Jenna Zukswert, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Prakash Nepal, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Jenna Zukswert. 2026. Commercial Forestry and Conservation Can Coexist: Economic Implications of Increased Forest Protection
• Jonathan Knott, Jenna Zukswert. 2026. Steps towards better forest structure predictions.
• Junyong Zhu, Nicole M. Stark, Peter Kitin, Nayomi Z. Plaza, Jenna Zukswert. 2026. Cellulose-Based Barrier Coatings for Fruit: Using Hardwood Pulp to Reduce Food Waste
• Jenna Zukswert, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove. 2026. Back Yard Science: Research on Residential Lands
• Kristin Floress, Jenna Zukswert. 2026. Leveraging Generative AI for Landscape Planning
• Laura Hasburgh, Kara Yedinak, Jenna Zukswert. 2026. WOODWISE Fire Experiments Improve Mass Timber Safety: Phase I
• Deahn Donner, Dale Higgins, Jenna Zukswert. 2025. Improving Flood Resilience Using Stream Simulation Crossings: A Case Study from Wisconsin
• Jenna Zukswert, Robert C. Venette, Therese M. M. Poland. 2025. Forest health publications, 2024: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
• Jenna Zukswert, John M. Kabrick, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2025. Regenerating Oak on Dry Sites in Central Hardwood Forests with Shelterwood Harvest and One Prescribed Burn
• Jenna Zukswert, Laura S. Kenefic. 2025. Stand Density Management Charts for Eastern Spruce-Fir Forests
• Jenna Zukswert, Keith Nislow. 2024. Reducing Flooding Risk and Maintaining Ecosystem Services in a Wetter New England
• Jenna Zukswert, Ashley Lang, Grant M. Domke. 2024. Soil Biodiversity from Above: Remote Sensing Finds Relationship Between Forest Structure and Microbial Diversity
• Jenna Zukswert, Melissa A. Pastore, Jane Foster. 2024. A Breath of Cold Air: Surprising Forest Patterns Hint at Climate Change Refuges
• Jenna Zukswert, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randall Kolka, Susan L. Eggert. 2024. Managing Mercury: Insights from Monitoring and Manipulation at the Marcell Experimental Forest
• Jenna Zukswert, Linda Pardo, John Campbell, Mark Green. 2024. Abrupt Increase in Stream Water Nitrate Can Be Caused by Multiple Climate-Related Factors Over Time
• Jenna Zukswert, Richard Hallett, Scott Bailey, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2021. Using regional forest nutrition data to inform urban tree management in the northeastern United States
• Ruth Yanai, Craig Wayson, Donna Lee, Andres Espejo, John Campbell, Mark Green, Jenna Zukswert, Shira Yoffe, Juliann Aukema, Andrew J. Lister, James Kirchner, Javier G P Gamarra. 2020. Improving uncertainty in forest carbon accounting for REDD+ mitigation efforts
• Mindy S. Crandall, Kara K.L. Costanza, Jenna Zukswert, Laura S. Kenefic, Jessica E. Leahy. 2020. An Adaptive and Evidence-Based Approach to Building and Retaining Gender Diversity within a University Forestry Education Program: A Case Study of SWIFT

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Zukswert, J. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Yanai, R. D. (2023). Responses of stomatal density and carbon isotope composition of sugar maple and yellow birch foliage to N, P, and CaSiO3 fertilization. Tree Physiology tpad142. Hecking, M. J., Zukswert, J. M., Drake, J. E., Dovciak, M., & Burton, J. I. (2022). Montane temperate-boreal forests retain the leaf economic spectrum despite intraspecific variability. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 224.Yanai, R. D., Mann, T. A., Hong, S. D., Pu, G., & Zukswert, J. M. (2021). The current state of uncertainty reporting in ecosystem studies: a systematic evaluation of peer‐reviewed literature. Ecosphere, 12(6), e03535.Zukswert, J. M., Barker, M. K., & McDonnell, L. (2019). Identifying troublesome jargon in biology: Discrepancies between student performance and perceived understanding. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 18(1), ar6.Zukswert, J. M., & Prescott, C. E. (2017). Relationships among leaf functional traits, litter traits, and mass loss during early phases of leaf litter decomposition in 12 woody plant species. Oecologia, 185, 305-316.Prescott, C. E., Corrao, K., Reid, A. M., Zukswert, J. M., & Addo-Danso, S. D. (2017). Changes in mass, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in logs decomposing for 30 years in three Rocky Mountain coniferous forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47(10), 1418-1423.Prescott, C. E., & Zukswert, J. M. (2016). Invasive plant species and litter decomposition: time to challenge assumptions. New Phytologist, 209(1), 5-7.Zukswert, J. M., Bellemare, J., Rhodes, A. L., Sweezy, T., Gallogly, M., Acevedo, S., & Taylor, R. S. (2014). Forest community structure differs, but not ecosystem processes, 25 years after eastern hemlock removal in an accidental experiment. Southeastern Naturalist, 13(6), 61-87.

Articles

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  Steps Towards Better Forest Structure Predictions

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/steps-towards-better-forest-structure-predictions
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  Cellulose-Based Barrier Coatings for Fruit: Using Hardwood Pulp to Reduce Food Waste

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/fpl/articles/cellulose-based-barrier-coatings-fruit-using-hardwood-pulp-reduce-food-waste-0
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  Leveraging generative AI for landscape planning

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/leveraging-generative-ai-landscape-planning
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  WOODWISE Fire Experiments Improve Mass Timber Safety: Phase I

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/fpl/articles/woodwise-fire-experiments-improve-mass-timber-safety-phase-i
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  Improving flood resilience using stream simulation crossings: A case study from Wisconsin

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/improving-flood-resilience-using-stream-simulation-crossings-case-study-wisconsin
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  Regenerating oak on dry sites in central hardwood forests with shelterwood harvest and one prescribed burn

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/regenerating-oak-dry-sites-central-hardwood-forests-shelterwood-harvest-and-one
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  Stand density management charts for eastern spruce-fir forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/stand-density-management-charts-eastern-spruce-fir-forests

Other Publications

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  Forest Health Publications from the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 2023

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/understory/forest-health-publications-usda-forest-service-northern-research-station-2023

• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Doctor Of Philosophy, Forest Resources Management, 2023
• The University of British Columbia, Master Of Science, Forestry, 2016
• Smith College, Bachelor Of Arts, Biological Sciences; Environmental Science & Policy, 2013