Ian Yesilonis

Treesearch Publications

• Matthew Baker, Ian Yesilonis, Laura Templeton, Beatriz Shobe, Jaelyn Bos, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Katherine Lautar. 2025. Distributed urban forest patch sampling detects edge effects and woodland condition for monitoring and management
• Fiona Jevon, Crystal A. Crown, Jeffrey A. G. Clark, Danica A. Doroski, Lindsay Darling, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Ian Yesilonis, Grace Dietsch, Mark Bradford, Clara C. Pregitzer. 2025. Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities
• Ian Yesilonis, Sarah Placella, Csaba Csuzdi, Katalin Szlavecz. 2024. Changes in remnant forest soils and earthworm communities over two decades
• Bangxiao Zheng, Lantian Su, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, Changyi Lu, Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, David A. Wardle, Ian Yesilonis, Heikki Setälä. 2024. Urbanisation shapes microbial community composition and functional attributes more so than vegetation type in urban greenspaces across climatic zones
• Ian Yesilonis, Vincent Giorgio, Yinhong Hu, Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz. 2022. Changes in soil chemistry after 17 years in urban and rural forest patches
• D. Johan Kotze, Subhadip Ghosh, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, Benjamin P. Y.‐H. Lee, Changyi Lu, Shawn Lum, Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, David A. Wardle, Ian Yesilonis, Bangxiao Zheng, Heikki Setälä. 2021. Urbanization minimizes the effects of plant traits on soil provisioned ecosystem services across climatic regions
• Yinhong Hu, Ian Yesilonis, Katalin Szlavecz. 2021. Microbial and environmental controls on wood decomposition in deciduous forests of different ages
• Max R. R. Piana, Richard Hallett, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Leslie Brandt, Myla F. J. Aronson, Mark Ashton, Max Blaustein, David Bloniarz, Ashley A. Bowers, Megan E. Carr, Vince D’Amico, Laura Dewald, Heather Dionne, Danica A. Doroski, Robert T. Fahey, Helen Forgione, Todd Forrest, Jack Hale, Eric Hansen, Lisa Hayden, Sarah Hines, Jessica M. Hoch, Taro Ieataka, Susannah B. Lerman, Charles Murphy, Eliot Nagele, Keith Nislow, Dhan Parker, Clara C. Pregitzer, Luke Rhodes, Jessica Schuler, Alexander Sherman, Tara Trammell, Brittany M. Wienke, Thomas Witmer, Thomas Worthley, Ian Yesilonis. 2021. Climate Adaptive Silviculture for the City: Practitioners and Researchers Co-create a Framework for Studying Urban Oak-Dominated Mixed Hardwood Forests
• Nancy Falxa Sonti, Jason G. Henning, Ian Yesilonis, Robert Hoehn, David J. Nowak. 2021. Baltimore's Urban Forest, 1999-2014
• TaeOh Kwon, Hideaki Shibata, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger K. Schmidt, Klaus S. Larsen, Claus Beier, Björn Berg, Kris Verheyen, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Frank Hagedorn, Nico Eisenhauer, Ika Djukic, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ian Yesilonis, Lindsey Rustad. 2021. Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
• Yumei Huang, Ian Yesilonis, Katalin Szlavecz. 2020. Soil microarthropod communities of urban green spaces in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Zsolt Tóth, Katalin Szlavecz, Dietrich J. Epp Schmidt, Erzsébet Hornung, Heikki Setälä, Ian Yesilonis, D. Johan Kotze, Miklós Dombos, Richard Pouyat, Saket Mishra, Sarel Cilliers, Stephanie Yarwood, Csaba Csuzdi. 2020. Earthworm assemblages in urban habitats across biogeographical regions
• Richard Pouyat, Susan D. Day, Sally Brown, Kirsten Schwarz, Richard E. Shaw, Katalin Szlavecz, Tara L. E. Trammell, Ian Yesilonis. 2020. Urban Soils
• Tuana H. Phillips, Matthew E. Baker, Katie Lautar, Ian Yesilonis, Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman. 2019. The capacity of urban forest patches to infiltrate stormwater is influenced by soil physical properties and soil moisture
• Dietrich J. Epp Schmidt, David Johan Kotze, Erzsébet Hornung, Heikki Setälä, Ian Yesilonis, Katalin Szlavecz, Miklós Dombos, Richard Pouyat, Sarel Cilliers, Zsolt Tóth, Stephanie Yarwood. 2019. Metagenomics Reveals Bacterial and Archaeal Adaptation to Urban Land-Use: N Catabolism, Methanogenesis, and Nutrient Acquisition
• André-Jean Francez, Andrea Fischer, Andreas Bohner, Andrey Malyshev, Andrijana Andrić, Andy Smith, Angela Stanisci, Anikó Seres, Anja Schmidt, Anna Avila, Anne Probst, Annie Ouin, Anzar A. Khuroo, Arne Verstraeten, Arely N. Palabral-Aguilera, Artur Stefanski, Aurora Gaxiola, Bart Muys, Bernard Bosman, Bernd Ahrends, Bill Parker, Birgit Sattler, Bo Yang, Bohdan Juráni, Brigitta Erschbamer, Carmen Eugenia Rodriguez Ortiz, Casper T. Christiansen, E. Carol Adair, Céline Meredieu, Cendrine Mony, Charles A. Nock, Chi-Ling Chen, Chiao-Ping Wang, Christel Baum, Christian Rixen, Christine Delire, Christophe Piscart, Christopher Andrews, Corinna Rebmann, Cristina Branquinho, Dana Polyanskaya, David Fuentes Delgado, Dirk Wundram, Diyaa Radeideh, Eduardo Ordóñez-Regil, Edward Crawford, Elena Preda, Elena Tropina, Elli Groner, Eric Lucot, Erzsébet Hornung, Esperança Gacia, Esther Lévesque, Evanilde Benedito, Evgeny A. Davydov, Evy Ampoorter, Fabio Padilha Bolzan, Felipe Varela, Ferdinand Kristöfel, Fernando T. Maestre, Florence Maunoury-Danger, Florian Hofhansl, Florian Kitz, Flurin Sutter, Francisco Cuesta, Francisco de Almeida Lobo, Franco Leandro de Souza, Frank Berninger, Franz Zehetner, Georg Wohlfahrt, George Vourlitis, Geovana Carreño-Rocabado, Gina Arena, Gisele Daiane Pinha, Grizelle Gonzalez, Authors Additional, Ian Yesilonis, Authors Additional, Lindsey Rustad, al. et, Ika Djukic, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Ana Carolina Ruiz Fernández, Ana I. Sousa, Ana I. Lillebø, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Claus Beier, Björn Berg, Kris Verheyen, Adriano Caliman, Alain Paquette, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, Alberto Humber, Alejandro Valdecantos, Alessandro Petraglia, Heather Alexander, Algirdas Augustaitis, Amélie Saillard, Anderson da Rocha Gripp. 2018. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
