Laura S. Kenefic, PhD

Team Leader and Supervisory Research Forester

Northern Research Station

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laura.kenefic@usda.gov

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Peter J. Breigenzer, Shawn Fraver, Michael R. Gallagher, Laura S. Kenefic, Erin D. Lane, John M. Neely, Jay W. Wason. 2026. Forest cover buffers microclimate and increases fuel moisture in northern conifer forests: a terrestrial laser scanning approach
Rachel Poppe, Stacy Birch, Christopher H. Guiterman, Laura S. Kenefic, Evan R. Larson, David A. Orwig, Neil Pederson, Shawn Fraver. 2025. Eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis ) as an alternate host for spruce budworm ( Choristoneura fumiferana) : dendrochronological evidence from Maine, USA
Erkki O Tomppo, Bryan C Foster, Laura S. Kenefic, Mark J Ducey. 2025. Costs and precisions of alternative plot configurations for estimating above-ground tree biomass in tropical forests
Maren Granstrom, Laura S. Kenefic, Mindy S. Crandall, Sally Stockwell, R. Alec Giffen, Nicole S. Rogers. 2025. Managing your woodland: forestry research translated for landowners
Jenna Zukswert, Laura S. Kenefic. 2025. Stand Density Management Charts for Eastern Spruce-Fir Forests
David Ray, Robert Seymour, Shawn Fraver, John-Pascal Berrill, Laura S. Kenefic, Nicole Rogers, Aaron Weiskittel. 2024. Quantifying minimum site occupancy requirements of common forest tree species in northern New England, USA: Implications for stocking assessment
Katlyn Schulz, Alexandra Barry, Laura S. Kenefic, Jay W. Wason. 2024. Contrasting survival strategies for seedlings of two northern conifer species to extreme droughts and floods
Colby Bosely-Smith, Camilla Seirup, Christopher H. Guiterman, Shawn Fraver, Thomas Schmeelk, Aaron Teets, Ruth Van Kampen, Laura S. Kenefic. 2024. Dendrochronological reconstruction of arborvitae leafminer (Argyresthia spp.) outbreaks on northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) in Maine, USA
Stephanie Hurd, Laura S. Kenefic, Jessica Leahy, Carly Sponarski, Allison Gardner, Erika Machtinger. 2024. Cascading impacts of overstory structure in managed forests on understory structure, microclimate conditions, and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) densities
Robin Michigiizhigookwe Clark, Christopher R. Webster, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Rodney A. Chimner. 2024. Characterizing northern white-cedar communities in harvested and unharvested lowland forests of Michigan, USA
David Ray, Robert Seymour, Shawn Fraver, John-Pascal Berrill, Laura S. Kenefic, Nicole Rogers, Aaron Weiskittel. 2023. Relative Density as a Standardizing Metric for the Development of Size-Density Management Charts
Laura S. Kenefic. 2023. Northern white-cedar
Olivier Villemaire-Côté, Jean-Pierre Tremblay, Laura S. Kenefic, Jean-Claude Ruel, Chris Johnson. 2023. Partial cutting favours northern white-cedar regeneration but does not ensure recruitment to canopy: does browsing matter?
David Houston, William Livingston, Stacy McNulty, Jeanette Allogio, Bethany L. Muñoz Delgado, Lauren Keefe, Laura S. Kenefic. 2023. Beech Bark Disease Tolerance: An Emerging Concept in American Beech Management
Dexter H. Locke, Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael Dockry, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Spatially Explicit Assessment of the USDA Forest Service as a Representative Bureaucracy
A.E. McConnell, S.F. Schenkein, G. Nuñez-Iturri, D. Gurung, R. Siwe, J.E. Leahy, Laura S. Kenefic, S. Wilson, C.L. Straub. 2023. An intersectional analysis of women's experiences in forest carbon monitoring in Peru, Cameroon and Nepal
Kelly L. French, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Heidi Asbjornsen, Shawn Fraver, Laura S. Kenefic, David Moore, Jay W. Wason. 2023. Temporary thinning shock in previously shaded red spruce
Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael J. Dockry, Dexter H. Locke, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Despite Workforce Diversity Efforts, Career Metrics Differ for Some Demographic Groups in the USDA Forest Service
Kelly L. French, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Heidi Asbjornsen, Laura S. Kenefic, David Moore, Jay W. Wason. 2023. Physiological response of mature red spruce trees to partial and complete sapwood severing
Christopher W. W. Woodall, Thomas A. Albright, Brett J. Butler, Susan Crocker, Jereme Frank, Thomas Goff, Dale D. Gormanson, Laura S. Kenefic, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Patrick D. Miles, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald J. Piva, Rachel Riemann, Sjana Schanning, Brian F. Walters, James A. Westfall. 2022. Maine forests 2018: summary report
