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• Johnson, Kristofer D.; Birdsey, Richard; Cole, Jason; Swatantran, Anu; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath; Dubayah, Ralph; Lister, Andrew. 2015. Integrating LIDAR and forest inventories to fill the trees outside forests data gap. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187:623. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4839-1.
• Johnson, Kristofer D.; Harden, Jennifer W.; McGuire, A. David; Clark, Mark; Yuan, Fengming; Finley, Andrew O. 2013. Permafrost and organic layer interactions over a climate gradient in a discontinuous permafrost zone. Environmental Research Letters. 8(3): 035028.

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• Soriano-Luna, María ; Ángeles-Pérez, Gregorio ; Guevara, Mario ; Birdsey, Richard ; Pan, Yude ; Vaquera-Huerta, Humberto ; Valdez-Lazalde, José ; Johnson, Kristofer ; Vargas, Rodrigo. 2018. Determinants of Above-Ground Biomass and Its Spatial Variability in a Temperate Forest Managed for Timber Production. Forests
• Duncanson, Laura ; Huang, Wenli ; Johnson, Kristofer ; Swatantran, Anu ; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Dubayah, Ralph. 2017. Implications of allometric model selection for county-level biomass mapping. Carbon Balance and Management
• Johnson, Kristofer D; Domke, Grant M; Russell, Matthew B; Walters, Brian; Hom, John; Peduzzi, Alicia; Birdsey, Richard; Dolan, Katelyn; Huang, Wenli. 2017. Estimating aboveground live understory vegetation carbon in the United States. Environmental Research Letters. 12(12): 125010. 11p.
• Vargas, Rodrigo ; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo ; Birdsey, Richard ; Brunsell, Nathaniel A.; Cruz-Gaistardo, Carlos O.; de Jong, Bernardus ; Etchevers, Jorge ; Guevara, Mario ; Hayes, Daniel J.; Johnson, Kristofer ; Loescher, Henry W.; Paz, Fernando ; Ryu, Youngryel ; Sanchez-Mejia, Zulia ; Toledo-Gutierrez, Karla P. 2017. Enhancing interoperability to facilitate implementation of REDD+: case study of Mexico. Carbon Management
• Dai, Z.; Johnson, K.D.; Birdsey, R.A.; Hernandez-Stefanoni, J.L.; Dupuy, J.M. 2015. Assessing the effect of climate change on carbon sequestration in a Mexican dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula. Ecological Complexity. 24: 46-56.
• Huang, Wenli; Swatantran, Anu; Johnson, Kristofer; Duncanson, Laura; Tang, Hao; O'Neil Dunne, Jarlath; Hurtt, George; Dubayah, Ralph. 2015. Local discrepancies in continental scale biomass maps: a case study over forested and non-forested landscapes in Maryland, USA. Carbon Balance and Management. 10(1): 19. [16 p.]
• Dai, Zhaohua; Birdsey, Richard A.; Johnson, Kristofer D.; Dupuy, Juan Manuel; Hernandez-Stefanoni, Jose Luis; Richardson, Karen. 2014. Modeling carbon stocks in a secondary tropical dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 225(4):1-15.
• Hernández-Stefanoni, José ; Dupuy, Juan ; Johnson, Kristofer ; Birdsey, Richard ; Tun-Dzul, Fernando ; Peduzzi, Alicia ; Caamal-Sosa, Juan ; Sánchez-Santos, Gonzalo ; López-Merlín, David. 2014. Improving Species Diversity and Biomass Estimates of Tropical Dry Forests Using Airborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing
• Johnson, Kristofer D.; Birdsey, Richard; O Finley, Andrew; Swantaran, Anu; Dubayah, Ralph; Wayson, Craig; Riemann, Rachel. 2014. Integrating forest inventory and analysis data into a LIDAR-based carbon monitoring system. Carbon Balance and Management. 9(3): 3.
• Birdsey, Richard; Angeles-Perez, Gregorio; Kurz, Werner A; Lister, Andrew; Olguin, Marcela; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig; Wilson, Barry; Johnson, Kristofer. 2013. Approaches to monitoring changes in carbon stocks for REDD+. Carbon Management. 4(5): 519-537.
• Cole, Jason A.; Johnson, Kristopher D.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig A.; McCullough, Kevin; Hoover, Coeli M.; Hollinger, David Y.; Bradford, John B.; Ryan, Michael G.; Kolka, Randall K.; Wieshampel, Peter; Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Hom, John; Ollinger, Scott V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J. 2013. Database for landscape-scale carbon monitoring sites. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-119. Newtown square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 12 p.
• Johnson, Kristofer D.; Harden, Jennifer; McGuire, A. David; Bliss, Norman B.; Bockheim, James G.; Clark, Mark; Nettleton-Hollingsworth, Teresa; Jorgenson, M. Torre; Kane, Evan S.; Mack, Michelle; ODonnell, Johathan; Ping, Chien-Lu; Schuur, Edward A.G.; Turetsky, Merritt R.; Valentine, David W. 2011. Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors. Geoderma. 167-168: 71-84
• Johnson, Kristofer D.; Scatena, F.N.; Silver, Whendee L. 2011. Atypical soil carbon distribution across a tropical steepland forest catena. Catena. 87: 391-397.
• Johnson, K.; Scatena, F. N.; Pan, Y. 2010. Short- and long-term responses of total soil organic carbon to harvesting in a northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 259(7): 1262-1267.
• Johnson, K.D.; Scatena, F.N.; Johnson, A.H.; Pan, Y. 2009. Controls on soil organic matter content within a northern hardwood forest. Geoderma. 148(3-4): 346-356.