Brian J. J. Palik, PhD

Former Employee

Senior Scientist Applied Forest Ecology

Northern Research Station

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Robert A. Haack, Toby R. Petrice, Robert E. Acciavatti, Robert L Davidson, Brian J. J. Palik. 2026. Initial Changes in Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Species Assemblages Near Seasonal Ponds Surrounded by Forests Under Different Harvesting Practices
Linda M Nagel, Maria Janowiak, Peter W Clark, Courtney L Peterson, Maria R Vicini, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W D’Amato, Michael A. Battaglia, Chris Swanston. 2026. Ten years of adaptive silviculture for climate change: an applied, coproduced experimental framework
Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak, Douglas Kastendick, Katya Kovalenko, Anthony W. D’Amato, Alan Toczydlowski, Alexis R. Grinde. 2025. Survival and growth of underplanted replacement tree species in black ash wetlands threatened by emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA
Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick, Andrea Brandon. 2025. Restoring Natural Red Pine Woodlands
Andrew D. Bower, Katie L. Frerker, Carolyn C. Pike, Nicholas R. Labonte, Brian J. J. Palik, Alejandro A. Royo, Sarah Anderson, Arnaldo R. Ferreira, Leslie Brandt. 2024. A practical framework for applied forestry assisted migration
Anthony W. D’Amato, Peter W. Clark, Lucia A. Fitts, Maria Janowiak, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Brian J. J. Palik. 2024. Forest assisted migration and adaptation plantings in the Northeastern US: perspectives and applications from early adopters
Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick, Josh Kragthorpe. 2024. Comparing performance of assisted migration seed sources of two oak species in a Minnesota red pine woodland
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2024. Ecological silviculture for Great Lakes red pine ecosystems
Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2024. The place of ecological silviculture, now and in the future
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2024. The context of ecological silviculture
Jessica L. Wikle, Anthony W. D’Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Kevin S. Evans, Linda M. Nagel. 2024. Structural outcomes of climate adaptation treatments in two contrasting northern temperate forests
Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick. 2023. Restoration of woody plant communities in red pine plantations on abandoned agricultural land in northern Minnesota, USA
Peter Clark, Anthony D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Paul Dubuque, Gregory Edge, Jason Hartman, Lucia Fitts, Maria Janowiak, Lucas Harris, Rebecca Montgomery, Mike Reinikainen, Christopher L. Zimmerman. 2023. A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change
Julia Schwager, Miranda T. Curzon, Brian J. J. Palik. 2023. Impacts of Historic Disturbance on Drought Response of Aspen-dominated Forest
Lewis J. Wiechmann, Miranda T. Curzon, Brian J. J. Palik. 2023. Climate Adaptation Treatment Impacts Adaptability of Natural Regeneration in Red Pine-dominated Ecosystems
Thomas J. Dean, Constance A. Harrington, Anthony D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2023. Response of marginal height costs and marginal height benefits to competition
Alexis Grinde, Melissa Youngquist, Robert A. Slesak, Stephen Kolbe, Josh Bednar, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony D'Amato. 2022. Potential impacts of emerald ash borer and adaptation strategies on wildlife communities in black ash wetlands
Alexis R. Grinde, Melissa B. Youngquist, Robert A. Slesak, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D’Amato. 2022. Evaluating At-Risk Black Ash Wetlands as Biodiversity Hotspots in Northern Forests
Brian J. J. Palik, Peter W. Clark, Anthony W. D'Amato, Chris Swanston, Linda Nagel. 2022. Operationalizing forest‐assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA
Lewis J. Wiechmann, Miranda T. Curzon, Brian J. J. Palik. 2022. Response of natural tree regeneration to climate adaptation treatments in Pinus resinosa-dominated forests
Shawn Fraver, Anthony W. D'Amato, Mike Reinikainen, Kyle G. Gill, Brian J. J. Palik. 2022. Stand dynamics and structure of old-growth Fraxinus nigra stands in northern Minnesota, USA
Kathryn L. Hofmeister, Sue Eggert, Brian J. J. Palik, David Morley, Emily Creighton, Marty Rye, Randy Kolka. 2022. The Identification, Mapping, and Management of Seasonal Ponds in Forests of the Great Lakes Region
Miranda T. Curzon, Robert A. Slesak, Brian J. J. Palik, Julia K. Schwager. 2022. Harvest impacts to stand development and soil properties across soil textures: 25-year response of the aspen Lake States LTSP installations
Jacob J. Muller, Linda M. Nagel, Brian J. J. Palik. 2021. Comparing long-term projected outcomes of adaptive silvicultural approaches aimed at climate change in red pine forests of northern Minnesota, USA
Mary Beth Adams, Martin Jurgensen, Brian J. J. Palik, Chris Miller, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese. 2021. Wood stake decomposition twenty years after organic matter removal at the Lake States LTSP sites
Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Christian Kuehne, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Sarah J. Kaschmitter, Anthony W. D'Amato, Daniel C. Dey, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2021. Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests
Michael C. Stambaugh, Erin R. Abadir, Joseph M. Marschall, Richard P. Guyette, Brian J. J. Palik, Daniel C. Dey. 2021. Red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) fire history and management implications in the Mississippi River headwaters, Minnesota, USA
Thomas R. Cianciolo, Jacob S. Diamond, Daniel L. McLaughlin, Robert A. Slesak, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2021. Hydrologic variability in black ash wetlands: Implications for vulnerability to emerald ash borer
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Matt D. Busse, Brian J. J. Palik, Jason James, Jianwei Zhang, Bob Eaton, Robert A. Slesak, Joanne M. Tirocke, Hoyoung Kwon. 2021. Effects of forest harvesting and biomass removal on soil carbon and nitrogen: Two complementary meta-analyses
Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia. 2021. Forest density intensifies the importance of snowpack to growth in water‐limited pine forests
