Louis Iverson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Matthew Peters, Rebecca A. Rooney, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Maria Janowiak. 2025. Climate Change Atlas user guide: version 1.0
• Bryce T. Adams, Alejandro A. Royo, Christel C. Kern, Dustin Bronson, Stephen Matthews, Andrew Gougherty, Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Evan Rehm, Patricia Raymond, Catherine Périé, Jessica R. Miesel, Amanda M. McGraw. 2024. Identifying climatically-compatible seedlots for the eastern US: building the predictive tools and knowledge to enable forest assisted migration
• Anantha M. Prasad, John Pedlar, Matthew Peters, Steve Matthews, Louis Iverson, McKenney, Bryce T. Adams. 2024. Understanding climate change dynamics of tree species: implications for future forests
• Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson. 2023. Unpacking the 'black box': Improving ecological interpretation of regression‐based models
• Peggy Burkman, Stephen Handler, Julie Van Stappen, Sarah E. Johnson, Eric Epstein, Ryan O’Connor, Gregor W. Schuurman, Alexia Prosperi, Laura J. Briley, Dave Cooper, Matthew J. Cooper, Rob Croll, Ulf Gafvert, Louis Iverson, Bob Krumenaker, Brent M. Lofgren, Nisogaabo Ikwe Melonee Montano, Hannah Panci, Damon Panek, Linda R. Parker, Matthew Peters, Kristen M. Schmitt, Chris Swanston, Naomi Tillison. 2023. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Louis Iverson, John B. Taft. 2022. Past, present, and possible future trends with climate change in Illinois forests
• Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson. 2022. Defining landscape-level forest types: application of latent Dirichlet allocation to species distribution models
• Coeli Hoover, J.L. Bartig, B. Bogaczyk, C. Breeden, Louis Iverson, L. Prout, R.M. Sheffield. 2022. Forest inventory and analysis data in action: Examples from eastern national forests
• Aaron L. Iverson, Louis Iverson. 2021. Contrasting Indigenous Urarina and Mestizo Farms in the Peruvian Amazon: Plant Diversity and Farming Practices
• Bryce T. Adams, Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Kaiguang Zhao. 2021. Spring phenological variability promoted by topography and vegetation assembly processes in a temperate forest landscape
• Anantha M. Prasad, John Pedlar, Matthew Peters, Dan McKenney, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Bryce T. Adams. 2020. Combining US and Canadian forest inventories to assess habitat suitability and migration potential of 25 tree species under climate change
• Bryce T. Adams, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, David M. Hix. 2020. Mapping Forest Composition with Landsat Time Series: An Evaluation of Seasonal Composites and Harmonic Regression
• Jarel L. Bartig, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters. 2020. Building a regional science framework to support shared stewardship for landscape-scale conservation in southeast Ohio
• W. Keith Moser, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Constance Hausman, Louis Iverson, Todd A. Ontl, Leslie Brand, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad. 2020. The impact of climate change on forest systems in the northern United States: Projections and implications for forest management [Chapter 8]
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Joan Jolliff. 2019. Methods to tame Ailanthus in mixed oak forests, what works: prescribed fire, herbicides, or biological control?