Michael J. Dockry, Sonya Sachdeva, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Laura S. Kenefic, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal. 2022. Student trainee and paid internship programs have positive results but do little to influence long-term employee diversity in the USDA forest service
Gerald L. Storm, Laura S. Kenefic. 2022. Natural communities: friends and neighbors
Maren Granstrom, Mindy S. Crandall, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron R. Weiskittel. 2022. Tree quality and value: results in northern conifer stands after 65 years of silviculture and harvest
Alex K. George, Anil Raj Kizha, Laura S. Kenefic. 2022. Timber harvesting on fragile ground and impacts of uncertainties in the operational costs
Lynne M. Westphal, Michael Dockry, Laura S. Kenefic, Sonya Sachdeva, Amelia Rhodeland, Dexter H. Locke, Christel C. Kern, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Michael R. Coughlan. 2022. USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity During a Period of Workforce Contraction
Patricia Raymond, Laura S. Kenefic, John M. Kabrick, Benjamin Knapp, Ken Clark, Anthony D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Lance Vickers, Daniel C. C. Dey, Nicole Rogers. 2021. Miser sur la régénération des conifères pour maintenir la composition mixte de forêts tempérées
Jeanette A. Allogio, Shawn Fraver, Laura S. Kenefic, Jay W. Wason, John-Pascal Berrill. 2021. Microsite requirements for successful regeneration in lowland northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) forests
Laura S. Kenefic, John M. Kabrick, Benjamin O. Knapp, Patricia Raymond, Ken Clark, Anthony W. D'Amato, Christel C. Kern, Lance A. Vickers, Daniel C. C. Dey, Nicole S. Rogers. 2021. Mixedwood silviculture in North America: the science and art of managing for complex, multi-species temperate forests
Lance A. Vickers, Benjamin O. Knapp, John M. Kabrick, Laura S. Kenefic, Anthony W. D’Amato, Christel C. Kern, David A. MacLean, Patricia Raymond, Ken Clark, Daniel C. C. Dey, Nicole S. Rogers. 2021. Contemporary status, distribution, and trends of mixedwoods in the northern United States
Christel C. Kern, Justin D. Waskiewicz, Lee Frelich, Bethany L. Muñoz Delgado, Laura S. Kenefic, Ken Clark, John M. Kabrick. 2021. Understanding compositional stability in mixedwood forests of eastern North America
Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Christian Kuehne, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Sarah J. Kaschmitter, Anthony W. D'Amato, Daniel C. C. Dey, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2021. Relative influence of stand and site factors on aboveground live-tree carbon sequestration and mortality in managed and unmanaged forests
Joshua J. Puhlick, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Laura S. Kenefic, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Ivan J. Fernandez. 2020. Strategies for enhancing long-term carbon sequestration in mixed-species, naturally regenerated Northern temperate forests
John M. Kabrick, Ken Clark, Anthony W. D'Amato, Bethany L. Muñoz Delgado, Daniel C. C. Dey, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Tara L. Keyser, Benjamin O. Knapp, David A. MacLean, Patricia Raymond, Callie Schweitzer, Lance A. Vickers. 2020. Research and management partnerships for resolving regeneration and recruitment challenges in hardwood-softwood mixtures in eastern North America
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
Shawn Fraver, Laura S. Kenefic, Andrew R. Cutko, Alan S. White. 2020. Natural disturbance and stand structure of old-growth northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) forests, northern Maine, USA
Harikrishnan Soman, Anil Raj Kizha, Bethany Muñoz Delgado, Laura S. Kenefic, Keith Kanoti. 2020. Production economics: comparing hybrid tree-length with whole-tree harvesting methods
Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael Dockry, Alan Cobo-Lewis. 2020. Discrimination and Career Satisfaction: Perceptions from US Forest Service Scientists
Joshua J. Puhlick, Shawn Fraver, Ivan J. Fernandez, Aaron Teets, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Laura S. Kenefic. 2019. Site Quality, Disturbance, and Vegetation Effects on Carbon Storage and Accumulation in Old, Mixed-Species Stands in Central Maine, USA
Sarita Bassil, Ralph D. Nyland, Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic. 2019. Dynamics of the diameter distribution after selection cutting in uneven- and even-aged northern hardwood stands: a long-term evaluation
Alex Kunnathu George, Anil Raj Kizha, Laura S. Kenefic. 2019. Economic feasibility of timber harvesting in lowlands
Lance Vickers, William McWilliams, Benjamin Knapp, Anthony D’Amato, Daniel Dey, Yvette Dickinson, John M. Kabrick, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, David Larsen, Alejandro A. Royo, Michael Saunders, Stephen Shifley, James A. Westfall. 2019. Are Current Seedling Demographics Poised to Regenerate Northern US Forests?
