Kevin T. Smith, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Katarina Čufar, Eryuan Liang, Kevin T. Smith, Tomasz Ważny, Sigrid Wrobel, Paolo Cherubini, Uwe Schmitt, Alar Läänelaid, Ingo Burgert, Gerald Koch, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Constantin Sander, Jeong-Wook Seo, Kristina Sohar, Hitoshi Yonenobu, Ute Sass-Klaassen. 2024. Dieter Eckstein's bibliography and legacy of connection to wood biology and tree-ring science
• Kevin T. Smith, Christopher J. Luley, Thomas Draves. 2023. Heartwood and heart rot, Part 1: Are they important to arborists?
• Viacheslav I Kharuk, Il’ya A. Petrov, Leonid V Krivobokov, Alexey S. Golyukov, Maria L. Dvinskaya, Sergei T. Im, Alexander S. Shushpanov, Kevin T. Smith. 2023. Larch response to warming in northern Siberia
• Viacheslav I Kharuk, Maria L. Dvinskaya, Sergei T. Im, Alexei S. Golyukov, Kevin T. Smith. 2022. Wildfires in the Siberian Arctic
• Hugh Morris, Kevin T. Smith, Seri C. Robinson, Maximilian Göttelmann, Siegfried Fink, Francis W.M.R. Schwarze. 2021. The dark side of fungal competition and resource capture in wood: Zone line spalting from science to application
• Alexander V Kirdyanov, Paul J. Krusic, Vladimir V Shishov, Eugene A. Vaganov, Alexey I Fertikov, Vladimir S. Myglan, Valentin V Barinov, Jo Browse, Jan Esper, Viktor A. Ilyin, Anastasia A. Knorre, Mikhail A. Korets, Vladimir V Kukarskikh, Dmitry A. Mashukov, Alexander A. Onuchin, Alma Piermattei, Alexander V Pimenov, Anatoly S. Prokushkin, Vera A. Ryzhkova, Alexander S. Shishikin, Kevin T. Smith, Anna V Taynik, Martin Wild, Eduardo Zorita, Ulf Büntgen. 2020. Ecological and conceptual consequences of Arctic pollution
• Ruth D. Yanai, Yang Yang, Adam D. Wild, Kevin T. Smith, Charles T. Driscoll. 2020. New Approaches to Understand Mercury in Trees: Radial and Longitudinal Patterns of Mercury in Tree Rings and Genetic Control of Mercury in Maple Sap
• Kevin T. Smith. 2020. Whither compartmentalization of decay in trees? A commentary on: 'Using the CODIT model to explain secondary metabolites of xylem in defence systems of temperate trees against decay fungi'
• Kevin T. Smith, A. James. Downer. 2019. Botany for arborists: energy and trees
• Justin R. Dee, Michael C. Stambaugh, Kevin T. Smith, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2019. Fire Scars Negatively Affect Hydraulic Conductivity in White Oak (Quercus alba)
• Kevin T. Smith. 2019. A few winter fungi
• Jan K. Wiedenbeck, Kevin T. Smith. 2019. Hardwood management, tree wound response, and wood product value
• Yang Yang, Ruth D. Yanai, Charles T. Driscoll, Mario Montesdeoca, Kevin T. Smith. 2018. Concentrations and content of mercury in bark, wood, and leaves in hardwoods and conifers in four forested sites in the northeastern USA
• Kevin T. Smith. 2018. Big trees, old trees, and growth factor tables
• Kevin T. Smith. 2018. Tree disease and wood decay as agents of environmental and social change
• Connie I. Millar, Kevin T. Smith. 2017. Reconsidering the process for bow-stave removal from juniper trees in the Great Basin
• Kevin T. Smith, Jessie A. Glaeser. 2017. Wood decay and the cleanup crew
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Andrei G. Lapenis. 2017. Dendrochemical evidence for soil recovery from acidic deposition in forests of the northeastern U.S. with comparisons to the southeastern U.S. and Russia
• Michael C. Stambaugh, Kevin T. Smith, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2017. Fire scar growth and closure rates in white oak (Quercus alba) and the implications for prescribed burning
• Jessie A. Glaeser, Kevin T. Smith. 2016. Wood decay fungi of subalpine conifer forests
• Klemen Novak, Martin de Luis, Miguel A. Saz, Luis A. Longares, Roberto Serrano-Notivoli, Josep Raventos, Katarina Cufar, Jozica Gricar, Alfredo Di Filippo, Gianluca Piovesan, Cyrille B.K. Rathgeber, Andreas Papadopoulos, Kevin T. Smith. 2016. Missing rings in Pinus halepensis – the missing link to relate the tree-ring record to extreme climatic events
• Klemen Novak, Martin De Luis, Jozica Gricar, Peter Prislan, Maks Merela, Kevin T. Smith, Katarina Cufar. 2016. Missing and dark rings associated with drought in Pinus halepensis
• Kevin T. Smith, Estelle Arbellay, Donald A. Falk, Elaine K. Sutherland. 2016. Macroanatomy and compartmentalization of recent fire scars in three North American conifers
• Kevin T. Smith. 2016. Who fertilizes the forest?