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato, Robert A. Slesak, Doug Kastendick, Christopher Looney, Josh Kragthorpe. 2021. Eighth-year survival and growth of planted replacement tree species in black ash (Fraxinus nigra) wetlands threatened by emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony D'Amato, Robert A. Slesak. 2021. Wide-spread vulnerability of black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) wetlands in Minnesota USA to loss of tree dominance from invasive emerald ash borer
Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2020. Building on the last "new" thing: exploring the compatibility of ecological and adaptation silviculture
Thomas Dean, Anthony D’Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, Connie Harrington. 2020. A Direct Measure of Stand Density Based on Stand Growth
Chandra Wiley, Sue Eggert, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak, Melissa B. Youngquist. 2020. Foundation Species Loss Affects Leaf Breakdown and Aquatic Invertebrate Resource Use in Black Ash Wetlands
Brian D. Anderson, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione, Matthew B. Russell, Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick. 2020. Short- and long-term results of alternative silviculture in peatland black spruce in Minnesota, USA
Marissa A. Ahlering, Meredith Cornett, Kristen Blann, Mark White, Christian Lenhart, Cami Dixon, Michele R. Dudash, Lucinda Johnson, Bonnie Keeler, Brian J. J. Palik, John Pastor, Robert W. Sterner, Doug Shaw, Richard Biske, Neal Feeken, James Manolis, Hugh Possingham. 2020. A conservation science agenda for a changing Upper Midwest and Great Plains, United States
Alexis R. Grinde, Robert A. Slesak, A.W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2020. Effects of tree retention and woody biomass removal on bird and small mammal communities
Valerie J. Kurth, Anthony W. D'Amato, John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik, Christopher Looney. 2020. Assessing the ecological impacts of biomass harvesting along a disturbance severity gradient
Robert A. Slesak, Randy Kolka, Rodney T. Venterea, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Alan J.Z. Toczydlowski. 2020. Effect of simulated emerald ash borer infestation on nitrogen cycling in black ash (Fraxinus nigra) wetlands in northern Minnesota, USA
Courtney L. Peterson, Linda M. Nagel, Jim M. Guldin, Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Michael A. Battaglia, Seth W. Bigelow, Leslie Brandt, Anthony W. D’Amato, Christopher Looney, Kevin Evans, Steve B. Jack, Terrie B. Jain, Melissa M. Jenkins, Elaine K. Sutherland, Mary Hammes, Brian J. J. Palik, Matt C. Tuten, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2020. Adaptive silviculture for climate change network: learning from land manager-research partnerships
Miranda T. Curzon, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato, Julia Schwager. 2020. Long-term soil productivity study: 25-year vegetation response to varying degrees of disturbance in aspen-dominated forest spanning the Upper Lake States
Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: A focus on forest management-research partnerships
Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. Forest Management – Research Partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 National Silviculture Workshop
Miranda T. Curzon, Christel C. Kern, Susan C. Baker, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2020. Retention forestry influences understory diversity and functional identity
Enrico Borgogno Mondino, Vanina Fissore, Michael J. Falkowski, Brian J. J. Palik. 2020. How far can we trust forestry estimates from low-density LiDAR acquisitions? The Cutfoot Sioux experimental forest (MN, USA) case study
Tera E. Lewandowski, Jodi A. Forrester, David J. Mladenoff, Erika Marin-Spiotta, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Randy Kolka. 2019. Long term effects of intensive biomass harvesting and compaction on the forest soil ecosystem
Jacob J. Muller, Linda M. Nagel, Brian J. J. Palik. 2019. Forest adaptation strategies aimed at climate change: Assessing the performance of future climate-adapted tree species in a northern Minnesota pine ecosystem
Samantha M. Jones, Alessandra Bottero, Douglas Kastendick, Brian J. J. Palik. 2019. Managing red pine stand structure to mitigate drought impacts
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2019. Variable retention harvesting in Great Lakes mixed-pine forests: emulating a natural model in managed ecosystems
Peder S. Engelstad, Michael J. Falkowski, Anthony W. D'Amato, Robert A. Slesak, Brian J. J. Palik, Grant M. Domke, Matthew B. Russell. 2019. Mapping black ash dominated stands using geospatial and forest inventory data in northern Minnesota, USA
Laura F. Reuling, Anthony W. D’Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Karl J. Martin, Dakota S.A. Fassnacht. 2019. Initial tree regeneration response to natural-disturbance-based silviculture in second-growth northern hardwood forests
Mara Y. McPartland, Evan Kane, Michael J. Falkowski, Randy Kolka, Merritt R. Turetsky, Brian J. J. Palik, Rebecca A. Montgomery. 2019. The response of boreal peatland community composition and NDVI to hydrologic change, warming and elevated carbon dioxide
Shawn Fraver, Mark J. Ducey, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Anthony W. D’Amato, Amy M. Milo, Brian J. J. Palik. 2018. Influence of transect length and downed woody debris abundance on precision of the line-intersect sampling method
Brian Anderson, Matthew Russell, Marcella Windmuller-Campione, Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick. 2018. Development and Evaluation of Black Spruce (Picea mariana (Miller) B.S.P.) Diameter Increment Models across Silvicultural Treatments in Northern Minnesota, USA
Anthony D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak, Greg Edge, Colleen Matula, Dustin Bronson. 2018. Evaluating Adaptive Management Options for Black Ash Forests in the Face of Emerald Ash Borer Invasion
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Shawn Fraver, Douglas Kastendick. 2018. Size-growth relationship, tree spatial patterns, and tree-tree competition influence tree growth and stand complexity in a 160-year red pine chronosequence
Jacob S. Diamond, Daniel L. McLaughlin, Robert A. Slesak, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2018. Forested versus herbaceous wetlands: Can management mitigate ecohydrologic regime shifts from invasive emerald ash borer?