William H. Livingston, Isabel Munck, Kyle Lombard, Jennifer Weimer, Aaron Bergdahl, Laura S. Kenefic, Barbara Schultz, Robert S. Seymour. 2019. Field Manual for Managing Eastern White Pine Health in New England
Laura F. Reuling, Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Dustin Bronson. 2019. The Northern White-Cedar Recruitment Bottleneck: Understanding the Effects of Substrate, Competition, and Deer Browsing
Bethany Muñoz Delgado, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Ivan J. Fernandez, Jeffrey G. Benjamin, Alison Dibble. 2019. Northern mixedwood composition and productivity 50 years after whole-tree and stem-only harvesting with and without post-harvest prescribed burning
Joshua J. Puhlick, Christian Kuehne, Laura S. Kenefic. 2019. Crop tree growth response and quality after silvicultural rehabilitation of cutover stands
Nathan Wesely, Shawn Fraver, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron Weiskittel, Jean-Claude Ruel, Michael Thompson, Alan White. 2018. Structural Attributes of Old-Growth and Partially Harvested Northern White-Cedar Stands in Northeastern North America
William H. Livingston, Laura S. Kenefic. 2018. Low densities in white pine stands reduce risk of drought-incited decline
William McWilliams, Jim Westfall, Patrick Brose, Daniel C. C. Dey, Anthony W. D'Amato, Yvette L. Dickinson, Mary Ann Fajvan, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Kenneth M. Laustsen, Shawn L. Lehman, Randall Morin, Todd Ristau, Alejandro A. Royo, Andrew M. Stoltman, Susan L. Stout. 2018. Subcontinental-scale patterns of large-ungulate herbivory and synoptic review of restoration management implications for midwestern and northeastern forests
Maria Janowiak, Anthony W. D'Amato, Chris Swanston, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, William D. Dijak, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Jacob S. Fraser, Leslie Brandt, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Stephen Handler, P. Danielle Shannon, Diane Burbank, John Campbell, Charles Cogbill, Matthew Duveneck, Marla R. Emery, Nicholas Fisichelli, Jane Foster, Jennifer Hushaw, Laura S. Kenefic, Amanda Mahaffey, Toni Lyn Morelli, Nicholas J. Reo, Paul Schaberg, K. Rogers Simmons, Aaron Weiskittel, Sandy Wilmot, David Hollinger, Erin D. Lane, Lindsey Rustad, Pamela H. Templer. 2018. New England and northern New York forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework project
Nicole Rogers, Laura S. Kenefic, Mindy Crandall, Robert Seymour, Paul Sendak. 2018. Sixty Years of Silviculture in a Northern Conifer Forest in Maine, USA
tish carr, Laura S. Kenefic, Darren J. Ranco. 2017. Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS): A Tribal Mentoring and Educational Program Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Louis Iverson, Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Alessandra Bottero, Anthony W. D'Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. J. Palik, Michael A. Battaglia. 2017. Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients
John M. Kabrick, Ken Clark, Anthony W. D'Amato, Daniel C. C. Dey, Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, Benjamin O. Knapp, David A. MacLean, Patricia Raymond, Justin D. Waskiewicz. 2017. Managing hardwood-softwood mixtures for future forests in eastern North America: assessing suitability to projected climate change
Laura S. Kenefic, Nicole S. Rogers. 2017. The Evolution of USDA Forest Service Experimental Forest Research on Northern Conifers in the Northeast
Nicole S. Rogers, Laura S. Kenefic. 2017. The cutting practice level study at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine
Elias Ayrey, Shawn Fraver, John A. Kershaw, Laura S. Kenefic, Daniel Hayes, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Brian E. Roth. 2017. Layer stacking: A novel algorithm for individual forest tree segmentation from LiDAR point clouds
Shawn Fraver, Kevin J. Dodds, Laura S. Kenefic, Rick Morrill, Robert S. Seymour, Eben Sypitkowski. 2017. Forest structure following tornado damage and salvage logging in northern Maine, USA
Joshua J. Puhlick, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Ivan J. Fernandez, Shawn Fraver, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour, Randy Kolka, Lindsey Rustad, John Brissette. 2016. Long-term influence of alternative forest management treatments on total ecosystem and wood product carbon storage
Laura S. Kenefic. 2016. Mixedwood management in the Northeastern United States
