John B. Bradford, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Matthew D. Petrie, Robert M. Hubbard, John B. Bradford, Tom E. Kolb, Adam Noel, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Marisa A. Bowen, Lloyd R. Fuller, W. Keith Moser. 2025. Management and natural regeneration in multiple ponderosa pine forests of the southwestern United States
• Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Jeanne C. Chambers, Alexandra K. Urza, Brice Hanberry, Jessi L. Brown, David Board, Steven B. Campbell, Karen J. Clause, Michele R. Crist, John B. Bradford. 2025. Declining ecological resilience and invasion resistance under climate change in the sagebrush region, United States
• Alexandra K. Urza, David Board, John B. Bradford, Jessi L. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Karen C. Short. 2024. Disentangling drivers of annual grass invasion: Abiotic susceptibility vs. fire-induced conversion to cheatgrass dominance in the sagebrush biome
• Martin C. Holdrege, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Kyle A. Palmquist, Michele Crist, Kevin E. Doherty, William K. Lauenroth, Thomas E. Remington, Karin Riley, Karen C. Short, John C. Tull, Lief A. Wiechman, John B. Bradford. 2024. Wildfire probability estimated from recent climate and fine fuels across the big sagebrush region
• Randi Lupardus, Aarin Sengsirirak, Keven Griffen, Anna C. Knight, Brandon McNellis, John B. Bradford, Seth M. Munson, Sasha C. Reed, Miguel L. Villarreal, Michael C. Duniway. 2023. Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, John B. Bradford, Kevin E. Doherty, Michele R. Crist, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Alexandra K. Urza, Karen C. Short. 2023. Combining resilience and resistance with threat-based approaches for prioritizing management actions in sagebrush ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, John B. Bradford, David Board, Steven B. Campbell, Karen J. Clause, Brice Hanberry, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Alexandra K. Urza. 2023. New indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance to support prioritization and management in the sagebrush biome, United States
• Kevin Doherty, David M. Theobald, John B. Bradford, Lief A. Wiechman, Geoffrey Bedrosian, Chad S. Boyd, Matthew Cahill, Peter S. Coates, Megan K. Creutzburg, Michele R. Crist, Sean P. Finn, Alexander V Kumar, Caitlin E. Littlefield, Jeremy D. Maestas, Karen L. Prentice, Brian G. Prochazka, Thomas E. Remington, William D. Sparklin, John C. Tull, Zachary Wurtzebach, Katherine Zeller. 2022. A sagebrush conservation design to proactively restore America’s sagebrush biome
• Damaris A. Chenoweth, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Alexandra K. Urza, Brice Hanberry, David Board, Michele Crist, John B. Bradford. 2022. Ecologically relevant moisture and temperature metrics for assessing dryland ecosystem dynamics
• Robert K. Shriver, Charles B. Yackulic, David M. Bell, John B. Bradford, Arndt Hampe. 2022. Dry forest decline is driven by both declining recruitment and increasing mortality in response to warm, dry conditions
• Christopher Looney, Wilfred J. Previant, John B. Bradford, Linda M. Nagel. 2021. Species mixture effects and climate influence growth, recruitment and mortality in Interior West USA Populus tremuloides ‐conifer communities
• Peter B. Adler, John B. Bradford, Anna Chalfoun, Jeanne C. Chambers, Nicole DeCrappeo, Jeffrey Evans, Sean P. Finn, Erica Fleishman, Matthew J. Germino, Kathleen Griffin, Steven T. Jackson, Michael S. O’Donnell, Robin O’Malley, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Holly R. Prendeville, Brandi Skone, Leona K. Svancara, Lee Turner. 2021. Climate adaptation [Chapter L.]
