Lauren S. Pile, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• William R. Rumpf, Morgan P. Davis, John M. Kabrick, John Stanovick, Lauren S. Pile, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese. 2026. Soil properties in log landings amended with subsoiling and biochar
• Gina Beebe, Lauren S. Pile, Connor D. Crouch, Dacoda T. Maddox, Brian Davidson, Michael Stambaugh, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2026. Goats and oaks: applicability of targeted browsing to promote forage quality and conservation outcomes in woodland communities in the Central Hardwood Region of the United States
• Lauren S. Pile, Benjamin O. Knapp, Connor D. Crouch, Jeff Demand. 2026. Sustained management is necessary to suppress Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) population growth in a landscape of tallgrass prairie reconstructions
• Deliang Lu, Lauren S. Pile, Bridget L Bloodwood, Timothy M Shearman, Carlee Steppe, Carissa Adams, Hannah Spencer, G. Geoff Wang. 2025. Fire intolerance of invasive woody plants evidenced by bark thickness: implications for invasion in fire-suppressed forests
• Lauren S. Pile, Aliza Fassler, Connor D. Crouch, Morgan Davis, Daniel C. C. Dey, Brooke Hagarty, John M. Kabrick, David King, Benjamin O. Knapp, Susannah B. Lerman, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Will Rumpf, Sloane Scott. 2025. Enriching log landings to sustain native bees and other pollinators: a guide for practitioners
• Lance A. Vickers, Alejandro A. Royo, Susan L. Stout, Todd Ristau, William K. Oldland, Benjamin O. Knapp, Lauren S. Pile, Andrea Hille. 2025. Evaluating the extent and severity of black cherry regeneration declines in eastern forests and exploring potential causes
• Justin Krohn, Hong He, Timothy C. Matisziw, Lauren S. Pile, Jacob S. Fraser, Michael Sunde. 2025. Detecting the distribution of Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in an urban U.S. landscape using high spatial resolution satellite imagery and machine learning
• Gina R. Beebe, Lauren S. Pile, Michael C. Stambaugh, Daniel C. C. Dey, Brian Davidson, Dacoda T. Maddox, John M. Kabrick. 2024. Fire versus herbivory for oak woodland restoration: burning achieves short-term structural and compositional objectives whereas browsing alone fails to reduce stem densities and promote ground flora
• Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Lauren S. Pile, Jacob S. Fraser. 2024. Private Lands Hold the Key to Oak Sustainability in Eastern U.S. Forests
• Lauren S. Pile, Daniel C. C. Dey, Michael C. Stambaugh, Frank R. Thompson, J. Morgan. Varner. 2024. Managing forward while looking back: reopening closed forests to open woodlands and savannas
• Trisha M. Markus, Lauren S. Pile, David R. Coyle, G. Geoff. Wang. 2024. Seasonal Light Response Curves of Ligustrum sinense: A Test of Extended Leaf Phenology
• Shengwu Duan, Hong S. He, Lauren S. Pile, Thomas W. Bonnot, Jacob S. Fraser. 2024. Private land management is more important than public land in sustaining oaks in temperate forests in the eastern U.S.
• Mohammad Bataineh, Jacob S. Fraser, Lauren S. Pile. 2024. Characterization of Chinese tallow invasion in the southern United States.
• Lance A. Vickers, Benjamin O. Knapp, Daniel C. C. Dey, Lauren S. Pile. 2023. Do forest health threats affect upland oak regeneration and recruitment? Advance reproduction is a key co-morbidity
• Lauren S. Pile, David R. Coyle, Daniel C. C. Dey, Jacob S. Fraser, Todd Hutchinson, Michael A. Jenkins, Christel C. Kern, Benjamin O. Knapp, Dacoda T. Maddox, Cornelia Wilson, G. Geoff. Wang. 2023. Invasive plant management in eastern North American Forests: A systematic review
• Shengwu Duan, Hong S. He, Lauren S. Pile, Thomas W. Bonnot, Jacob S. Fraser. 2023. Current management in national and state forests has important but limited impacts on sustaining oaks in temperate forests of the eastern U.S.
• Joshua J. Puhlick, Thomas L. O’Halloran, Gregory Starr, Rebecca B. Abney, Lauren S. Pile, Robert A. McCleery, Kier D. Klepzig, Steven T. Brantley, R. Kevin McIntyre, Bo Song. 2023. Opportunities for Research on Carbon Management in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
• Jacob S. Fraser, Lauren S. Pile, Brad Graham, Michael A. Jenkins, John M. Kabrick, Michael Saunders, Marty Spetich, Stephen R. R. Shifley. 2023. Carbon dynamics in old-growth forests of the Central Hardwoods Region, USA
• Hongtao Xie, Haidong Xu, Xueqin Li, Lauren S. Pile, Deliang Lu, Songheng Jin. 2023. Does nitrogen fertilization alter the scaling relationships of multinutrients in tree organs? Evidence from Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis) saplings
• Hongtao Xie, Lauren S. Pile, Mukui Yu, G. Geoff. Wang. 2023. Solidago canadensis invasion destabilizes the understory plant community and soil properties of coastal shelterbelt forests of subtropical China
• Hongtao Xie, Lauren S. Pile, Mukui Yu, G. Geoff. Wang. 2022. Morphological and physiological response of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) to an extreme cold spell in subtropical, coastal forests of China
• Hongtao Xie, Xueqin Li, Yu Tang, Lauren S. Pile, Songheng Jin. 2022. Multi-nutrient stoichiometry of Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis) saplings: plant organs vary in their response to nitrogen fertilization
• Lauren S. Pile, Shanyue Guan, Bo Song, Geoff G. Wang. 2022. Temporal effects of hurricanes and prescribed fire on fuel loading and pine reproduction in the Southeastern United States
