 2020. Stand density, drought and herbivory constrain ponderosa pine regeneration pulse. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2019-0248.
• Kurth, Valerie J.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Bradford, John B.; Palik, Brian J.; Looney, Christopher E. 2020. Assessing the ecological impacts of biomass harvesting along a disturbance severity gradient. Ecological Applications
• Massatti, Rob ; Shriver, Robert K.; Winkler, Daniel E.; Richardson, Bryce A.; Bradford, John B. 2020. Assessment of population genetics and climatic variability can refine climate-informed seed transfer guidelines. Restoration Ecology. 28(3): 485-493.
• Bradford, John B.; Shlaepfer, Daniel R.; Lauenroth, William K.; Palmquist, Kyle A.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Maestas, Jeremy D.; Campbell, Steven B. 2019. Climate-driven shifts in soil temperature and moisture regimes suggest opportunities to enhance assessments of dryland resilience and resistance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7: 358.
• Berryman, Erin M.; Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Bradford, John B.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Henne, Paul D.; Burns, Sean P.; Frank, John M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ryan, Michael G. 2018. Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123: 3231-3249.
• Reeves, Matt C.; Manning, Mary E.; DiBenedetto, Jeff P.; Palmquist, Kyle A.; Lauenroth, William K.; Bradford, John B.; Schlaepfer, Daniel R. 2018. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 7]. In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Dante-Wood, S. Karen; Hoang, Linh; Ho, Joanne J.; Joyce, Linda A., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Northern Rocky Mountains [Part 2]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-374. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 275-316.
• Snyder, Keirith A.; Evers, Louisa ; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Dunham, Jason ; Bradford, John B.; Loik, Michael E. 2018. Effects of changing climate on the hydrological cycle in cold desert ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 72: 1-12.
• Bottero, Alessandra ; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Palik, Brian J.; Bradford, John B.; Fraver, Shawn ; Battaglia, Mike A.; Asherin, Lance A. 2017. Density-dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought. Journal of Applied Ecology
• Bottero, Alessandra ; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Palik, Brian J.; Kern, Christel C.; Bradford, John B.; Scherer, Sawyer S. 2017. Influence of Repeated Prescribed Fire on Tree Growth and Mortality in Pinus resinosa Forests, Northern Minnesota. Forest Science
• Dymond, Salli F.; Bradford, John B.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Kolka, Randall K.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; DeSutter, Thomas M. 2017. Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water. Ecohydrology. e1897. 12 p. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1897.
• Reeves, Matt C.; Manning, Mary E.; DiBenedetto, Jeff P.; Palmquist, Kyle A.; Lauenroth, William K.; Bradford, John B.; Schlaepfer, Daniel R. 2017. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the northern Rockies [Chapter 6]. In: Halofsky Jessica; Peterson David L., eds. Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Vol. 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. p. 97-114.
• Flathers, Kelsey N.; Kolb, Thomas E.; Bradford, John B.; Waring, Kristen M.; Moser, W. Keith. 2016. Long-term thinning alters ponderosa pine reproduction in northern Arizona. Forest Ecology and Management. 374: 154-165.
• Babcock, Chad; Finley, Andrew O.; Bradford, John B.; Kolka, Randy; Birdsey, Richard; Ryan, Michael G. 2015. LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients. Remote Sensing of Environment. 169: 113-127.
• Bell, David M.; Bradford, John B.; Lauenroth, William K. 2015. Scale-dependence of desease impacts on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) mortality risk in the southwestern U.S. . Ecology. 96(7): 1835-1845
• Speckman, Heather N.; Frank, John M.; Bradford, John B.; Miles, Brianna L.; Massman, William J.; Parton, William J.; Ryan, Michael G. 2015. Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles. Global Change Biology. 2: 708-721.
• Reich, Peter B.; Luo, Yunjian ; Bradford, John B.; Poorter, Hendrik ; Perry, Charles H.; Oleksyn, Jacek. 2014. Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Russell, Matthew B.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Schulz, Bethany K.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Domke, Grant M.; Bradford, John B. 2014. Quantifying understorey vegetation in the US Lake States: a proposed framework to inform regional forest carbon stocks. Forestry
• Berger, Alaina L.; Palik, Brian; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Fraver, Shawn; Bradford, John B.; Nislow, Keith; King, David; Brooks, Robert T. 2013. Ecological impacts of energy-wood harvests: lessons from whole-tree harvesting and natural disturbance. Journal of Forestry. 111(2): 139-153.
