Elaine K. Sutherland, PhD
Former Employee
Research Biologist & Scientist-in-Charge, Coram Experimental Forest
Treesearch Publications
- 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
- Elaine K. Sutherland, Terrie B. Jain, David K. Wright, Melissa Jenkins, Christopher Keyes, Linda M. Nagel, Justin S. Crotteau. 2019. Initiating climate adaptation in a western larch forest
- Justin S. Crotteau, Christopher R. Keyes, Sharon M. Hood, Andrew J. Larson, Elaine K. Sutherland, David K. Wright, Joel M. Egan. 2018. Stand dynamics 11 years after retention harvest in a lodgepole pine forest
- Grant L. Harley, Christopher H. Baisan, Peter M. Brown, Donald A. Falk, William T. Flatley, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Amy Hessl, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Margot W. Kaye, Charles W. Lafon, Ellis Q. Margolis, R. Stockton Maxwell, Adam T. Naito, William J. Platt, Monica T. Rother, Thomas Saladyga, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Lauren A. Stachowiak, Michael C. Stambaugh, Elaine K. Sutherland, Alan H. Taylor. 2018. Advancing dendrochronological studies of fire in the United States
- Elaine K. Sutherland, P. Brewer, W. Gross. 2017. Paleo-event data standards for dendrochronology
- Michael S. Schaedel, Andrew J. Larson, David L. R. Affleck, R. Travis Belote, John M. Goodburn, David K. Wright, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2017. Long-term precommercial thinning effects on Larix occidentalis (western larch) tree and stand characteristics
- Justin S. Crotteau, Christopher R. Keyes, Elaine K. Sutherland, David K. Wright, Joel M. Egan. 2016. Forest fuels and potential fire behaviour 12 years after variable-retention harvest in lodgepole pine
- Kevin T. Smith, Estelle Arbellay, Donald A. Falk, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2016. Macroanatomy and compartmentalization of recent fire scars in three North American conifers
- Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel, Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith, Donald A. Falk. 2014. Resin duct size and density as ecophysiological traits in fire scars of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Larix occidentalis
- Christopher R. Keyes, Thomas E. Perry, Elaine K. Sutherland, David K. Wright, Joel Egan. 2014. Variable-retention harvesting as a silvicultural option for lodgepole pine
- Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel, Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith, Donald A. Falk. 2014. Changes in tracheid and ray traits in fire scars of North American conifers and their ecophysiological implications
- Alexander K. Anning, Darrin L. Rubino, Elaine K. Sutherland, Brian C. McCarthy. 2013. Dendrochronological analysis of white oak growth patterns across a topographic moisture gradient in southern Ohio
- Donald A. Falk, Thomas Swetnam, Thomas Kitzberger, Elaine K. Sutherland, Peter Brown, Erica Bigio, Matthew Hall. 2013. A new North American fire scar network for reconstructing historical pyrogeography, 1600-1900 AD
- Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel, Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith, Donald A. Falk. 2013. Resin duct characteristics in the wood of fire-scarred North American conifers
- Kevin T. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland, Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel, Donald Falk. 2013. Macroanatomy of compartmentalization in fire scars of three western conifers
- Elaine K. Sutherland, Josh Farella, David K. Wright, Ian Hyp, Kevin T. Smith, Donald A. Falk, Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel. 2013. External charring and fire scarring in three western conifers
- Estelle Arbellay, Markus Stoffel, Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith, Donald A. Falk. 2013. Fire-induced wounding elicits changes in the wood anatomy of North American conifers
- Todd Hutchinson, Daniel Yaussy, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2012. Long-term (13-year) effects of repeated prescribed fires on stand structure and tree regeneration in mixed-oak forests
- Torbjorn Josefsson, Elaine K. Sutherland, Stephen F. Arno, Lars Ostlund. 2012. Ancient barkpeeled trees in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana: Legacies of native land use and implications for their protection
- Amy E. Hessl, Uyanga Ariya, Peter Brown, Oyunsannaa Byambasuren, Tim Green, Gordon Jacoby, Elaine K. Sutherland, Baatarbileg Nachin, R. Stockton Maxwell, Neil Pederson, Louis De Grandpre, Thomas Saladyga, Jacques C. Tardif. 2012. Reconstructing fire history in central Mongolia from tree-rings
- Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel Yaussy. 2012. Repeated prescribed fires alter gap-phase regeneration in mixed-oak forests
- Donald A. Falk, Emily K. Heyerdahl, P. M. Brown, T. W. Swetnam, Elaine K. Sutherland, Z. Gedalof, L. Yocom, T. J. Brown. 2010. Fire and climate variation in western North America from fire-scar and tree-ring networks
- Merrill R. Kaufmann, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael G. Babler, William L. Baker, Barbara J. Bentz, Michael G. Harrington, Brad C. Hawkes, Laurie Huckaby, Michael J. Jenkins, Daniel M. Kashian, Robert E. Keane, Dominik Kulakowski, Ward McCaughey, Charles W. McHugh, Jose Negron, John B. Popp, William H. Romme, Wayne Shepperd, Frederick W. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel Tinker, Thomas T. Veblen. 2008. The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior
