James L. Chamberlain, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• James L. Chamberlain, Richard D. Honor, Karl Malcolm, Shane P. Mahoney, J. Ryan Bellmore, Matthew C. Reeves, Hailey Wilmer, Marie K. Gutgesell, Lauren A. Sill. 2025. Provisioning food and medicine from public forests in the United States
• James L. Chamberlain. 2024. Indicator 6.29: total and per capita consumption of nonwood forest products, 2018
• James L. Chamberlain. 2024. Indicator 6.26: value of nonwood forest products produced or collected, 2018
• Katie L. Kamelamela, James L. Chamberlain, Ashley Lehman, Irene Sprecher, James B. Friday, Tamara Ticktin. 2023. Hawaiʻi nontimber forest products: cultural and economic foundations
• Gregory E. Frey, James L. Chamberlain, Michael G. Jacobson. 2023. Producers, production, marketing, and sales of non-timber forest products in the United States: a review and synthesis
• Carsten Smith-Hall, James L. Chamberlain. 2022. Why focus on non-timber forest products in the bioeconomy?
• James L. Chamberlain, Carsten Smith-Hall. 2022. The keys to unlocking the bioeconomy with non-timber forest products.
• Michelle Balasso, Sven Mutke, Jonathan Sheppard, James L. Chamberlain. 2022. Forest management for sustainable sourcing of non-timber forest products in a bioeconomy
• Ishtiyak Ahmad Peerzada, Mohammad A. Islam, James L. Chamberlain, Shalini Dhyani, Mohan Reddy, Somidh Saha. 2022. Potential of NTFP Based Bioeconomy in Livelihood Security and Income Inequality Mitigation in Kashmir Himalayas
• Ishtiyak Ahmad Peerzada, James L. Chamberlain, Mohan Reddy, Shalini Dhyani, Somidh Saha. 2021. Policy and governance implications for transition to NTFP-based bioeconomy in Kashmir Himalayas
• Katie Trozzo, John Munsell, James L. Chamberlain, Michael Gold, Kim L. Niewolny. 2021. Forest farming: Who wants in?
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: slippery elm
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: black cherry
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: paper birch
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: tulip poplar
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: white oak
• Laban K. Rutto, Shuxin Ren, Harriet C. Wynn, James L. Chamberlain. 2021. Soil and microbe interactions in two populations of Appalachian black cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.)1
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: sassafras
• James L. Chamberlain. 2021. NTFPs from trees: eastern black walnut
• James L. Chamberlain, Dietrich Darr, Kathrin Meinhold. 2020. Rediscovering the Contributions of Forests and Trees to Transition Global Food Systems
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTFPs from trees: pinyon pine
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTFPs from trees: sugar maple
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTFPs from trees: pawpaw
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTFPs from trees: common persimmon
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTPFs from trees: noble fir
• James L. Chamberlain. 2020. NTFPs from trees: Fraser fir
• Steve D. Kruger, John F. Munsell, James L. Chamberlain, Jeanine M. Davis, Ryan D. Huish. 2020. Projecting medicinal plant trade volume and value in deciduous forests of the eastern United States
• Steve D. Kruger, John F. Munsell, James L. Chamberlain, Jeanine M. Davis, Ryan D. Huish. 2020. Describing medicinal non-timber forest product trade in eastern deciduous forests of the United States
• Jonathan P. Sheppard, James L. Chamberlain, Dolores Agúndez, Prodyut Bhattacharya, Paxie Wanangwa Chirwa, Andrey Gontcharov, Willie Cliffie John Sagona, Hai-long Shen, Wubalem Tadesse, Sven Mutke. 2020. Sustainable forest management beyond the timber-oriented status quo: transitioning to co-production of timber and non-wood forest products—a global perspective
• Nataliya Stryamets, Marine Elbakidze, James L. Chamberlain, Per Angelstam. 2020. Governance of non-wood forest products in Russia and Ukraine: Institutional rules, stakeholder arrangements, and decision-making processes
• Gregory E. Frey, James L. Chamberlain, John Paul. Schmidt. 2020. Estimating the value of forests for provisioning non-timber forest products to market: concepts, approaches, and case studies
• James L. Chamberlain, Christine Small, Michelle Baumflek. 2019. Sustainable Forest Management for Nontimber Products
• John F. Munsell, James L. Chamberlain. 2019. Agroforestry for a vibrant future: connecting people, creating livelihoods, and sustaining places
• John Paul Schmidt, Jennifer Cruse-Sanders, James L. Chamberlain, Susana Ferreira, John A. Young. 2019. Explaining harvests of wild-harvested herbaceous plants: American ginseng as a case study
• Gregory E. Frey, Susan Alexander, James L. Chamberlain, Keith Blatner, Alisa Coffin, Rebecca J. Barlow. 2019. Markets and market values of nontimber forest products in the United States: A review, synthesis, and identification of future research needs
• Michelle Baumflek, James L. Chamberlain. 2019. Ramps Reporting: What 70 Years of Popular Media Tells Us About A Cultural Keystone Species
• James L. Chamberlain, Jeanine Davis, Marlyse Duguid, Dave Ellum, Mike Farrell, J.B. Friday, Dave Fuller, Steve Kruger, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Joe-Ann McCoy, Doug Page, Steven Prisley, Johanna Young, John Zasada. 2018. Chapter 2 - Nontimber forest products and production.