• Sarah K. Carter, David S. Pilliod, Travis Haby, Karen L. Prentice, Cameron L. Aldridge, Patrick J. Anderson, Zachary H. Bowen, John B. Bradford, Samuel A. Cushman, Joseph C. DeVivo, Michael C. Duniway, Ryan S. Hathaway, Lisa Nelson, Courtney A. Schultz, Rudy M. Schuster, E. Jamie Trammell, Jake F. Weltzin. 2020. Bridging the research-management gap: Landscape science in practice on public lands in the western United States
• Rob Massatti, Robert K. Shriver, Daniel E. Winkler, Bryce A. Richardson, John B. Bradford. 2020. Assessment of population genetics and climatic variability can refine climate-informed seed transfer guidelines
• Caitlin M. Andrews, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian Palik, Michael A. Battaglia, John B. Bradford. 2020. Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi-arid forests
• 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
• Thomas E. Kolb, Kelsey Flathers, John B. Bradford, Caitlin Andrews, Lance A. Asherin, W. Keith Moser. 2020. Stand density, drought and herbivory constrain ponderosa pine regeneration pulse
• John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Shlaepfer, William K. Lauenroth, Kyle A. Palmquist, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeremy D. Maestas, Steven B. Campbell. 2019. Climate-driven shifts in soil temperature and moisture regimes suggest opportunities to enhance assessments of dryland resilience and resistance
• Erin Berryman, Melanie K. Vanderhoof, John B. Bradford, Todd J. Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, Richard Birdsey, Michael G. Ryan. 2018. Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data
• Keirith A. Snyder, Louisa Evers, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jason Dunham, John B. Bradford, Michael E. Loik. 2018. Effects of changing climate on the hydrological cycle in cold desert ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau
• Matt C. Reeves, Mary E. Manning, Jeff P. DiBenedetto, Kyle A. Palmquist, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Schlaepfer. 2018. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 7]
• 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
• Matt C. Reeves, Mary E. Manning, Jeff P. DiBenedetto, Kyle A. Palmquist, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Schlaepfer. 2017. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the northern Rockies [Chapter 6]
• Salli Dymond, John B. Bradford, Paul V. Bolstad, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Thomas M. DeSutter. 2017. Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water
• 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
• Kelsey N. Flathers, Thomas E. Kolb, John B. Bradford, Kristen M. Waring, W. Keith Moser. 2016. Long-term thinning alters ponderosa pine reproduction in northern Arizona
• Chad Babcock, Andrew O. Finley, John B. Bradford, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Michael G. Ryan. 2015. LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients
• David M. Bell, John B. Bradford, William K. Lauenroth. 2015. Scale-dependence of desease impacts on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) mortality risk in the southwestern U.S.
• Heather N. Speckman, John M. Frank, John B. Bradford, Brianna L. Miles, William J. Massman, William J. Parton, Michael G. Ryan. 2015. Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles
• Matthew B. Russell, Anthony W. D'Amato, Bethany K. Schulz, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Grant M. Domke, John B. Bradford. 2014. Quantifying understorey vegetation in the US Lake States: a proposed framework to inform regional forest carbon stocks
• Peter B. Reich, Yunjian Luo, John B. Bradford, Hendrik Poorter, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Jacek Oleksyn. 2014. Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots
• 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
• Matthew Magruder, Sophan Chhin, Brian J. J. Palik, John B. Bradford. 2013. Thinning increases climatic resilience of red pine
• 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
• Christopher W. W. Woodall, Anthony W. D’Amato, John B. Bradford, Andrew O. Finley. 2012. Stand density index as a tool to assess the maximization of forest carbon and biomass
• 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
• 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
• Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian Palik, John B. Bradford, Laura Patty. 2011. Singular and interactive effects of blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire in sub-boreal pine systems
• Shawn Fraver, John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik. 2011. Improving tree age estimates derived from increment cores: a case study of red pine
• Christopher W. W. Woodall, Anthony W. D'Amato, John B. Bradford, Andrew O. Finley. 2011. Effects of stand and inter-specific stocking on maximizing standing tree carbon stocks in the eastern United States
• 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
• Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John B. Bradford. 2011. An evolving research agenda at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Chapter 3.
• 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, Douglas Kastendick. 2010. Age-related patterns of forest complexity and carbon storage in pine and aspen-birch ecosystems of northern Minnesota, USA
• 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
• William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford. 2009. Ecohydrology of dry regions of the United States: Precipitation pulses and intraseasonal drought
• John B. Bradford, Brian J. J. Palik. 2009. A comparison of thinning methods in red pine: consequences for stand-level growth and tree diameter
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Scott V. Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, Richard Birdsey, Scott V. Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment
• K.R. Sherrill, M.A. Lefsky, John B. Bradford, Michael G. Ryan. 2008. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete-return lidar in subalpine forests of the central Rockies
• John B. Bradford, Michael G. Ryan. 2008. Quantifying soil respiration at landscape scales. Chapter 11
• John B. Bradford, Peter Weishampel, Marie-Louise Smith, Randy Kolka, David Hollinger, Richard Birdsey, Scott Ollinger, Michael G. Ryan. 2008. Landscape-scale carbon sampling strategy-lessons learned. Chapter 17
• John B. Bradford, Richard Birdsey, L.A. Joyce, M.G. Ryan. 2008. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests
• K. R. Sherrill, M. A. Lefsky, John B. Bradford, M. G. Ryan. 2008. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete return lidar in subalpine forests of the Central Rockies
• Dan Binkley, Daniel M. Kashian, Suzanne Boyden, Margot W. Kaye, John B. Bradford, Mary A. Arthur, Paula J. Fornwalt, Michael G. Ryan. 2006. Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

• Colorado State University, Ph.D., Ecology, 2004
• Cornell University, B.A., Biology, 1996