- Margaret Devall, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2008. Editorial: Papers from the 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology - Cultural Diversity, Environmental Variability
- Deborah M. Finch, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2007. Achieving fuel reduction goals and restoring riparian zones to healthy conditions: Riparian ecosystem dynamics in relation to fire in the Rocky Mountains
- L. Lentile, P. Morgan, Colin C. Hardy, Andrew T. Hudak, R. Means, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Elaine K. Sutherland, J. Szymoniak, F. Way, J. Fites-Kaufman, S. Lewis, E. Mathews, H. Shovik, Kevin C. Ryan. 2007. Value and challenges of conducting rapid response research on wildland fires
- Leigh Lentile, Penny Morgan, Colin C. Hardy, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert Means, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Elaine K. Sutherland, Frederick Way, Sarah A. Lewis. 2007. Lessons learned from Rapid Response Research on wildland fires
- Don V. Gayton, Marc Weber, Mick Harrington, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Elaine K. Sutherland, Bob Brett, Cindy Hall, Micahel Hartman, Liesl Peterson, Carolynne Merrel. 2006. Fire history of a western Montana ponderosa pine grassland: A pilot study
- Michael K. Young, Ethan A. Mace, Eric T. Ziegler, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2006. Characterizing and contrasting instream and riparian coarse wood in western Montana basins
- Todd Hutchinson, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel A. Yaussy. 2005. Effects of repeated prescribed fires on the structure, composition, and regeneration of mixed-oak forests in Ohio
- Janie Canton-Thompson, Jim Saveland, Sharon Ritter, Yvette K. Ortega, Dean E. Pearson, Mick Harrington, Elaine K. Sutherland, Clint Cook, Greg Jones. 2004. ECO-Report - Great issues, great diversions
- R. E. J. Boerner, J. A. Brinkman, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2004. Effects of fire at two frequencies on nitrogen transformations and soil chemistry in a nitrogen-enriched forest landscape
- Janie Canton-Thompson, Marcia Patton-Mallory, Sue Heald, Sharon Ritter, Robert D. Pfister, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, Alan E. Watson, Elaine K. Sutherland, Greg Jones. 2003. ECO-Report - The case for research: How it makes a difference to managers
- Janie Canton-Thompson, Sharon Ritter, Dave Campbell, Julie Schreck, Peter Kolb, Brooke Thompson, Hans Zuuring, Alan E. Watson, Yvette K. Ortega, Kevin S. McKelvey, Elaine K. Sutherland, Greg Jones. 2002. ECO-Report - Fire recovery in the Bitterroot: "It’s a lot of work!"
- Janie Canton-Thompson, Greg G. Jones, Jane Kapler Smith, Peter Rice, Mick Harrington, Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin S. McKelvey, Yvette K. Ortega, Ward McCaughey, Robert Pfister, Greg G. Jones, Larry Swanson, Vita Wright. 2001. ECO-Report - One ranger's experience in summer 2000
- Vanessa L. Artman, Elaine K. Sutherland, Jerry F. Downhower. 2001. Prescribed burning to restore mixed-oak communities in southern Ohio: Effects on breeding-bird populations
- Ralph E. J. Boerner, Kelly L. M. Decker, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2000. Prescribed burning effects on soil enzyme activity in a southern Ohio hardwood forest: A landscape-scale analysis
- Ralph E. J. Boerner, Sherri Jeakins Morris, Elaine K. Sutherland, Todd Hutchinson. 2000. Spatial variability in soil nitrogen dynamics after prescribed burning in Ohio mixed-oak forests
- Elaine K. Sutherland, Betsy J. Hale, David M. Hix. 2000. Defining species guilds in the Central Hardwood Forest, USA
- Erin B. Hines, Jan Salick, Elaine K. Sutherland, Todd F. Hutchinson, Steve Sutherland, Steve Sutherland. 2000. Ethnoecology of Fire: An Experimental Approach in the Ohio Valley
- Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith. 2000. Resistance is not futile: The response of hardwoods to fire-caused wounding
- Kevin T. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Fire-scar formation and compartmentalization in oak
- Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Betsy J. Hale, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Atlas of current and potential future distributions of common trees of the eastern United States
- Todd Hutchinson, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Louis Iverson, Steve Sutherland, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Landscape patterns of understory composition and richness across a moisture and nitrogen mineralization gradient in Ohio (U.S.A.) Quercus forests
- Ralph E. J. Boerner, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1997. The chemical characteristics of soil in control and experimentally thinned plots in mesic oak forests along a historical deposition gradient
- Elaine K. Sutherland, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Charles T. Scott, Betsy J. Hale, Anantha M. Prasad, Mark Schwartz, Hope R. Barrett. 1997. Models of regeneration, tree growth, and current and potential ranges of tree and mammal species in the Eastern U.S.