• Gregory E. Frey, Keith A. Blatner, Michael G. Jacobson, C. Meghan Starbuck Downes, Erin O. Sills, D. Evan Mercer, Susan Alexander, James L. Chamberlain, Michael A. Gold, Larry D. Godsey, Marla R. Emery, Alisa Coffin, Rebecca J. Barlow, Luanne Lohr. 2018. Economics of nontimber forest products.
• James L. Chamberlain, Marla R. Emery, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2018. Chapter 9 - Appendix -Regional Summaries
• Tamara Ticktin, Kelly Kindscher, Sara Souther, Weisberg, Peter, James L. Chamberlain, Susan Hummel, Christine Mitchell, Suzanne Sanders. 2018. Chapter 3 - Ecological dimensions of nontimber forest product harvest
• Gregory E. Frey, James L. Chamberlain, Jeffrey P. Prestemon. 2018. The potential for a backward-bending supply curve of non-timber forest products: An empirical case study of wild American ginseng production
• Marla R. Emery, Toral Patel-Weynand, James L. Chamberlain. 2018. Chapter 8: Conclusions: Nontimber forest products in an era of changing climate
• Patricia De Angelis, Sharon Nygaard-Scott, James L. Chamberlain, Sharofa Crandall, Frank K. Lake, Rebecca J. McLain, Christine Mitchell, Amit Patel. 2018. Chapter 7 - Policies and regulations concerning non-timber forest products
• James L. Chamberlain, Tamara Ticktin, Marla R. Emery, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2018. Chapter 1 Introduction to assessment of non-timber forest products in the United States under changing conditions
• Christine J. Small, James L. Chamberlain. 2018. Experimental harvest and regrowth in Appalachian black cohosh ( Actaea racemosa , Ranunculaceae) populations: Implications for sustainable management of a medicinal forest herb
• James L. Chamberlain, Marla R. Emery, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2018. Assessment of nontimber forest products in the United States under changing conditions
• James L. Chamberlain, Aaron Teets, Steve Kruger. 2018. Nontimber forest products in the United States: an analysis for the 2015 National Sustainable Forest Report
• James L. Chamberlain, Gregory E. Frey, C. Denise Ingram, Michael G. Jacobson, Cara (Meghan) Downes. 2017. Forest ecosystem services: Provisioning of non-timber forest products
• Gregory E. Frey, James L. Chamberlain. 2016. Collection of nontimber forest products from state forests in the US south
• Jobriath S. Kauffman, Stephen P. Prisley, James L. Chamberlain. 2015. Monitoring nontimber forest products using forest inventory data: an example with slippery elm bark
• Christine J. Small, James L. Chamberlain. 2015. Forest diversity and disturbance: changing influences and the future of Virginia's Forests
• James L. Chamberlain. 2015. The volumes and value of non-timber forest products harvested in the United States
• Jobriath Kauffman, James L. Chamberlain, Stephen Prisley. 2015. Using FIA inventory plot data to assess NTFP production possibilities
• Kristina Connor, James L. Chamberlain, Hilliard Gibbs Jr., Matthew Winn. 2015. Non-timber forest products: ramps in the Waynesville, NC watershed
• James L. Chamberlain. 2014. Forest Farming Ramps
• Christine J. Small, James L. Chamberlain, Christopher M. Nuckols. 2014. Failure of black cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.) rhizome transplants: potential causes and forest farming implications
• James L. Chamberlain, Stephen Prisley, Michael McGuffin. 2014. Ginseng, timber harvest, and hardwood forests inventory to improve comanagment.
• James L. Chamberlain, Gabrielle Ness, Christine Small, Simon Bonner, Elizabeth Hiebert. 2014. Modeling belowground biomass of black cohosh, a medicinal forest product.
• James L. Chamberlain. 2014. Integrating understory herbaceous plants into forest management.
• Katie Trozzo, John Munsell, James L. Chamberlain. 2014. Landowner interest in multifunctional agroforestry riparian buffers.
