Benjamin Rau, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• R. Daren Harmel, Devendra M. Amatya, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Ge Sun, Joshua Mott, Merilynn Schantz, Johnny Boggs, Peter V. Caldwell, John Campbell, Aaron Hird, Elizabeth Keppeler, Benjamin Rau, Sherri Johnson, Doug Smith. 2026. Water quality in reference watersheds in the United States: A compilation and analysis of small watershed data
• Devendra M. Amatya, S. Mukherjee, Elizabeth Keppeler, Peter V. Caldwell, Sherri Johnson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Benjamin Rau, Kelly J. Elder, D.A. Misra, Pete M. Wohlgemuth. 2025. Trends and characteristics of hydroclimatic extremes on reference watersheds in experimental forests in the USA
• Mary Beth Adams, Benjamin Rau, Jacob Kemner, Charlene Kelly. 2024. Development of a Norway spruce stand on a gauged watershed in the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia
• Mary Beth Adams, Benjamin Rau, William T. Peterjohn, Zach Fowler, Charlene Kelly. 2024. Long‐term treatments alter acidification, fertility and carbon in soils of the Fork Mountain long‐term soil productivity experiment
• Scott Raulerson, Johnson B. Jeffers, Natalie A. Griffiths, Benjamin Rau, Cody Matteson, C. Rhett. Jackson. 2023. Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley
• Nicholas Wright-Osment, Gregory Starr, Doug P. Aubrey, Benjamin Rau, Christina L. Staudhammer. 2023. The effect of rapid development on soil CO₂ efflux in a cellulosic biofuel stand
• Jill L. Riddell, Benjamin Rau, Chistopher Russoniello. 2023. Hydrology and geology of the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia, USA
• Alicia L. Reiner, Craig Baker, Maximillian Wahlberg, Benjamin Rau, Joseph D. Birch. 2022. Region-Specific Remote-Sensing Models for Predicting Burn Severity, Basal Area Change, and Canopy Cover Change following Fire in the Southwestern United States
• Gabriel W.D. Ferreira, Benjamin Rau, Doug P. Aubrey. 2021. Temporal nitrogen dynamics in intensively managed loblolly pine early stand development
• Bruce A. Roundy, R. F. Miller, R. J. Tausch, Jeanne C. Chambers, Benjamin Rau. 2020. Long-term effects of tree expansion and reduction on soil climate in a semiarid ecosystem
• Menberu Meles Bitew, C. Rhett Jackson, David C. Goodrich, Seth E. Younger, Natalie A. Griffiths, Kellie B. Vaché, Benjamin Rau. 2020. Dynamic domain kinematic modelling for predicting interflow over leaky impeding layers
• Gabriel W.D. Ferreira, Benjamin Rau, Doug P. Aubrey. 2020. Herbicide, fertilization, and planting density effects on intensively managed loblolly pine early stand development
• Steven K. Filippelli, Michael J. Falkowski, Andrew T. Hudak, Patrick A. Fekety, Jody C. Vogeler, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Benjamin Rau, Eva K. Strand. 2020. Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin
• Augustine Muwamba, Benjamin Rau, Carl C. Trettin, Devendra M. Amatya, Ernest W. Tollner, Sudhanshu Panda. 2019. Regional differences in stream water nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment responses to forest harvesting in the conterminous USA
• Bruce A. Roundy, Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Eugene W. Schupp, Benjamin Rau, Trevor Gruell. 2018. Resilience and resistance in sagebrush ecosystems are associated with seasonal soil temperature and water availability
• Rebecca Ann Efroymson, Matthew H. Langholtz, Ge Sun, Liangxia Zhang, Kai Duan, Benjamin Rau, Deahn Donner, T. Bently Wigley, Darren Miller. 2017. 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1
• Debasish Saha, Armen R. Kemanian, Benjamin Rau, Paul R. Adler, Felipe Montes. 2017. Designing efficient nitrous oxide sampling strategies in agroecosystems using simulation models
• Benjamin Rau, Augustine Muwamba, Carl C. Trettin, Sudhanshu Panda, Devendra M. Amatya, Ernest Tollner. 2017. Water Quality Response to Forest Biomass Utilization
• Matthew J. Germino, Jayne Belnap, John M. Stark, Edith B Allen, Benjamin Rau. 2016. Ecosystem impacts of exotic annual invaders in the genus Bromus
• Jayne Belnap, John M. Stark, Benjamin Rau, Edith B. Allen, Susan Phillips. 2016. Soil moisture and biogeochemical factors influence the distribution of annual Bromus species
• Debasish Saha, Benjamin Rau, Jason P. Kaye, Felipe Montes, Paul R. Adler, Armen R. Kemanian. 2016. Landscape control of nitrous oxide emissions during the transition from conservation reserve program to perennial grasses for bioenergy
• Natalie Griffiths, C. Rhett Jackson, Menberu Bitew, Enhao Du, Kellie Vache', Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Julian Klaus, Benjamin Rau. 2016. Evaluating the effects of woody biomass production for bioenergy on water quality and hydrology in the southeastern United States
• Nicole M. Vaillant, Erin Noonan-Wright, Alicia L. Reiner, Carol M. Ewell, Benjamin Rau, Josephine A. Fites-Kaufman, Scott N. Dailey. 2015. Fuel accumulation and forest structure change following hazardous fuel reduction treatments throughout California
• Paul R. Adler, Benjamin Rau, Gregory W. Roth. 2015. Sustainability of corn stover harvest strategies in Pennsylvania
• Bruce A. Roundy, Kert Young, Nathan Cline, April Hulet, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Jeanne C. Chambers, Benjamin Rau. 2014. Pinon-juniper reduction increases soil water availability of the resource growth pool
• James McIver, Mark Brunson, Steve Bunting, Jeanne C. Chambers, Paul Doescher, James Grace, April Hulet, Dale Johnson, Steve Knick, Richard Miller, Mike Pellant, Fred Pierson, David Pyke, Benjamin Rau, Kim Rollins, Bruce Roundy, Eugene Schupp, Robin J. Tausch, Jason Williams. 2014. A synopsis of short-term response to alternative restoration treatments in Sagebrush-Steppe: The SageSTEP Project
• Bruce A. Roundy, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Kert Young, April Hulet, Benjamin Rau, Brad Jessop, Jeanne C. Chambers, Dennis Eggett. 2014. Understory cover responses to pinon-juniper treatments across tree dominance gradients in the Great Basin
• Benjamin Rau, Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Bruce A. Roundy, Eugene W. Schupp, Paul Doescher, Todd G. Caldwell. 2014. Soil resources influence vegetation and response to fire and fire-surrogate treatments in Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
• Benjamin Rau, Robin J. Tausch, A. Reiner, D. W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, R. R. Blank. 2012. Developing a model framework for predicting effects of woody expansion and fire on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen in a pinyon-juniper woodland
• Benjamin Rau, Dale W. Johnson, Robert R. Blank, Robin J. Tausch, Bruce A. Roundy, Richard F. Miller, Todd G. Caldwell, Annmarie Lucchesi. 2011. Woodland expansion's influence on belowground carbon and nitrogen in the Great Basin U.S.
• D.W. Johnson, Carolyn T. Hunsaker, D.W. Glass, Benjamin Rau, B.A. Roath. 2011. Carbon and nutrient contents in soils from the Kings River Experimental Watersheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
• Benjamin Rau, Robin J. Tausch, Alicia Reiner, Dale W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Annmarrie Lucchesi. 2010. Influence of Prescribed Fire on Ecosystem Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen in a Pinyon Juniper Woodland
• Benjamin Rau, Dale W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Annmarie Lucchesi. 2009. Estimating root biomass and distribution after fire in a Great Basin woodland using cores and pits
• Benjamin Rau, D. W. Johnson, R. R. Blank, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2009. Soil carbon and nitrogen in a Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodland: Influence of vegetation, burning, and time
• Benjamin Rau, Robert R. Blank, Tye Morgan. 2008. Microsite and time since prescribed fire's influence on soil microbiology in a pinyon woodland
• Benjamin Rau, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Dale W. Johnson. 2008. Prescribed fire, soil, and plants: burn effects and interactions in the central Great Basin
• Benjamin Rau, R. R. Blank, J. C. Chambers, D. W. Johnson. 2007. Prescribed fire in a Great Basin sagebrush ecosystem: Dynamics of soil extractable nitrogen and phosphorus