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Lee E. Frelich. 2018. Interspecific competition limits the realized niche of Fraxinus nigra along a waterlogging gradient
Sawyer S. Scherer, Christel C. Kern, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Matthew R. Russell. 2018. Long-term pine regeneration, shrub layer dynamics, and understory community composition responses to repeated prescribed fire in Pinus resinosa forests
Randy Kolka, Anthony W. D'Amato, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Robert A. Slesak, Thomas G. Pypker, Melissa B. Youngquist, Alexis R. Grinde, Brian J. J. Palik. 2018. Review of ecosystem level impacts of emerald ash borer on black ash wetlands: What does the future hold?
Robert T. Fahey, Brandon C. Alveshere, Julia I Burton, Anthony W. D'Amato, Yvette L. Dickinson, William S. Keeton, Christel C. Kern, Andrew J. Larson, Brian J. J. Palik, Klaus J. Puettmann, Michael R. Saunders, Christopher R. Webster, Jeff W. Atkins, Christopher M. Gough, Brady S. Hardiman. 2018. Shifting conceptions of complexity in forest management and silviculture
Miranda Curzon, Susan Baker, Christel C. Kern, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony D'Amato. 2017. Influence of Mature Overstory Trees on Adjacent 12-Year Regeneration and the Woody Understory: Aggregated Retention versus Intact Forest
Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Christel C. Kern, John B. Bradford, Sawyer S. Scherer. 2017. Influence of Repeated Prescribed Fire on Tree Growth and Mortality in Pinus resinosa Forests, Northern Minnesota
Matthew Powers, Randy Kolka, John Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik, Martin Jurgensen. 2017. Forest floor and mineral soil respiration rates in a northern Minnesota red pine chronosequence
Eddie L. Shea, Lisa Schulte, Brian J. J. Palik. 2017. Decade-long bird community response to the spatial pattern of variable retention harvesting in red pine (Pinus resinosa) forests
Corey Halpin, Craig G. Lorimer, Jacob J. Hanson, Brian J. J. Palik. 2017. Predicted long-term effects of group selection on species composition and stand structure in northern hardwood forests
Melissa B. Youngquist, Sue Eggert, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak. 2017. Potential effects of foundation species loss on wetland communities: A case study of black ash wetlands threatened by emerald ash borer
Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Michael A. Battaglia, Lance A. Asherin. 2017. Density-dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Louis Iverson, Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia. 2017. Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients
M.T. Curzon, A.W. D'Amato, S. Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, A. Bottero, J.R. Foster, K.E. Gleason. 2017. Harvesting influences functional identity and diversity over time in forests of the northeastern U.S.A.
Erika R. Rowe, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, John C. Almendinger. 2017. Early response of ground layer plant communities to wildfire and harvesting disturbance in forested peatland ecosystems in northern Minnesota, USA
Miranda T. Curzon, Anthony W. D’Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2017. Early regeneration response to aggregated overstory and harvest residue retention in Populus tremuloides (Michx.)-dominated forests
Brian D. Young, Anthony W. D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Douglas Kastendick, Brian J. J. Palik. 2017. Seven decades of change in forest structure and composition in Pinus resinosa forests in northern Minnesota, USA: Comparing managed and unmanaged conditions
Robert A. Slesak, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato, Valerie J. Kurth. 2017. Changes in soil physical and chemical properties following organic matter removal and compaction: 20-year response of the aspen Lake-States Long Term Soil Productivity installations
Linda M. Nagel, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, Anthony W. D'Amato, Jim M. Guldin, Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Matthew Powers, Linda A. Joyce, Connie I. Millar, David L. Peterson, Lisa M. Ganio, Chad Kirschbaum, Molly R. Roske. 2017. Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework
Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Jerry F. Franklin, David R. Foster. 2017. Exploring the Origins of Ecological Forestry in North America
Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2017. Ecological forestry: Much more than retention harvesting
Margaret W. Roberts, Anthony W. D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Brian J. J. Palik. 2017. Effects of variable retention harvesting on natural tree regeneration in Pinus resinosa (red pine) forests
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak, Mitchell Slater. 2017. The response of Fraxinus nigra forest ground-layer vegetation to emulated emerald ash borer mortality and management strategies in northern Minnesota, USA
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak. 2017. Canopy treatment influences growth of replacement tree species in Fraxinus nigra forests threatened by the emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA
Miranda T. Curzon, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2016. Bioenergy harvest impacts to biodiversity and resilience vary across aspen-dominated forest ecosystems in the Lake States region, USA
Miranda T. Curzon, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Emily S. S. Huff, Brian J. J. Palik. 2016. Succession, climate and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa -dominated forest, Minnesota, USA
