Connor D. Crouch, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Gina Beebe, Lauren S. Pile, Connor D. Crouch, Dacoda T. Maddox, Brian Davidson, Michael Stambaugh, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2026. Goats and oaks: applicability of targeted browsing to promote forage quality and conservation outcomes in woodland communities in the Central Hardwood Region of the United States
• Benjamin O. Knapp, Jacob S. Fraser, Joanne Baggs, Vikram Chhatre, David Clabo, Connor D. Crouch, Daniel C. C. Dey, Shaik M. Hossain, Steven B. Jack, John M. Kabrick, Kathryn R. Kidd, Steve McNulty, Carl Nordman, Matthew G. Olson, Kyle Palmquist, Matthew Pelkki, Christopher Schalk, Michael C. Stambaugh, J. Morgan Varner, John Willis. 2026. Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata): Management Challenges, Knowledge Gaps, and Opportunities for an Unsung Species
• Lauren S. Pile, Benjamin O. Knapp, Connor D. Crouch, Jeff Demand. 2026. Sustained management is necessary to suppress Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) population growth in a landscape of tallgrass prairie reconstructions
• Lauren S. Pile, Aliza Fassler, Connor D. Crouch, Morgan Davis, Daniel C. C. Dey, Brooke Hagarty, John M. Kabrick, David King, Benjamin O. Knapp, Susannah B. Lerman, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Will Rumpf, Sloane Scott. 2025. Enriching log landings to sustain native bees and other pollinators: a guide for practitioners
• Michael T. Stoddard, Kyle C. Rodman, Connor D. Crouch, David W. Huffman, Peter Z. Fulé, Kristen M. Waring, Margaret M. Moore. 2024. Multi-decadal aspen dynamics show recruitment bottleneck across complex mountain community
• Connor D. Crouch, Amanda M. Grady, Nicholas P. Wilhelmi, Richard W. Hofstetter, Margaret M. Moore, Kristen M. Waring. 2024. Extent, impacts and drivers of oystershell scale invasions in aspen ecosystems
• Connor D. Crouch, Nicholas Wilhelmi, Paul Rogers, Margaret Moore, Kristen Waring, Julia Annick. Schwarz. 2024. Sustainability and drivers of Populus tremuloides regeneration and recruitment near the southwestern edge of its range
• Connor D. Crouch, Richard Hofstetter, Amanda Grady, Nylah Edwards, Kristen Waring, Christopher Ranger. 2024. Oystershell scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) population growth, spread, and phenology on aspen in Arizona, USA

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Connor D. Crouch, Paul C. Rogers, Margaret M. Moore, Kristen M. Waring. 2023. Building ecosystem resilience and adaptive capacity: a systematic review of aspen ecology and management in the Southwest. Forest Science 69:334–354.
• Connor D. Crouch, Benjamin O. Knapp, Susan A. Cohen, Jeff S. Glitzenstein, Joan L. Walker, G. Geoff Wang. 2022. Longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: understory plant community responses to site preparation through 15 years. Applied Vegetation Science 25:e12637.
• Connor D. Crouch, Amanda M. Grady, Nicholas P. Wilhelmi, Richard W. Hofstetter, Daniel E. DePinte, Kristen M. Waring. 2021. Oystershell scale: an emerging invasive threat to aspen in the southwestern United States. Biological Invasions 23:2893–2912.
• Connor D. Crouch, Benjamin O. Knapp, Susan A. Cohen, Michael C. Stambaugh, Joan L. Walker, G. Geoff Wang. 2020. Site preparation for longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: stand development through 15 years after planting. Forest Ecology and Management 461:117928.

• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Sinkin Experimental Forest

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

  Northern Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Threats to Oak Ecosystems: Pests and Pathogens

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/threats-oak-ecosystems-pests-and-pathogens

• Northern Arizona University, Ph.D., Forest Science, concentration in Ecosystem Science, 2023
• University of Missouri, M.S., Natural Resources, emphasis in Forestry, 2019
• University of Missouri, B.J., Journalism, emphasis in Strategic Communication, 2017