• Gina R. Beebe, Lauren S. Pile, Michael C. Stambaugh, Brian K. Davidson, Daniel C. Dey. 2022. Smoke, goats, and oaks: Effects of goat browsing and prescribed fire on woodland structure and floristic composition in Ozark hardwoods
• John M. Kabrick, Brice Hanberry, Daniel C. C. Dey, Benjamin O. Knapp, David R. Larsen, Lauren S. Pile. 2022. Adapting Gingrich stocking guides for managing oak woodlands and savannas
• Lauren S. Pile, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Jacob S. Fraser, Cornelia Wilson. 2022. Controlling an Invasive Tree with a Native Fungus: Inoculating Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven) with Verticillium nonalfalfae in Highly Disturbed Appalachian Forests of Ohio
• Lauren S. Pile, Rebecca Snell, Lance A. Vickers, Todd Hutchinson, John M. Kabrick, Michael A. Jenkins, Brad Graham, Joanne Rebbeck. 2021. The 'other' hardwood: Growth, physiology, and dynamics of hickories in the Central Hardwood Region, USA
• Gina Beebe, Lauren S. Pile, Michael Stambaugh, Brian Davidson, Daniel C. C. Dey. 2021. Can targeted browsing be a useful surrogate for prescribed burning?
• Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: A focus on forest management-research partnerships
• Lauren S. Pile, Robert Deal, Daniel C. C. Dey, David Gwaze, John M. Kabrick, Brian J. J. Palik, Thomas M. Schuler. 2020. Forest Management – Research Partnerships: Proceedings of the 2019 National Silviculture Workshop
• Deliang Lu, Lauren S. Pile, Dapao Yu, Jiaojun Zhu, Don C. Bragg, G. Geoff. Wang. 2020. Differential responses of tree species to a severe ice storm and their implications to forest composition in the southeast United States
• Chris Newbold, Benjamin O. Knapp, Lauren S. Pile. 2020. Are we close enough? Comparing prairie reconstruction chronosequences to remnants following two site preparation methods in Missouri, U.S.A.
• Guohua Liu, Cang Hui, Ming Chen, Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Fusheng Wang, Peijian Shi. 2020. Variation in individual biomass decreases faster than mean biomass with increasing density of bamboo stands
• David L. Peterson, Jessica Halofsky, Lauren S. Pile. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Interior West
• Lauren S. Pile, Lance Vickers, Michael Stambaugh, Calvin Norman, G. Geoff. Wang. 2019. The tortoise and the hare: A race between native tree species and the invasive Chinese tallow
• Lauren S. Pile, Joanne Rebbeck, Patrick Brose, Robert P. Long. 2019. Black and Chestnut Oak Seedling Response to Glaciated Soil: Implications for Northward Expansion in Response to Climate Warming
• Lauren S. Pile, Marc D. Meyer, Ramiro Rojas, Olivia Roe, Mark T. Smith. 2019. Drought Impacts and Compounding Mortality on Forest Trees in the Southern Sierra Nevada
• Guohua Liu, Shahua Lin, Lauren S. Pile, Zheng Fang, G. Geoff. Wang. 2018. Effect of potassium permanganate and pyrolysis temperature on the biochar produced from rice straw and suitability of biochars for heavy metal (CD & PB) immobilization in paper sludge
• Lauren S. Pile, Marc D. Meyer, Ramiro Rojas, Olivia Roe. 2018. Characterizing tree morality after extreme drought and insect outbreaks in the southern Sierra Nevada
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Joan L. Walker, Patricia A. Layton. 2018. Plant community response to the management of an invasive tree
• Benjamin O. Knapp, Lauren S. Pile, Joan L. Walker, G. Geoff Wang. 2018. Fire effects on a fire-adapted species: response of grass stage longleaf pine seedlings to experimental burning
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Jeremy P. Stovall, Evan Siemann, Gregory S. Wheeler, Christopher A. Gabler. 2017. Mechanisms of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion and their management implications – A review
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Benjamin O. Knapp, Guohua Liu, Dapao Yu. 2017. Comparing morphology and physiology of southeastern US Pinus seedlings: implications for adaptation to surface fire regimes
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Thomas A. Waldrop, Joan L. Walker, William C. Bridges, Patricia A. Layton. 2017. Managing an established tree invader: developing control methods for Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) in maritime forests
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Benjamin O. Knapp, Joan L. Walker, Michael C. Stambaugh. 2017. Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion in maritime forests: the role of anthropogenic disturbance and its management implication
• Lauren S. Pile, Christopher A. Maier, G. Geoff Wang, Dapao Yu, Tim M. Shearman. 2016. Responses of two genetically superior loblolly pine clonal ideotypes to a severe ice storm
• Lauren S. Pile, Tom Waldrop. 2016. Shortleaf pine and mixed hardwood stands: thirty-four years after regeneration with the fell-and-burn technique in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
• G. Geoff Wang, Lauren S. Pile, Benjamin O. Knapp, Huifeng Hu. 2016. Longleaf pine adaptation to fire: is early height growth pattern critical to fire survival?
• Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Patricia A. Layton. 2015. Development of integrated management practices for the control of Chinese tallow on Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot
• Benjamin O. Knapp, G. Geoff Wang, Stacy Byrd, Lauren S. Pile, Scott E. Schlarbaum. 2014. Leaf physiology and morphology of Castanea dentata (Marsh) Borkh., Castanea mollissima Blume, and three backcross breeding generations planted in the southern Appalachians, USA