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael R. Reinikainen. 2016. Examining the influences of tree-to-tree competition and climate on size-growth relationships in hydric, multi-aged Fraxinus nigra stands
Justin L. Pszwaro, Anthony W. D'Amato, Thomas E. Burk, Matthew B. Russell, Brian J. J. Palik, Terry F. Strong. 2016. Analysis of stand basal area development of thinned and unthinned Acer rubrum forests in the upper Great Lakes region, USA
Margaret W. Roberts, Anthony W. D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Brian J. J. Palik, Lorenzo Marini. 2016. Long-term impacts of variable retention harvesting on ground-layer plant communities in Pinus resinosa forests
Susan C. Baker, Charles B. Halpern, Timothy J. Wardlaw, Christel C. Kern, Graham J. Edgar, Russell J. Thomson, Richard E. Bigley, Jerry F. Franklin, Kamal J. K. Gandhi, Lena Gustafsson, Samuel Johnson, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas Spies, Ashley Steel, Jan Weslien, Joachim Strengbom. 2016. A cross-continental comparison of plant and beetle responses to retention of forest patches during timber harvest
Tera E. Lewandowski, Jodi A. Forrester, David J. Mladenoff, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2016. Response of the soil microbial community and soil nutrient bioavailability to biomass harvesting and reserve tree retention in northern Minnesota aspen-dominated forests
Sawyer S. Scherer, Anthony W. D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Brian J. J. Palik, Matthew B. Russell. 2016. Long-term impacts of prescribed fire on stand structure, growth, mortality, and individual tree vigor in Pinus resinosa forests
Vanina Fissore, Renzo Motta, Brian J. J. Palik, Enrico Borgogno Mondino. 2015. The role of spatial data and geomatic approaches in treeline mapping: a review of methods and limitations
Christopher Looney, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert A. Slesak. 2015. Overstory treatment and planting season affect survival of replacement tree species in emerald ash borer threatened Fraxinus nigra forests in Minnesota, USA
Andrew C. Telander, Robert A. Slesak, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Kenneth N. Brooks, Christian F. Lenhart. 2015. Sap flow of black ash in wetland forests of northern Minnesota, USA: Hydrologic implications of tree mortality due to emerald ash borer
Rebecca L. MacDonald, Han Y.H. Chen, Samuel F. Bartels, Brian J. J. Palik, Ellie E. Prepas, Frank Gilliam. 2015. Compositional stability of boreal understorey vegetation after overstorey harvesting across a riparian ecotone
Kas Dumroese, Brian J. J. Palik, John A. Stanturf. 2015. Forest restoration is forward thinking
Karin S. Fassnacht, Dustin Bronson, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato, Craig Lorimer, Karl J. Martin. 2015. Accelerating the development of old-growth characteristics in second-growth northern hardwoods
T.G. Knoot, M.E. Shea, L.A. Schulte, J.C. Tyndall, Mark D. Nelson, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Brian J. J. Palik. 2015. Forest change in the Driftless Area of the Midwest: From a preferred to undesirable future
Brian J. J. Palik, Brooke K. Haworth, Andrew J. David, Randy Kolka. 2015. Survival and growth of northern white-cedar and balsam fir seedlings in riparian management zones in northern Minnesota, USA
Brian J. J. Palik, Rebecca A. Montgomery, Peter B. Reich, Suzanne B. Boyden. 2014. Biomass growth response to spatial pattern of variable-retention harvesting in a northern Minnesota pine ecosystem
Monika E. Shea, Lisa Schulte, Brian J. J. Palik. 2014. Reconstructing vegetation past: Pre-Euro-American vegetation for the midwest driftless area, USA
Miranda T. Curzon, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2014. Harvest residue removal and soil compaction impact forest productivity and recovery: Potential implications for bioenergy harvests
Christel C. Kern, Gus Erdmann, Laura S. Kenefic, Brian J. J. Palik, Terry Strong. 2014. Development of the selection system in northern hardwood forests of the Lake States: an 80-year silviculture research legacy
John A. Stanturf, Brian J. J. Palik, Kas Dumroese. 2014. Contemporary forest restoration: A review emphasizing function
Robert A. Slesak, Christian F. Lenhart, Kenneth N. Brooks, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2014. Water table response to harvesting and simulated emerald ash borer mortality in black ash wetlands in Minnesota, USA
Douglas Kastendick, Brian J. J. Palik, Eric K. Zenner, Randy Kolka, Charles R. Blinn, Joshua Kragthorpe. 2014. Regeneration responses in partially-harvested riparian management zones in northern Minnesota
Rebecca L. MacDonald, Han Y.H. Chen, Brian J. J. Palik, Ellie E. Prepas. 2014. Influence of harvesting on understory vegetation along a boreal riparian-upland gradient
Valerie J. Kurth, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford. 2014. Fifteen-year patterns of soil carbon and nitrogen following biomass harvesting
Stephen Handler, Matthew Duveneck, Louis Iverson, Emily Peters, Robert M. Scheller, Kirk R. Wythers, Leslie Brandt, Patricia Butler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Kelly Barrett, Randy Kolka, Casey McQuiston, Brian J. J. Palik, Peter B. Reich, Clarence Turner, Mark White, Cheryl Adams, Anthony D'Amato, Suzanne Hagell, Patricia Johnson, Rosemary Johnson, Mike Larson, Stephen Matthews, Rebecca Montgomery, Steve Olson, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Jack Rajala, Jad Daley, Mae Davenport, Marla R. Emery, David Fehringer, Christopher L. Hoving, Gary Johnson, Lucinda Johnson, David Neitzel, Adena Rissman, Chadwick Rittenhouse, Robert Ziel. 2014. Minnesota forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project