• Gregory B. Lawrence, Paul W. Hazlett, Ivan J. Fernandez, Rock Ouimet, Scott Bailey, Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Michael R. Antidormi. 2015. Declining acidic deposition begins reversal of forest-soil acidification in the northeastern U.S
• Kevin T. Smith. 2015. Fire, ice, and metabolism
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith. 2015. Wood decay fungi restore essential calcium to acidic soils in northern New England
• Kevin T. Smith. 2015. Compartmentalization, resource allocation, and wood quality
• Kevin T. Smith. 2015. Tree recovery from ice storm injury
• Kevin T. Smith. 2014. Beneficial and harmful mushrooms in the landscape
• 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
• 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
• Kevin T. Smith. 2014. Origin of buds, branches, and sprouts
• Walter Shortle, Jody Jellison, Kevin T. Smith, Jonathan S. Schilling. 2014. Studying the role of wood-decay fungi in calcium cycling on the Penobscot Experimental Forest: a progress report
• Kevin T. Smith, Kenneth Dudzik, Walter Shortle. 2014. Tree survival 15 years after the ice storm of January 1998
• Kevin T. Smith, Jean Christophe Balouet, Walter Shortle, Michel Chalot, François Beaujard, Hakan Grudd, Don A. Vroblesky, Joel G. Burken. 2014. Dendrochemical patterns of calcium, zinc, and potassium related to internal factors detected by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
• Jessie A. Glaeser, Kevin T. Smith. 2013. Decay fungi of riparian trees in the Southwestern U.S.
• Martin de Luis, Katarina Cufar, Alfredo Di Filippo, Klemen Novak, Andreas Papadopoulos, Gianluca Piovesan, Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber, José Raventós, Miguel Angel Saz, Kevin T. Smith. 2013. Plasticity in dendroclimatic response across the distribution range of Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 2013. Calcium amendment may increase hydraulic efficiency and forest evapotranspiration
• 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
• Kevin T. Smith. 2013. What's bugging you—slime molds
• Kevin T. Smith, Jessie A. Glaeser. 2013. Skeleton decay in red cedar
• Kevin T. Smith. 2013. Phenology of slippery bark and common foliar diseases
• Kevin T. Smith. 2013. Compartmentalization of pathogens in fire-injured trees
• Kevin T. Smith. 2013. Do you believe in palm trees?
• Kevin T. Smith. 2012. The biology of burls
• Jean Christophe ​Balouet, Joel G. Burken, Frank Karg, Don Vroblesky, Kevin T. Smith, Håkan Grudd, Anders Rindby, François Beaujard, Michel Chalot. 2012. Dendrochemistry of multiple releases of chlorinated solvents at a former industrial site
• Kevin T. Smith. 2012. Letter to the Editor [response to "Towards a new model of branch attachment" by D. Slater and C. Harbinson]
• Gregory B. Lawrence, Walter Shortle, Mark B. David, Kevin T. Smith, Richard A. Warby, Andrei G. Lapenis. 2012. Early indications of soil recovery from acidic deposition in U.S. red spruce forests
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Jody Jellison, Jonathan S. Schilling. 2012. Potential of decaying wood to restore root-available base cations in depleted forest soils
• R. Greg Thorn, Kevin T. Smith, Therese A. Thompson. 2012. Hypholoma lateritium isolated from coarse woody debris, the forest floor, and mineral soil in a deciduous forest in New Hampshire
• Kevin T. Smith. 2011. Tree rings and the local environment
• Jessie A. Glaeser, Kevin T. Smith. 2010. Decay fungi of oaks and associated hardwoods for western arborists
• Kevin T. Smith. 2010. Humus and soil fertility
• Jessie A. Glaeser, Kevin T. Smith. 2010. Decay fungi associated with oaks and other hardwoods in the western United States
• Walter Shortle, Kenneth Dudzik, Kevin T. Smith. 2010. Development of wood decay in wound-initiated discolored wood of eastern red cedar
• Kevin T. Smith. 2010. Biogeochemistry and landscape fertility
• Jean Christophe Balouet, Kevin T. Smith, Don Vroblesky, Gil Oudijk. 2009. Use of dendrochronology and dendrochemistry in environmental forensics: does it meet the Daubert criteria?
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle, Jon H. Connolly, Rakesh Minocha, Jody Jellison. 2009. Calcium fertilization increases the concentration of calcium in sapwood and calcium oxalate in foliage of red spruce
• Kevin T. Smith. 2009. Are trees long-lived?