• Ian Yesilonis, K. Szlavecz, Richard Pouyat, D. Whigham, L. Xia. 2016. Historical land use and stand age effects on forest soil properties in the Mid-Atlantic US
• Kirsten Schwarz, Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis. 2016. Legacies of Lead in Charm City's Soil: Lessons from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
• Ian Yesilonis, R. V. Pouyat, J. Russell-Anelli, E. Powell. 2016. The effects of landscape cover on surface soils in a low density residential neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland
• Gordon Heisler, Alexis Ellis, David J. Nowak, Ian Yesilonis. 2015. Modeling and imaging land-cover influences on air-temperature in and near Baltimore, MD
• Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, Miklos Dombos, Katalin Szlavecz, Heikki Setala, Sarel Cilliers, Erzsebet Hornung, D. Johan Kotze, Stephanie Yarwood. 2015. A Global comparison of surface soil characteristics across five cities: A test of the urban ecosystem convergence hypothesis.
• Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, Ian Yesilonis, Christina P. Wong, Laura Murawski, Peter Marra, Ryan E. Casey, Steven Lev. 2015. Multi-scale assessment of metal contamination in residential soil and soil fauna: A case study in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region, USA
• Daniel J. Bain, Ian Yesilonis, Richard Pouyat. 2012. Metal concentrations in urban riparian sediments along an urbanization gradient
• Ian Yesilonis, Richard Pouyat. 2012. Carbon stocks in urban forest remnants: Atlanta and Baltimore as case studies. Chapter 5.
• Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, Ian Yesilonis, Peter M. Groffman, Kirsten Schwarz. 2010. Chemical, physical and biological characteristics of urban soils. Chapter 7
• Jiaguo Jiao, Erle C. Ellis, Ian Yesilonis, Junxi Wu, Hongqing Wang, Huixin Li, Linzhang Yang. 2010. Distributions of soil phosphorus in China's densely populated village landscapes
• Peter M. Groffman, Candiss O. Williams, Richard Pouyat, Lawrence E. Band, Ian Yesilonis. 2009. Nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide flux in urban forests and grasslands
• Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, Nancy E. Golubiewski. 2009. A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turf grass and native soil
• Ian Yesilonis, Bruce R. James, Richard Pouyat, Bahram Momen. 2008. Lead forms in urban turfgrass and forest soils as related to organic matter content and pH
• Ian Yesilonis, Richard Pouyat, N.K. Neerchal. 2008. Spatial distribution of metals in soils in Baltimore, Maryland: role of native parent material, proximity to major roads, housing age and screening guidelines
• Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, Katalin Szlavecz, Csaba Csuzdi, Elizabeth Hornung, Zoltan Korsós, Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Vincent Giorgio. 2008. Response of forest soil properties to urbanization gradients in three metropolitan areas
• Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, J. Russell-Anelli, N.K. Neerchal. 2007. Soil chemical and physical properties that differentiate urban land-use and cover types
• Gordon Heisler, Jeffrey Walton, Ian Yesilonis, David J. Nowak, Richard Pouyat, Richard Grant, Sue Grimmond, Karla Hyde, Gregory Bacon. 2007. Empirical modeling and mapping of below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD and vicinity
• Peter M. Groffman, Richard Pouyat, Mary L. Cadenasso, Wayne C. Zipperer, Katalin Szlavecz, Ian Yesilonis, Lawrence E. Band, Grace S. Brush. 2006. Land use context and natural soil controls on plant community and soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics in urban and rural forests
• Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, David J. Nowak. 2006. Carbon storage by urban soils in the United States
• Peter M. Groffman, Daniel J. Bain, Lawrence E. Band, Ken Belt, Grace S. Brush, Morgan Grove, Richard Pouyat, Ian Yesilonis, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2003. Down by the riverside: urban riparian ecology
• Richard Pouyat, Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Ian Yesilonis, Peter M. Groffman. 2003. Soil carbon in urban forest ecosystems
• Richard Pouyat, P. Groffman, Ian Yesilonis, L. Hernandez. 2002. Soil carbon pools and fluxes in urban ecosystems

• Center or Group
  

  Baltimore Urban Field Station

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/centers/baltimore
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  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Communities and Landscapes of the Urban Northeast

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/urbanne
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  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Short-term and long-term changes in urban forest soils

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/urban-forest-soils
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Urban Forest Patches

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/urban-forest-patches
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Baltimore Cooperating Experimental Forest

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

  Northern Research Station