- Elaine K. Sutherland. 1997. History of fire in a southern Ohio second-growth mixed-oak forest
- Elaine K. Sutherland, H. Grissino-Mayer, C. A. Woodhouse, W. W. Covington, S. Horn, Laurie Huckaby, R. Kerr, J. Kush, M. Moore, T. Plumb. 1995. Two centuries of fire in a southwestern Virginia Pinus pungens community
- Daniel Yaussy, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1994. Fire history in the Ohio River Valley and its relation to climate
- Elaine K. Sutherland, W. Wallace Covington, Steve Andariese. 1991. A model of ponderosa pine growth response to prescribed burning
- Thomas W. Swetnam, Marna Ares Thompson, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1985. Using dendrochronology to measure radial growth of defoliated trees
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Kennedy, E.A. 1978. Some palaeoenvironmental indicators from the foraminiferal assemblage in the Slindon Sands. Brighton Geographical Society 4: 14-18.Kennedy, E.A. and J.A. Gordon. 1980. Characteristics of nineteenth century climate data used in the verification of dendroclimatic reconstructions. Technical Note No. 16. Northern Hemisphere Climatic Reconstruction Group, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona. 11 p. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2295.9848 Sutherland, E.K. 1983a. The effects of fire exclusion on growth in mature ponderosa pine in northern Arizona. Master of Sciences Pre-submission manuscript, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. 20 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.5109.9364 Sutherland, E.K. 1983. Application of dendrochronology to resource inventory In: Renewable resource inventories for monitoring changes and trends: Proceedings of an international conference, 1983, Corvallis, OR. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4679.8562 College of Forestry, Oregon State University: Corvallis, OR. pp 464-467Swetnam, T.W., E.K. Sutherland and M.A. Thompson. 1983. Comment on dating forest disturbances. Quaternary Research 19: 400-401.
- Sutherland, E.K. and W.W. Covington. 1987. Factors affecting the growth response of Pinus ponderosa L. to prescribed burning. J.W. Hornbeck and G. Jacoby eds. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis, Tarrytown, NY. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2078.8967 U.S. Department of Energy. pp 432-442. (Accessed 24 August 2015)
- Treshow, M., E.K. Sutherland. and J.P. Bennett. 1987. Tolerance and susceptibility to air pollution: A new direction in sampling strategy. J.W. Hornbeck and G. Jacoby eds. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis, Tarrytown, NY. U.S. Department of Energy. pp 392-400. (Accessed 24 August 2015)
- Sutherland, E.K. 1989a. The natural and unnatural fire history of southwestern ponderosa pine. Women in Natural Resources 11(1): 12-16.
- Sutherland, E.K. 1989b. The effect of prescribed burning on southwestern ponderosa pine growth. PhD Dissertation, Renewable Natural Resources; Graduate College, The University of Arizona. 116 pp.
- Martin, B. and E.K. Sutherland. 1990. Air pollution in the past recorded in width and stable carbon isotope composition of annual growth rings of Douglas-fir. Plant, Cell and Environment 13(8): 839-844. Sutherland, E.K. and B. Martin. 1990. Growth response of Pseudotsuga menziesii to air pollution from copper smelting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20: 1020-1029.
- Sutherland, E.K., W.W. Covington and S. Andariese. 1991. A model of ponderosa pine growth response to prescribed burning. Forest Ecology and Management 44(2–4): 161-173.
- Sutherland, E.K. and B. Martin. 1992. Stable carbon isotopes can reveal the cause of tree growth variation during periods of high air pollutant concentration. T.S. Bartholin, B.E. Berglund, D. Eckstein and F.H. Schweingruber eds. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tree Rings and Environment, 3-9 September 1990, Ystad, Sweden. LUNDQUA Report 34 University of Lund: Lund, Sweden. pp 313-323.
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Ph.D., Department of Watershed Management, and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, 1989
- University of Arizona, Tucson, M.S., Department of Geosciences, and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, 1983
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, B.A., Department of Environmental Sciences, 1978
- Sussex University, Visiting Student, Physical Geography, 1976
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