Kristen A. Pelz, PhD

Forester

Rocky Mountain Research Station

kristen.pelz@usda.gov

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Treesearch Publications

Sue Miller, Kristen A. Pelz, Andy Gray. 2024. Taking stock of old growth: The first nationally consistent inventory method using FIA data
Kristen A. Pelz, G. Hayward, A.N. Gray, Erin Berryman, Christopher W. W. Woodall, A. Nathanson, N.A. Morgan. 2023. Quantifying old-growth forest of United States Forest Service public lands
Andrew Gray, Kristen A. Pelz, Gregory D. Hayward, Thomas M. Schuler, Wade Salverson, Marin Palmer, Christian Schumacher, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2023. Perspectives: The wicked problem of defining and inventorying mature and old-growth forests
Christopher Witt, Kristen A. Pelz, Sara A. Goeking, John D. Shaw, Jennifer Bakken, Jim A. Menlove. 2022. Nevada’s forest resources, 2009-2018
Brian Cooke, Kristen A. Pelz, Christopher Witt, Katelyn P. Driscoll, Charlie H. Luce, David Anderson, Jamie Barbour, Renate Bush, Mary Friberg, Carolyn Perovich. 2020. Making sense of big data: Putting Forest Inventory and Analysis to work in forest planning
Zachary Wurtzebach, R. Justin DeRose, Renate Bush, Sara A. Goeking, Sean P. Healey, James S. Menlove, Kristen A. Pelz, Courtney Schultz, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt. 2019. Supporting National Forest System planning with Forest Inventory and Analysis data
Christopher Witt, John D. Shaw, Jim Menlove, Sara A. Goeking, R. Justin DeRose, Kristen A. Pelz, Todd A. Morgan, Steven W. Hayes. 2019. Montana’s forest resources, 2006-2015
Kristen A. Pelz, Frederick W. Smith. 2018. Effects of stand structure, browsing, and biophysical conditions on regeneration following mountain pine beetle in mixed lodgepole pine and aspen forests of the southern Rockies
Kristen A. Pelz, Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Frederick W. Smith. 2018. Severity of overstory mortality influences conifer recruitment and growth in mountain pine beetle-affected forests
Charles C. Rhoades, Kristen A. Pelz, Paula J. Fornwalt, Brett H. Wolk, Antony S. Cheng. 2018. Overlapping bark beetle outbreaks, salvage logging and wildfire restructure a lodgepole pine ecosystem
Robert N. Addington, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael A. Battaglia, Jennifer S. Briggs, Peter M. Brown, Antony S. Cheng, Yvette Dickinson, Jonas A. Feinstein, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia M. Regan, Jim Thinnes, Rick Truex, Paula J. Fornwalt, Benjamin Gannon, Chad W. Julian, Jeffrey L. Underhill, Brett Wolk. 2018. Principles and practices for the restoration of ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests of the Colorado Front Range
Yvette L. Dickinson, Kristen A. Pelz, Emma Giles, Josh Howie. 2016. Have we been successful? Monitoring horizontal forest complexity for forest restoration projects
Kristen A. Pelz, Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Michael A. Battaglia, F. W. Smith. 2015. Species composition influences management outcomes following mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine-dominated forests
Wayne D. Shepperd, Frederick W. Smith, Kristen A. Pelz. 2015. Group clearfell harvest can promote regeneration of aspen forests affected by sudden aspen decline in western Colorado
Yvette L. Dickinson, Rob Addington, Greg Aplet, Mike Babler, Michael A. Battaglia, Peter Brown, Tony Cheng, Casey Cooley, Dick Edwards, Jonas Feinstein, Paula J. Fornwalt, Hal Gibbs, Megan S. Matonis, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia Regan. 2014. Desirable forest structures for a restored Front Range
Kristen A. Pelz, Frederick W. Smith. 2013. How will aspen respond to mountain pine beetle? A review of literature and discussion of knowledge gaps
Kristen A. Pelz, Frederick W. Smith. 2012. Thirty year change in lodgepole and lodgepole/mixed conifer forest structure following 1980s mountain pine beetle outbreak in western Colorado, USA

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Dickinson, Y.L., Pelz, K.A., Giles, E., Howie, J. 2016. Have we been successful? Monitoring horizontal forest complexity for forest restoration projects. Restoration Ecology 24: 8-17.
Shepperd, W.D., F.W. Smith, and K.A. Pelz. 2015. Group clearfell harvest can promote regeneration of aspen forests affected by sudden aspen decline in western Colorado. Forest Science 61:932-937.
Pelz, K.A., and Y.D. Dickenson. 2014. Monitoring forest cover spatial patterns with aerial imagery: A tutorial. Technical Brief CFRI-TB-1401. Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. 47 p.
Pelz, K.A., and F.W. Smith. 2013. How will aspen respond to mountain pine beetle? A review of literature and discussion of knowledge gaps. Forest Ecology and Management 299: 60-69.
Pelz, K.A., and F.W. Smith. 2012. Thirty year change in lodgepole and lodgepole/mixed conifer forest structure following 1980s mountain pine beetle outbreak in western Colorado, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 280: 93-102.
Cheng, A.S., K.A. Pelz, J.M. Clement, A. Bucknam, and M. Keralis. 2010. Mixed-conifer forests in Southwestern Colorado: a summary of existing knowledge and considerations for restoration and management. Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. 33 p.