Data and Tools

• Dataset
  

  Silvics of North America

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/dataandtools/silvics-north-america

• Project
  

  Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings (PHiLL)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/phill
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Ecological Sustainability of Forests and Grasslands in the Central Hardwood Region

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/ch
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Restoring with Culturally Significant Plants to Strengthen Food Webs for Pollinators and Tribal Community Well-Being

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-restoring-culturally-significant-plants
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Paoli Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/forestsandranges/locations/paoli
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Kaskaskia Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/forestsandranges/locations/kaskaskia
  Station

  Northern Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Private lands hold the key to oak sustainability in eastern U.S. forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/private-lands-hold-key-oak-sustainability-eastern-us-forests

Other Publications

• Fact Sheet
  

  Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings: Mitigating Soil Degradation

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/understory/pollinator-habitat-log-landings-mitigating-soil-degradation
• Fact Sheet
  

  Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings: Restoring Native Vegetation

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/understory/pollinator-habitat-log-landings-restoring-native-vegetation
• Fact Sheet
  

  Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings: Wild Bees

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/understory/pollinator-habitat-log-landings-wild-bees
• Notes
  

  The PHiLL Project – How a grassroots management problem became a collaborative research study across three National Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/understory/phill-project-how-grassroots-management-problem-became-collaborative-research-study

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Managing Invasive Plants: Understanding Rapid Adaptation and Strategies for Control

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/managing-invasive-plants-understanding-rapid-adaptation-and
• Webinars

  Managing Invasive Plants: Understanding Rapid Adaptation and Strategies for Control (SRS)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/products/multimedia/webinars/managing-invasive-plants-understanding-rapid-adaptation-and
• Webinars

  Fire Management and Silviculture in Oak Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/fire-management-and-silviculture-oak-ecosystems-0
• Webinars

  The PHiLL Project – How a grassroots management problem became a collaborative research study across three National Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/phill-project-how-grassroots-management-problem-became

• Clemson University, Ph.D. Forest Resources, Applied Forest Ecology & Invasive Species, 2015
• Clemson University, Master Of Forest Resources, Applied Forest Ecology & Invasive Species, 2011