John A. Stanturf, Brian J. J. Palik, Mary I. Williams, Kas Dumroese. 2014. Forest restoration paradigms
Brice Hanberry, Brian J. J. Palik, Hong S. He. 2013. Winning and Losing Tree Species of Reassembly in Minnesota’s Mixed and Broadleaf Forests
Tuomas Aakala, Shawn Fraver, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2013. Influence of competition and age on tree growth in structurally complex old-growth forests in northern Minnesota, USA
Rebecca A. Montgomery, Brian J. J. Palik, Suzanne B. Boyden, Peter B. Reich. 2013. New cohort growth and survival in variable retention harvests of a pine ecosystem in Minnesota, USA
Emily S. S. Huff, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford. 2013. Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA
Emily S. S. Huff, Shawn Fraver, Anthony W. D'Amato, Tuomas Aakala, Brian J. J. Palik. 2013. Long-term mortality rates and spatial patterns in an old-growth forest
Matthew Magruder, Sophan Chhin, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford. 2013. Thinning increases climatic resilience of red pine
Anthony W. D'Amato, John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik. 2013. Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems
Alaina L. Berger, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, John B. Bradford, Keith Nislow, David King, Robert T. Brooks. 2013. Ecological impacts of energy-wood harvests: lessons from whole-tree harvesting and natural disturbance
Shawn Fraver, Amy M. Milo, John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D’Amato, Laura S. Kenefic, Brian J. J. Palik, Christopher W. W. Woodall, John Brissette. 2013. Woody debris volume depletion through decay: Implications for biomass and carbon accounting
Eric K. Zenner, Michelle A. Martin, Brian J. J. Palik, Jerilynn E. Peck, Charles R. Blinn. 2013. Response of herbaceous plant community diversity and composition to overstorey harvest within riparian management zones in Northern Hardwoods
Brice Hanberry, Brian J. J. Palik, Hong S. He. 2012. Comparison of historical and current forest surveys for detection of homogenization and mesophication of Minnesota forests
Brice B. Hanberry, Hong S. He, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Comparing predicted historical distributions of tree species using two tree-based ensemble classification methods
Tuomas Aakala, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato. 2012. Spatially random mortality in old-growth red pine forests of northern Minnesota
Suzanne Boyden, Rebecca Montgomery, Peter B. Reich, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Seeing the forest for the homogeneous trees: stand-scale resource distributions emerge from tree-scale structure
Lena Gustafsson, Susan C. Baker, Jurgen Bauhus, William J. Beese, Angus Brodie, Jari Kouki, David B. Lindenmayer, Asko Lohmus, Guillermo Martinez Pastur, Christian Messier, Mark Neyland, Brian J. J. Palik, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, W. Jan A. Volney, Adrian Wayne, Jeffrey F. Franklin. 2012. Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: a World Perspective
D.B. Lindenmayer, J.F. Franklin, A. Lõhmus, S.C. Baker, J. Bauhus, W. Beese, A. Brodie, B. Kiehl, J. Kouki, G. Martínez Pastur, C. Messier, M. Neyland, Brian J. J. Palik, A. Sverdrup-Thygeson, J. Volney, A. Wayne, L. Gustafsson. 2012. A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues
Jessica Miesel, P. Goebel, R. Corace, David Hix, Randy Kolka, Brian J. J. Palik, David Mladenoff. 2012. Fire effects on soils in Lake States forests: A compilation of published research to facilitate long-term investigations
Douglas J. Shinneman, Brian J. J. Palik, Meredith W. Cornett. 2012. Can landscape-level ecological restoration influence fire risk? A spatially-explicit assessment of a northern temperate-southern boreal forest landscape
Douglas Kastendick, Eric K. Zenner, Brian J. J. Palik, Randy Kolka, Charles R. Blinn. 2012. Effects of harvesting on nitrogen and phosphorus availability in riparian management zone soils in Minnesota, USA
JeriLynn E. Peck, Eric K. Zenner, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Variation in microclimate and early growth of planted pines under dispersed and aggregated overstory retention in mature managed red pine in Minnesota
Michael E. Ostry, Melanie J. Moore, Christel C. Kern, Robert C. Venette, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Multiple diseases impact survival of pine species planted in red spine stands harvested in spatially variable retention patterns
Chris Gronewold, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Relationships between growth, quality, and stocking within managed old-growth northern hardwoods
P. Charles Goebel, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Influence of flooding and landform properties on riparian plant communities in an old-growth northern hardwood watershed
Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Stand and cohort structures of old-growth Pinus resinosa-dominated forests of northern Minnesota, USA
Brian J. J. Palik, Michelle Martin, Erik Zenner, Charles Blinn, Randy Kolka. 2012. Overstory and regeneration dynamics in riparian management zones of northern Minnesota forested watersheds
Martin Jurgensen, Rachel Tarpey, Jim Pickens, Randy Kolka, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Long-term effect of silvicultural thinnings on soil carbon and nitrogen pools