Joshua J. Puhlick, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Shawn Fraver, Matthew B. Russell, Laura S. Kenefic. 2016. Assessing the role of natural disturbance and forest management on dead wood dynamics in mixed-species stands of central Maine, USA
Joshua J. Puhlick, Shawn Fraver, Ivan J. Fernandez, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Laura S. Kenefic, Randy Kolka, Marie-Cecile Gruselle. 2016. Factors influencing organic-horizon carbon pools in mixed-species stands of central Maine, USA
Christel C. Kern, Laura S. Kenefic, Susan L. Stout. 2015. Bridging the Gender Gap: The demographics of scientists in the USDA Forest Service and academia
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern. 2015. Early northern hardwood silvicultural research at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Michigan
Laura S. Kenefic, Jean-Claude Ruel, Jean-Pierre Tremblay. 2015. Sustainable management of white-tailed deer and white-cedar
Justin D. Waskiewicz, Laura S. Kenefic, Nicole S. Rogers, Joshua J. Puhlick, John Brissette, Richard Dionne. 2015. Sampling and measurement protocols for long-term silvicultural studies on the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette, Richard W. Judd. 2014. Northeastern conifer research: Multiple species and multiple values
Christel C. Kern, Gus Erdmann, Laura S. Kenefic, Brian J. J. Palik, Terry Strong. 2014. Development of the selection system in northern hardwood forests of the Lake States: an 80-year silviculture research legacy
Laura S. Kenefic. 2014. Selective cutting, rehabilitation, and alternatives for forests of northeastern North America and elsewhere
Laura S. Kenefic, Mohammad Bataineh, Jeremy S. Wilson, John Brissette, Ralph D. Nyland. 2014. Silvicultural rehabilitation of cutover mixedwood stands
Robert M. Frank, Laura S. Kenefic. 2014. Bob Frank's recollections made on the occasion of the Penobscot Experimental Forest's 60TH anniversary
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2014. Publications of the Penobscot Experiment Forest, 1950-2010
Matthew B. Russell, Spencer R. Meyer, John Brissette, Laura S. Kenefic. 2014. Sixty years of research, 60 years of data: long-term US Forest Service data management on the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2014. Penobscot Experimental Forest: 60 years of research and demonstration in Maine, 1950-2010
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2014. History of the Penobscot Experimental Forest, 1950-2010
John Brissette, Laura S. Kenefic. 2014. Centerpiece of research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest: the US Forest Service long-term silvicultural study
Justin Waskiewicz, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron Weiskittel, Robert Seymour. 2013. Species mixture effects in northern red oak-eastern white pine stands in Maine, USA
Mohammad Bataineh, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron Weiskittel, Robert Wagner, John Brissette. 2013. Influence of partial harvesting and site factors on the abundance and composition of natural regeneration in the Acadian Forest of Maine, USA
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
Kate Berven, Laura S. Kenefic, Aaron Weiskittel, Mark Twery, Jeremy Wilson. 2013. The lost research of early northeastern spruce-fir experimental forests: a tale of lost opportunities
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern, John Brissette, Matthew Russell, Lloyd Irland, Aaron Weiskittel, Kate Berven. 2013. Suggestions for maintaining records for long-term field studies. A supplement to papers by Berven et al. and Kenefic and Kern (this volume)
Laura S. Kenefic, Christel C. Kern. 2013. The remarkable story of the partial cutting study at the Dukes Experimental Forest
Emmanuelle Boulfroy, Eric Forget, Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Catherine Larouche, Guy Lessard, Jean-Martin Lussier, Fred Pinto, Jean-Claude Ruel, Aaron Weiskittel. 2012. Silvicultural guide for northern white-cedar (eastern white cedar)
Elizabeth Olson, Laura S. Kenefic, Alison Dibble, John Brissette. 2011. Nonnative invasive plants in the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine, USA: influence of site, silviculture, and land use history
Aaron R. Weiskittel, Laura S. Kenefic, Rongxia Li, John Brissette. 2011. Stand Structure and Composition 32 Years after Precommercial Thinning Treatments in a Mixed Northern Conifer Stand in Central Maine
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour. 2010. Historical early stem development of northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) in Maine