• Fraver, Shawn; Milo, Amy M.; Bradford, John B.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Kenefic, Laura; Palik, Brian J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Brissette, John. 2013. Woody debris volume depletion through decay: Implications for biomass and carbon accounting. Ecosystems. 16: 1262-1272.
• Magruder, Matthew; Chhin, Sophan; Palik, Brian; Bradford, John B. 2013. Thinning increases climatic resilience of red pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 43(9): 878-889.
• Silver, Emily J.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Fraver, Shawn; Palik, Brian J.; Bradford, John B. 2013. Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 291: 110-118.
• Bradford, John B.; Fraver, Shawn; Milo, Amy M.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Palik, Brian J. 2012. Effects of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management. 267: 209-214.
• Woodall, Christopher W.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Bradford, John B.; Finley, Andrew O. 2012. Stand density index as a tool to assess the maximization of forest carbon and biomass. In: McWilliams, Will; Roesch, Francis A. eds. 2012. Monitoring Across Borders: 2010 Joint Meeting of the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium and the Southern Mensurationists. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-157. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 293-296.
• D'Amato, Anthony W.; Bradford, John B.; Fraver, Shawn; Palik, Brian J. 2011. Forest management for mitigation and adaptation: insights from long-term silvicultural experiments. Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 803-816.
• D'Amato, Anthony W.; Fraver, Shawn; Palik, Brian; Bradford, John B.; Patty, Laura. 2011. Singular and interactive effects of blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire in sub-boreal pine systems. Forest Ecology and Management. 262: 2070-2078.
• Fraver, Shawn; Bradford, John B.; Palik, Brian J. 2011. Improving tree age estimates derived from increment cores: a case study of red pine. Forest Science. 57(2): 164-170.
• Fraver, Shawn; Jain, Terrie; Bradford, John B.; D'amato, Anthony W.; Kastendick, Doug; Palik, Brian; Shinneman, Doug; Stanovick, John. 2011. The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA. Ecological Applications. 21(6): 1895-1901.
• Woodall, Christopher W.; D'Amato, Anthony W.; Bradford, John B.; Finley, Andrew O. 2011. Effects of stand and inter-specific stocking on maximizing standing tree carbon stocks in the eastern United States. Forest Science. 57(5): 365-378.
• Bradford, John B.; Palik, Brian J. 2009. A comparison of thinning methods in red pine: consequences for stand-level growth and tree diameter. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39: 489-496.
• Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39: 802-813.
• Bradford, John; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39: 802-813.
• Lauenroth, William K.; Bradford, John B. 2009. Ecohydrology of dry regions of the United States: Precipitation pulses and intraseasonal drought. Ecohydrology. 2: 173-181.
• Bradford, J.B.; Birdsey, R.A.; Joyce, L.A.; Ryan, M.G. 2008. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests. Global Change Biology. 14: 2882-2897.
• Bradford, John B.; Ryan, Michael G. 2008. Quantifying soil respiration at landscape scales. Chapter 11. In: Hoover, Coeli M., ed. Field measurements for forest carbon monitoring: A landscape-scale approach. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media: 143-162.
• Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Hollinger, David Y.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott; Ryan, Michael. 2008. Landscape-scale carbon sampling strategy-lessons learned. Chapter 17. In: Hoover, Coeli M., ed. Field measurements for forest carbon monitoring: A landscape-scale approach. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media: 227-238.
• Sherrill, K. R.; Lefsky, M. A.; Bradford, J. B.; Ryan, M. G. 2008. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete return lidar in subalpine forests of the Central Rockies. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38(8): 2081-2096
• Sherrill, K.R.; Lefsky, M.A.; Bradford, J.B.; Ryan, M.G. 2008. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete-return lidar in subalpine forests of the central Rockies. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 2081-2096.
• Binkley, Dan; Kashian, Daniel M.; Boyden, Suzanne; Kaye, Margot W.; Bradford, John B.; Arthur, Mary A.; Fornwalt, Paula J.; Ryan, Michael G. 2006. Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 236: 193-201.