Matthew Powers, Randy Kolka, John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik, Shawn Fraver, Martin F. Jurgensen. 2012. Carbon stocks across a chronosequence of thinned and unmanaged red pine (Pinus resinosa) stands
Zong Bo Shang, Hong S. He, Weimin Xi, Stephen R. Shifley, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Integrating LANDIS model and a multi-criteria decision-making approach to evaluate cumulative effects of forest management in the Missouri Ozarks, USA
Brice Hanberry, John M. Kabrick, Hong S. He, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Historical trajectories and restoration strategies for the Mississippi River alluvial valley
Brian J. J. Palik, Michael E. Ostry, Robert C. Venette, Ebrahim Abdela. 2012. Tree regeneration in black ash (Fraxinus nigra) stands exhibiting crown dieback in Minnesota
Brian J. J. Palik, Michael E. Ostry, Robert C. Venette, Kathleen T. Ward. 2012. Assessment of Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) Decline in Minnesota. Chapter 12
Jacob J. Hanson, Craig G. Lorimer, Corey Halpin, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Ecological forestry in an uneven-aged, late-successional forest: Simulated effects of contrasting treatments on structure and yield
Felix Ponder Jr., Robert L. Fleming, Shannon Berch, Matt D. Busse, John D. Elioff, Paul W. Hazlett, Richard D. Kabzems, J. Marty Kranabetter, David M. Morris, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert F. Powers, Felipe Sanchez, Andy Scott, Richard H. Stagg, Douglas M. Stone, David H. Young, Jianwei Zhang, Kim Ludovici, Daniel W. McKenney, Debbie S Mossa, Paul T. Sanborn, Richard A. Voldseth. 2012. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction and vegetation control on 10th year biomass and foliar nutrition: LTSP continent-wide comparisons
John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Amy M. Milo, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2012. Effects of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks
Randy Kolka, Brian J. J. Palik, Daniel P. Tersteeg, James C. Bell. 2011. Effects of riparian buffers on hydrology of northern seasonal ponds
Matthew Powers, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Brian J. J. Palik, Christopher R. Webster. 2011. The physiological basis for regeneration response to variable retention harvest treatments in three pine species
Lisa A. Schulte, Erik C. Mottl, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. The association of two invasive shrubs, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica), with oak communities in the midwestern United States
Anthony W. D'Amato, John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. Forest management for mitigation and adaptation: insights from long-term silvicultural experiments
Matthew Powers, Randy Kolka, Brian J. J. Palik, Rachel McDonald, Martin Jurgensen. 2011. Long-term management impacts on carbon storage in Lake States forests
Shawn Fraver, John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. Improving tree age estimates derived from increment cores: a case study of red pine
Richard Voldseth, Brian J. J. Palik, John Elioff. 2011. Ten-year results from the long-term soil productivity study in aspen ecosystems of the northern Great Lakes region
Yangjian Zhang, Hong S. He, Stephen R. Shifley, Jian Yang, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. Evaluating the effects of alternative forest management plans under various physiographic settings using historical records as a reference
Brian J. J. Palik, Michael E. Ostry, Robert C. Venette, Ebrahim Abdela. 2011. Fraxinus nigra (black ash) dieback in Minnesota: Regional variation and potential contributing factors
Shawn Fraver, Terrie B. Jain, John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D'amato, Douglas Kastendick, Brian J. J. Palik, Doug Shinneman, John Stanovick. 2011. The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA
Maria Janowiak, Chris Swanston, Linda M. Nagel, Christopher R. Webster, Brian J. J. Palik, Mark Twery, John B. Bradford, Linda R. Parker, Andrea T. Hille, Sheela M. Johnson. 2011. Silvicultural decisionmaking in an uncertain climate future: a workshop-based exploration of considerations, strategies, and approaches
Brice Hanberry, Shawn Fraver, Hong S. He, Jian Yang, Daniel C. Dey, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. Spatial pattern corrections and sample sizes for forest density estimates of historical tree surveys
Tricia G. Knoot, Lisa A. Schulte, John C. Tyndall, Brian J. J. Palik. 2010. The state of the system and steps toward resilience of distrubance-dependent oak forests
Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Christel C. Kern. 2010. Growth, yield, and structure of extended rotation Pinus resinosa stands in Minnesota, USA
Chris A. Gronewold, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik. 2010. The influence of cutting cycle and stocking level on the structure and composition of managed old-growth northern hardwoods
Mark A. Hanson, Brian J. J. Palik, James O. Church, Anthony T. Miller. 2010. Influences of upland timber harvest on aquatic invertebrate communities in seasonal ponds: efficacy of forested buffers
Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick. 2010. Response of seasonal pond plant communities to upland forest harvest in northern Minnesota forests, USA
Douglas J. Shinneman, Meredith W. Cornett, Brian J. J. Palik. 2010. Simulating restoration strategies for a southern boreal forest landscape with complex land ownership patterns