• K.E. Trozzo, J.F. Munsell, James L. Chamberlain, W.M. Aust. 2014. Potential adoption of agroforestry riparian buffers based on landowner and streamside characteristics
• Mark Brown, Barry D. New, Tony Johnson, James L. Chamberlain. 2014. North Carolina’s forests, 2007
• James L. Chamberlain, Stephen Prisley, Michael McGuffin. 2013. Understanding the relationships between American ginseng harvest and hardwood forests inventory and timber harvest to improve co-management of the forests of eastern United States
• James L. Chamberlain, Gabrielle Ness, Christine J. Small, Simon J. Bonner, Elizabeth B. Hiebert. 2013. Modeling below-ground biomass to improve sustainable management of Actaea racemosa, a globally important medicinal forest product
• Mark Brown, Jarek Nowak, Tony Johnson, Sonja Oswalt, James L. Chamberlain, Edward L. Barnard. 2012. Florida’s forests, 2007
• Stephen P. Prisley, James L. Chamberlain, Michael McGuffin. 2012. Relationships between harvest of American ginseng and hardwood timber production
• James L. Chamberlain, D. Mitchell, T. Brigham, T. Hobby, L. Zabek, J. Davis. 2009. Forest farming practices
• A. L. (Tom) Hammett, James L. Chamberlain, Matthew Winn. 2009. Finding effective ways to provide knowledge to forest managers about non-timber forest products: a case-study of distance learning approaches
• James L. Chamberlain, Matthew Winn, A.L. Hammett. 2009. Connecting non-timber forest products stakeholders to information and knowledge: A case study of an Internet web site
• Christopher M. Oswalt, Sonja Oswalt, Tony Johnson, James L. Chamberlain, KaDonna Randolph, John W. Coulston. 2009. Tennessee's Forests, 2004
• Victor A. Rudis, Burl Carraway, Raymond M. [and others] Sheffield, Sonja Oswalt, James L. Chamberlain. 2008. East Texas forests, 2003
• Jeffery Turner, Christopher M. Oswalt, James L. Chamberlain, Roger Conner, Tony Johnson, Sonja Oswalt, KaDonna Randolph. 2008. Kentucky's forests, 2004
• James L. Chamberlain. 2006. Conserving the Appalachian medicinal plant industry
• Mary L. Predny, Patricia De Angelis, James L. Chamberlain. 2006. Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa): an annotated bibliography
• Mary L. Predny, James L. Chamberlain. 2005. Galax (Galax urceolata): an annotated bibliography
• Mary L. Predny, James L. Chamberlain. 2005. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis): an annotated bibliography
• Mary L. Predny, James L. Chamberlain. 2005. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis): an annotated bibliography
• H. Ken Cordell, James L. Chamberlain. 2004. Recreation and nontimber forest products
• Gregory A. Reams, Neil Clark, James L. Chamberlain. 2004. Monitoring the sustainability of the Southern forest
• James L. Chamberlain, Anthony B. Cunningham, Robert Nasi. 2004. Diversity in forest management: non-timber forest products and bush meat
• James L. Chamberlain, Mary Predny. 2003. Non-timber forest products: alternative multiple-uses for sustainable forest management
• James L. Chamberlain. 2003. A strategy for nontimber forest products research and technology transfer for southern United States
• Ellen Donoghue, Gary L. Benson, James L. Chamberlain. 2003. Sustainable production of wood and non-wood forest products
• A. L. Hammett, James L. Chamberlain. 2002. Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal and aromatic products in North America: Are there really lessons to be learned?
• James L. Chamberlain, A.L. Hammett. 2002. Non-timber forest products: alternatives for landowners
• James L. Chamberlain, Robert J. Bush, A.L. Hammett, Philip Araman. 2002. Eastern national forests: managing for nontimber products
• James L. Chamberlain, A.L. Hammett, Philip Araman. 2001. Non-timber forest products in sustainable forest management
• James L. Chamberlain, Robert J. Bush, A.L. Hammett, Philip Araman. 2000. Managing national forests of the eastern United States for non-timber forest products
• James L. Chamberlain. 2000. The mangement of national forests of eastern United States for non-timber forest products
• James L. Chamberlain, A.L. Hammett. 1999. Medicinal and dietary supplements: specialty forest products with a long tradition
• Vijay S. Reddy, Robert J. Bush, Matt Bumgardner, James L. Chamberlain, Philip Araman. 1997. Wood Use in the U.S. Pallet and Container Industry: 1995
• Robert J. Bush, Vijay S. Reddy, Matt Bumgardner, James L. Chamberlain, Philip Araman. 1997. Recycling In The U.S. Pallet Industry: 1995

• College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ph.D., Forest Management for Non-Timber Forest Products, 2000
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Master Of Arts, Economics, 1996
• School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, Master Of Forest Science, Social Dimensions of Forestry, 1986
• College of Environmental Science & Forestry, State Univeristy of New York, B.S., Wood Products Engineering, Forest Products Marketing, 1979
• Paul Smiths College, A.A.S., Forest Management, 1976