• Kevin T. Smith. 2009. Connections in wood and foliage
• Kevin T. Smith. 2009. Keeping trees as assets
• Kevin T. Smith. 2009. Greenhouse warming and landscape care
• Walter Shortle, Peter S. Murdoch, Kevin T. Smith, Rakesh Minocha, Gregory B. Lawrence. 2008. 6.0 Monitoring recovery from calcium depletion and nitrogen saturation
• Kevin T. Smith. 2008. An organismal view of dendrochronology
• Kevin T. Smith, Jean Christophe Balouet, Gil Oudijk. 2008. Elemental line scanning of an increment core using EDXRF: from fundamental research to environmental forensics applications
• Kevin T. Smith. 2008. Disposable Landscapes
• Jean-Christophe Balouet, Gil Oudijk, Kevin T. Smith, Ioana Petrisor, Hakan Grudd, Bengt Stocklassa. 2007. Applied dendroecology and environmental forensics. Characterizing and age dating environmental releases: fundamentals and case studies
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle, Jody Jellison, Jon Connolly, Jonathan Schilling. 2007. Concentrations of Ca and Mg in early stages of sapwood decay in red spruce, eastern hemlock, red maple, and paper birch
• Kevin T. Smith. 2007. Plants' essential chemical elements
• Kevin T. Smith. 2006. Compartmentalization today
• Kevin T. Smith, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland. 2006. Resistance of eastern hardwood stems to fire injury and damage
• Kevin T. Smith. 2005. Tree biology and problem trees
• Kevin T. Smith. 2005. Tree health and energy budgets
• Kevin T. Smith, Phillip A. Lewis. 2005. Potential concerns for tree response from stem injection
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 2003. Radial growth of hardwoods following the 1998 ice storm in New Hampshire and Maine
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Kenneth Dudzik. 2003. Tree Survival and Growth Following Ice Storm Injury
• Samuel B. McLaughlin, Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith. 2002. Dendroecological applications in air pollution and environmental chemistry: research needs
• Kevin T. Smith. 2001. Zone lines
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle, Kenneth Dudzik. 2001. Patterns of Storm Injury and Tree Response
• Kevin T. Smith, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland. 2001. Terminology and biology of fire scars in selected central hardwoods
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 2001. Conservation of element concentration in xylem sap of red spruce
• Elaine K. Sutherland, Kevin T. Smith. 2000. Resistance is not futile: The response of hardwoods to fire-caused wounding
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Rakesh Minocha, Subhash Minocha, Philip M. Wargo, Kristina A. Vogt. 2000. Tree health and physiology in a changing environment
• Kevin T. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Fire-scar formation and compartmentalization in oak
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Rakesh Minocha, Subhash C. Minocha, Philip M. Wargo, Kristiina A. Vogt. 1999. Tree health and physiology in a changing environment
• N. Torelli, Walter Shortle, K. Cufar, F. Ferlin, Kevin T. Smith. 1999. Detecting changes in tree health and productivity in silver fir-beech forests of Slovenia
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 1998. A first look at tree decay. An introduction to how injury and decay affect trees
• Kevin T. Smith. 1997. Phenolics and compartmentalization in the sapwood of broad-leaved trees
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Rakesh Minocha, Gregory B. Lawrence, Mark B. David. 1997. Acidic deposition, cation mobilization, and biochemical indicators of stress in healthy red spruce
• A. Ostrofsky, J. Jellison, Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 1997. Changes in cation concentrations in red spruce wood decayed by brown rot and white rot fungi
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle, Rakesh Minocha, Vladislav A. Alexeyev. 1996. Dynamics of calcium concentration in stemwood of red spruce and Siberian fir
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle. 1996. Tree biology and dendrochemistry
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Kenneth Dudzik. 1996. Decay diseases of stemwood: Detection, diagnosis, and management
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Rakesh Minocha, V.A. Alexeyev. 1995. Similar patterns of change in stemwood calcium concentration in red spruce and Siberian fir
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith, Kenneth Dudzik, Sharon Parker. 1995. Response of maple sapwood to injury and infection
• Kevin T. Smith, Walter Shortle, W.D. Ostrofsky. 1995. Aluminum and calcium in fine root tips of red spruce collected from the forest floor
• Walter Shortle, Kevin T. Smith. 1988. Aluminum-induced calcium deficiency syndrome in declining red spruce

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  Restoration and Conservation of Rural and Urban Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/restoration
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  Northern Research Station

• University of Georgia, Department of Plant Pathology, Ph.D., Plant Pathology and Mycology, 1982
• University of New Hampshire, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, M.S., Botany and Plant Pathology, 1979
• Connecticut College, Department of Botany, B.A., Botany, 1976