Matthew D. Powers, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford, Shawn Fraver, Christopher R. Webster. 2010. Thinning method and intensity influence long-term mortality trends in a red pine forest
John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D'Amato, Brian J. J. Palik, Shawn Fraver. 2010. A new method for evaluating forest thinning: growth dominance in managed Pinus resinosa stands
Terry L. Sharik, William Adair, Fred A. Baker, Michael A. Battaglia, Emily J. Comfort, Anthony W. D'Amato, Craig Delong, R. Justin DeRose, Mark J. Ducey, Mark Harmon, Louise Levy, Jesse A. Logan, Joseph J. O'Brien, Brian J. J. Palik, Scott D. Roberts, Paul C. Rogers, Douglas J. Shinneman, Thomas Spies, Sarah L. Taylor, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Andrew Youngblood. 2010. Emerging themes in the ecology and management of North American forests
Brian J. J. Palik, Douglas Kastendick. 2009. Woody plant regeneration after blowdown, salvage logging, and prescribed fire in a northern Minnesota forest
Yangjian Zhang, Hong S. He, William D. Dijak, Jian Yang, Stephen R. Shifley, Brian J. J. Palik. 2009. Integration of satellite imagery and forest inventory in mapping dominant and associated species at a regional scale
Kathleen T. Ward, Michael E. Ostry, Robert C. Venette, Brian J. J. Palik, Mark H. Hansen, Mark A. Hatfield. 2009. Assessment of black ash (Fraxinus nigra) decline in Minnesota
John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik. 2009. A comparison of thinning methods in red pine: consequences for stand-level growth and tree diameter
Ryan C. Atwell, Lisa Schulte, Brian J. J. Palik. 2008. Songbird response to experimental retention harvesting in red pine (Pinus resinosa) forests
Neil Pederson, J. Morgan Varner, Brian J. J. Palik. 2008. Canopy disturbance and tree recruitment over two centuries in a managed longleaf pine landscape
Rachel A. Tarpey, Martin F. Jurgensen, Brian J. J. Palik, Randy Kolka. 2008. The long-term effects of silvicultural thinning and partial cutting on soil compaction in red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and northern hardwood stands in the northern Great Lakes Region of the United States
Stephen D. Pecot, Robert J. Mitchell, Brian J. J. Palik, Barry Moser, J. Kevin Hiers. 2007. Competitive responses of seedlings and understory plants in longleaf pine woodlands: separating canopy influences above and below ground
Stephen W. Golladay, Juliann M. Battle, Brian J. J. Palik. 2007. Large wood debris recruitment on differing riparian landforms along a Gulf Coastal Plain (USA) stream: a comparison of large floods and average flows
Arthur E.L. Morris, P. Charles Goebel, Brian J. J. Palik. 2007. Geomorphic and riparian forest influences on characteristics of large wood and large-wood jams in old-growth and second-growth forests in Northern Michigan, USA
Brian J. J. Palik, Dwight E. Streblow, Leanne M. Egeland, Richard Buech. 2007. Landscape variation of seasonal pool plant communities in forests of northern Minnesota, USA
Darold P. Batzer, Brian J. J. Palik. 2007. Variable response by aquatic invertebrates to experimental manipulations of leaf litter input into seasonal woodland ponds
Jerry F. Franklin, Robert J. Mitchell, Brian J. J. Palik. 2007. Natural disturbance and stand development principles for ecological forestry
Christel C. Kern, Brian J. J. Palik, Terry F. Strong. 2006. Ground-layer plant community responses to even-age and uneven-age silvicultural treatments in Wisconsin northern hardwood forests
P. Charles Goebel, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Brian J. J. Palik. 2006. Landscape hierarchies influence riparian ground-flora communities in Wisconsin, USA
Arthur E. L. Morris, P. Charles Goebel, Lance R. Williams, Brian J. J. Palik. 2006. Influence of landscape geomorphology on large wood jams and salmonids in an old-growth river of Upper Michigan
Daniel Boyd Kramer, Stephen Polasky, Anthony Starfield, Brian J. J. Palik, Lynne M. Westphal, Stephanie Snyder, Pamela J. Jakes, Rachel Hudson, Eric J. Gustafson. 2006. A Comparison of Alternative Strategies for Cost-Effective Water Quality Management in Lakes
Daniel W. Gilmore, Brian J. J. Palik. 2006. A revised managers handbook for red pine in the North Central Region
Frederick J. Swanson, Olga Ramos González, Mary Beth Adams, Brian J. J. Palik, Ron Thill, Dale Brockway, Christel C. Kern, Richard Woodsmith, Robert Musselman, Ariel Lugo. 2006. Long-term research at the USDA Forest Service's experimental forests and ranges.
Brian J. J. Palik, Christel C. Kern, Robert Mitchell, Stephen Pecot. 2005. Using spatially variable overstory retention to restore structural and compositional complexity in pine ecosystems
Brian J. J. Palik, Darold P. Batzer, Christel C. Kern. 2005. Upland Forest Linkages to Seasonal Wetlands: Litter Flux, Processing, and Food Quality
Brian J. J. Palik, Louise Levy, Tom Crow. 2004. The great lakes silviculture summit: an introduction and organizing framework
Brian J. J. Palik, Louise Levy. 2004. A research agenda for silviculture in the Great Lakes Region
L. Katherine Kirkman, P. Charles Goebel, Brian J. J. Palik, Larry T. West. 2004. Predicting plant species diversity in a longleaf pine landscape
Darold P. Batzer, Brian J. J. Palik, Richard Buech. 2004. Relationships between environmental characteristics and macroinvertebrate communities in seasonal woodland ponds of Minnesota
Brian J. J. Palik, Louise (ed.) Levy. 2004. Proceedings of the Great Lakes silviculture summit
Brian J. J. Palik, Swee May Tang, Quinn Chavez. 2004. Estimating riparian area extent and land use in the Midwest.