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Levine, C.R., R.D. Yanai, M.A. Vadeboncoeur, S.P. Hamburg, A.M. Melvin, C.L. Goodale, B.M. Rau, and D.W. Johnson. 2012. Assessing the suitability of rotary cores for sampling in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 76(5):1707-1718.
• Johnson, D.W., R.F. Walker, M. McNulty, B.M. Rau and W.W. Miller. 2012. The long-term effects of wildfire and post-fire vegetation on Sierra Nevada forest soils. Forests. 3(2):398-416.
• Johnson, D.W., J.D. Murphy, B.M. Rau and W.W. Miller. 2011. Subsurface carbon contents: Some case studies in forest soils. Forest Science. 57(1):3-10.

• Program
  

  Ecological Sustainability of Central Appalachian Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/appalachian
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Research and Monitoring of Collaborative Aquatic Landscape Restoration at Kinkaid Lake

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-monitoring-collaborative-aquatic-landscape-restoration
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Mapping Past, Present, and Future Hydro-Ecology, Fire, and Vegetation for Oak Ecosystem Restoration

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/hydro-ecology-fire-vegetation-oak
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Fernow Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/forestsandranges/locations/fernow
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Quantifying forest carbon stocks and change from forest management activities

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-quantifying-forest-carbon-stocks-and-change-forest-management-activities
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Science x Water: Forests and Water Quality

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/science-x-water-forests-and-water-quality
• Webinars

  Soil Monitoring to Understand Operability and Impacts

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/soil-monitoring-understand-operability-and-impacts

• University of Nevada - Reno, Ph.D., Hydrology, Soil Science, and System Ecology, 2009
• University of Nevada - Reno, M.S., Hydrology, Soil Science, and System Ecology, 2005
• University of Nevada - Reno, B.S., General Biology and Ecology, 2000