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Robert S. Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 2010. Production ecology of Thuja occidentalis
Catherine Larouche, Laura S. Kenefic, Jean-Claude Ruel. 2010. Northern white-cedar regeneration dynamics on the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine: 40-year results
P.V. Hofmeyer, R.S. Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 2009. Influence of soil site class on growth and decay of northern white-cedar and two associates in Maine
Aaron Weiskittel, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour, Leah M. Phillips. 2009. Long-term effects of precommercial thinning on stem form, volume, and branch characteristics of red spruce and balsam fir crop trees
Gail Wells, Deborah Hayes, Katrina M. Krause, Ann Bartuska, Susan LeVan, James R. Anderson, Tivoli Gough, Mary Beth Adams, Thomas M. Schuler, Randy Kolka, Steve Sebestyen, Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette, Susan L. Stout, Keith Kanoti, Fred Swanson, Sarah Greene, Margaret Herring, Martin Ritchie, Carl Skinner, Tom Lisle, Elizabeth Keppeler, Leslie M. Reid, Peter Wohlegemuth, Stanley G. Kitchen, Ward McCaughey, Jim M. Guldin, Don C. Bragg, Michael Shelton, David Loftis, Cathryn Greenberg, Julia Murphy. 2009. Experimental forests and ranges : 100 years of research success stories
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour. 2009. Northern white-cedar ecology and silviculture in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada: a synthesis of knowledge
Jamie K. Weaver, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour, John Brissette. 2009. Decaying wood and tree regeneration in the Acadian Forest of Maine, USA
Elizabeth Dennis Baldwin, Laura S. Kenefic, Will F. LaPage. 2007. Alternative large-scale conservation visions for northern Maine: interviews with decision leaders in Maine
Andrew R. Moores, Robert S. Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 2007. Height development of shade-tolerant conifer saplings in multiaged Acadian forest stands
Laura S. Kenefic, Ralph D. Nyland. 2007. Cavity trees, snags, and selection cutting: a northern hardwood case study
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour. 2007. Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.): an annotated bibliography
John Brissette, Michael R. Saunders, Laura S. Kenefic, Paul Sendak. 2006. Long-term research on classical silvicultural approaches in the Acadian Forest: Penobscot Experimental Forest Part I
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette, Paul Sendak, Paul E. Sendak. 2006. Overview of USDA Forest Service Research on Diameter-Limit Cutting in Northern Conifers
Laura S. Kenefic, Ralph D., eds. Nyland, Ralph D. Nyland. 2006. Proceedings of the conference on diameter-limit cutting in northeastern forests
Laura S. Kenefic, Ralph D. Nyland, Ralph D. Nyland. 2006. Facilitating a Dialogue About Diameter-Limit Cutting
Laura S. Kenefic, Paul Sendak, John Brissette. 2006. Turning data into knowledge for over 50 years: USDA Forest Service research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour, John Brissette. 2006. Growth comparison of northern white-cedar to balsam fir and red spruce by site class
Laura S. Kenefic, Ralph D Nyland. 2005. Diameter-Limit Cutting and Silviculture in Northeastern Forests: A Primer for Landowners, Practitioners, and Policymakers
Jack W. Witham, Malcolm L. Jr. Hunter, Alan J. Kimball, Alan S. White, Susan P. Elias, Laura S. Kenefic. 2005. Long-term study of a pine ? oak forest ecosystem: Holt Research Forest
Jack W. Witham, Alan J. Kimball, Susan P. Elias, Laura S. Kenefic. 2005. Tree Regeneration at Holt Research Forest: Impacts of Red Maple Removal and White-tailed Deer Browsing
Paul Sendak, John Brissette, Robert M. Frank (retired), Laura S. Kenefic. 2005. Forty Years of Partial Harvesting in Mixed Northern Conifers in Maine: Results from the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Justin D. Waskiewicz, Laura S. Kenefic. 2005. Elementary Silviculture: Presenting Forest Science to Children Through the NSF's GK-12 Fellowship
Jamie K. Weaver, Laura S. Kenefic, Ivan J. Fernandez. 2005. Effect of Harvest Intensity on Soil Physical Properties and Site Productivity in Riparian Mixedwood Forests
Andy B. Reinmann, Laura S. Kenefic, Ivan J. Fernandez, Walter Shortle. 2005. Soil Characteristics 30-years Post-harvest on Maine Spruce Flats: Preliminary Results