P. Charles Goebel, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Brian J. J. Palik. 2003. Geomorphic Influences on Large Wood Dam Loadings, Particulate Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Carbon in an 0ld-Growth Northern Hardwood Watershed
Brian J. J. Palik, Richard Buech, Leanne M. Egeland. 2003. Using an Ecological Land Hierarchy to Predict Seasonal-Wetland Abundance in Upland Forests
Brian J. J. Palik, Robert J. Mitchell, Stephen Pecot, Mike Battaglia, Mou Pu. 2003. Spatial Distribution of Overstory Retention Influences Resources and Growth of Longleaf Pine Seedlings
Brian J. J. Palik, Kory Cease, Leanne M. Egeland, Charles Blinn. 2003. Aspen Regeneration in Riparian ManagementZones in Northern Minnesota: Effects ofResidual Overstory and Harvest Method
Brian J. J. Palik, John Zasada. 2003. An Ecological Context for Regenerating Mult-cohort, Mixed-species Red Pine Forests
P. Charles Goebel, Brian J. J. Palik, Kurt S. Pregitzer. 2003. Plant Diversity Contributions of Riparian Areas in Watersheds of the Northern Lake States, USA
Michael A. Battaglia, Pu Mou, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert J. Mitchell. 2002. The effect of spatially variable overstory on the understory light environment of an open-canopied longleaf pine forest
Brian J. J. Palik, Robert J. Mitchell, J. Kevin Hiers. 2002. Modeling silviculture after natural disturbance to sustain biodiversity in the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem : balancing complexity and implementation
P. Charles Goebel, Brian J. J. Palik, L. Katherine Kirkman, Mark B. Drew, Larry West, Dee C. Pederson. 2001. Forest ecosystems of a Lower Gulf Coastal Plainlandscape: multifactor classification and analysis
Brian J. J. Palik, Darold P. Batzer, Richard Buech, Dale Nichols, Kory Cease, Leanne M. Egeland, Dwight E. Streblow. 2001. Seasonal Pond Characteristics Across A Chronosequence Of djacent Forest Ages In Northern Minnesota, USA
Katherine L. Kirkman, Charles P. Goebel, Larry West, Mark B. Drew, Brian J. J. Palik. 2000. Depressional wetland vegetation types: a question of plant commmunity development
Brian J. J. Palik, Charles P. Goebel, Katherine L. Kirkman, Larry West. 2000. Using Landscape Hierarchies To Guide Restoration Of Disturbed Ecosystems
Mark J. Hainds, Robert J. Mitchell, Brian J. J. Palik, Lindsay R. Boring, Dean H. Gjerstad. 1999. Distribution of native Legumes (Leguminoseae) in frequently burned longleaf pine (Pinaceae)-Wiregrass (Poaceae) ecosystems
Brian J. J. Palik, William K. Michener, Robert J. Mitchell, Joseph W. Jones. 1999. The effect of landform and plant size on mortallity and recovery of longleaf pine during a 100-year loog¹
Brian J. J. Palik, James Robl. 1999. Structural legacies of catastrophic windstorm in a mature Great Lakes aspen forest.
Brian J. J. Palik, Stephen W. Golladay, P. Charles Goebel, Brad W. Taylor. 1998. Geomorphic variation in riparian tree mortality and stream coarse woody debris recruitment from record flooding in a coastal plain stream
Stephen W. Golladay, Brad W. Taylor, Brian J. J. Palik. 1997. Invertebrate Communities of Forested Limesink Wetlands in Southwest Georgia, USA: Habitat Use and Influence of Extended Inundation
Brian J. J. Palik, Neil Pederson. 1996. Overstory mortality and canopy disturbances in longleaf pine ecosystems
Brian J. J. Palik, Kurt S. Pregitzer. 1995. Variability in early height growth rate of forest trees: implications for retrospective studies of stand dynamics
Brian J. J. Palik, Kurt S. Pregitzer. 1993. The repeatability of stem exclusion during even-aged development of bigtooth aspen dominated forests
Kurt S. Pregitzer, Brian J. J. Palik. 1993. The vertical development of early successional forests in northern Michigan, USA

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Palik, B. J., A. W. D’Amato, J. F. Franklin, and N. Johnson. 2020. Ecological Silviculture: Foundations and Applications. Waveland Press. Palik, B. J., D'Amato, A. W. 2023. Ecological Silvicultural Systems: Exemplary Models for Sustainable Forest Management, John Wiley and Sons.

Michigan State University, Department of Forestry, Ph.D., Forest Ecology., 1992
Michigan State University, Department of Botany, M.S., Plant Ecology., 1988
Alma College, B.S., Biology., 1983
Costa Rica, Organization for Tropical Studies, Additional Study, Tropical Ecology, 1987

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