Jean-Claude Ruel, Catherine Larouche, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Jean Martin Lussier, Laura S. Kenefic. 2005. Silviculture of Northern White-cedar in Mixedwood Forests
Laura S. Kenefic, Susan P. Elias, Alan J. Kimball, Jack W. Witham. 2005. Dynamics of Tree Growth and Composition Following Partial Cutting in an Oak − Pine Forest in Maine
Michael P. Maguire, Laura S. Kenefic, Jeremy S. Wilson, Ralph D. Nyland. 2005. Simulating Rehabilitation Treatments in Northern Hardwood Stands Following Diameter-limit Cutting
Barbara Hebert, Rejean Gagnon, Catherine LaRouche, Jean-Claude Ruel, Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2005. Regeneration of Northern White-cedar Following Silvicultural Treatment: a Long-term Study
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2005. Stand-level Responses of Northern White-cedar to Silvicultural Treatments in Central Maine
Philip V. Hofmeyer, Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour, John Brissette. 2005. Ecology and Silviculture of Northern White-cedar
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette. 2005. Sapling Recruitment and Growth Dynamics in Multi-aged Northern Conifer Stands: a 20-year Study
Elizabeth D. Baldwin, Laura S. Kenefic, Wilbur LaPage, John J. Daigle. 2005. A Forest in Conflict: the Proposal for a 3.2 Million Acre National Park and Preserve in Maine's Working Forest
Laura S. Kenefic, Paul Sendak, John Brissette. 2005. Digging Out the Data: USDA Forest Service Research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Laura S. Kenefic, Mark Twery. 2005. Changing Forests - Challenging Times: Proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 85th Winter Meeting
Laura S. Kenefic, Alan S. White, Andrew R. Cutko, Shawn Fraver. 2005. Reference Stands for Silvicultural Research: A Maine Perspective
Laura S. Kenefic, Paul E. Sendak, John Brissette. 2005. Comparison of Fixed Diameter-Limit and Selection Cutting in Northern Conifers
Laura S. Kenefic, Alan S. White, Shawn Fraver. 2004. Reference conditions for silvicultural field studies in Maine: limitations and opportunities
Andrew Moores, Robert Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 2004. Understory Height Growth Dynamics in Uneven-Aged, Mixed-Species Northern Conifer Stands
Laura S. Kenefic, John Brissette, Paul Sendak. 2004. The Effects of Alternative Diameter-Limit Cutting Treatments: Some Findings from a Long-Term Northern Conifer Experiment
Michael Maguire, Laura S. Kenefic. 2004. Rehabilitation of Northern Hardwood Stands in Southern Maine Following Exploitative Harvests
Andy Reinmann, Laura S. Kenefic, Ivan Fernandez, Walter Shortle. 2004. Preliminary Results From a Retrospective Study of Harvest Intensity, Site Productivity, and Red Spruce Growth
Robert S. Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 2002. Influence of age on growth efficiency of Tsuga canadensis and Picea rubens trees in mixed-species, multiaged northern conifer stands
Laura S. Kenefic, Ralph D. Nyland. 2000. Habitat diversity in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands: a case study
John Brissette, Laura S. Kenefic. 2000. Eastern hemlock response to even- and uneven-age management in the Acadian forest: results from the Penobscot Experimental Forest long-term silviculture study
Laura S. Kenefic, Robert S. Seymour. 2000. Growth patterns of Tsuga canadensis in managed uneven-aged northern conifer stands
Laura S. Kenefic, R.D. Nyland. 1999. Sugar maple height-diameter and age-diameter relationships in an uneven-aged northern hardwood stand
Laura S. Kenefic, R.S. Seymour. 1999. Leaf area prediction models for Tsuga canadensis in Maine
Robert S. Seymour, Laura S. Kenefic. 1998. Balance and sustainability in multi-aged stands: a northern conifer case study
Chris Nowak, Susan L. Stout, John Brissette, Laura S. Kenefic, Gary Miller, William Leak, Daniel Yaussy, Thomas M. Schuler, Kurt W. Gottschalk. 1997. Defining the role of silvicultural research in the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Kern, Christel C.; Jensen, Heather J.; Kenefic, Laura S. 2023. Tree grade data from the "Partial Cutting Study" at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0034
Kern, Christel C.; Jensen, Heather J.; Kenefic, Laura S. 2023. Tree regeneration data from the "Partial Cutting Study" at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0032
Kern, Christel C.; Jensen, Heather J.; Kenefic, Laura S. 2023. Tree height data from the "Partial Cutting Study" at the Dukes Experimental Forest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0033

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