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Todd Hutchinson, Jarel Bartig, Joanne Rebbeck, Dan Yaussy, Susan L. Stout, Greg Nowacki. 2019. Adapting oak management in an age of ongoing mesophication but warming climate
• Heidi Asbjornsen, John Campbell, Anthony W. D’Amato, Jeff Garnas, John S. Gunn, Louis Iverson, Todd A. Ontl, Neil Pederson, Matthew Peters, P. Danielle. Shannon. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Midwest and Northeast United States
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson. 2019. Projected Drought for the Conterminous United States in the 21st Century
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews. 2019. Facilitating Adaptive Forest Management under Climate Change: A Spatially Specific Synthesis of 125 Species for Habitat Changes and Assisted Migration over the Eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Joanne Rebbeck, Matthew Peters, Todd Hutchinson, Timothy Fox. 2019. Predicting Ailanthus altissima presence across a managed forest landscape in southeast Ohio
• Louis Iverson, Jarel L. Bartig, Gregory J. Nowacki, Matthew Peters, James M. Dyer, Todd Hutchinson, Stephen Matthews, Bryce T. Adams. 2019. USDA Forest Service section, subsection, and landtype descriptions for southeastern Ohio
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews. 2019. Utilizing the density of inventory samples to define a hybrid lattice for species distribution models: DISTRIB‐II for 135 eastern U.S. trees
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews. 2019. Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Tree Species of the Eastern US: Results of DISTRIB-II Modeling
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson. 2019. Effects of prescribed fire and stem-injection herbicide on Ailanthus altissima demographics and survival
• Richard P. Phillips, Leslie Brandt, P. David Polly, Patrick Zollner, Michael R. Saunders, Keith Clay, Louis Iverson, Songlin Fei. 2019. An integrated assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on Indiana forests
• Patricia R. Butler-Leopold, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Scott Bearer, Alexander M. Bryan, Ken Clark, Greg Czarnecki, Philip DeSenze, William D. Dijak, Jacob S. Fraser, Paul F. Gugger, Andrea Hille, Justin Hynicka, Claire A. Jantz, Matthew C. Kelly, Katrina M. Krause, Inga La Puma, Deborah Landau, Richard G. Lathrop, Laura P. Leites, Evan Madlinger, Stephen Matthews, Gulnihal Ozbay, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, David A. Schmit, Collin Shephard, Rebecca Shirer, Nicholas Skowronski, Al Steele, Susan L. Stout, Melissa Thomas-Van Gundy, John Thompson, Richard M. Turcotte, David A. Weinstein, Alfonso Yáñez. 2018. Mid-Atlantic forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework project
• Louis Iverson, Ajith H. Perera, Guillermo M. Pastur, Urmas Peterson. 2018. Ecosystem services from forested landscapes: where we are and where we go
• Guillermo M. Pastur, Ajith H. Perera, Urmas Peterson, Louis Iverson. 2018. Ecosystem services from forested landscapes: an overview
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Jarel L. Bartig, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Stephen Matthews, Susan L. Stout. 2018. Spatial modeling and inventories for prioritizing investment into oak-hickory restoration
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad. 2018. Assessing potential climate change pressures across the conterminous United States: mapping plant hardiness zones, heat zones, growing degree days, and cumulative drought severity throughout this century
• Chris Swanston, Leslie Brandt, Maria Janowiak, Stephen Handler, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Todd A. Ontl, P. Danielle Shannon. 2018. Vulnerability of forests of the Midwest and Northeast United States to climate change
• 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
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Timothy Fox. 2017. Distribution and demographics of Ailanthus altissima in an oak forest landscape managed with timber harvesting and prescribed fire
• 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
• Maria Janowiak, Louis Iverson, Jon Fosgitt, Stephen Handler, Matt Dallman, Scott Thomasma, Brad Hutnik, Chris Swanston. 2017. Assessing stand-level climate change risk using forest inventory data and species distribution models
• Leslie Brandt, Abigail Derby Lewis, Lydia Scott, Lindsay Darling, Robert T. Fahey, Louis Iverson, David J. Nowak, Allison Bodine, Andrew Bell, Shannon Still, Patricia R. Butler, Andrea Dierich, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, Stephen Matthews, Jason W. Miesbauer, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, P. Danielle Shannon, Douglas Stotz, Chris Swanston. 2017. Chicago Wilderness region urban forest vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework Chicago Wilderness pilot project
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson. 2017. Incorporating fine-scale drought information into an eastern US wildfire hazard model
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson. 2017. Managing for delicious ecosystem service under climate change: can United States sugar maple (Acer saccharum) syrup production be maintained in a warming climate?
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Matthew Peters, Daniel Yaussy. 2017. Long-term response of oak-hickory regeneration to partial harvest and repeated fires: influence of light and moisture
• Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, William D. Dijak, Jacob S. Fraser, Wen J. Wang, Brice Hanberry, Hong He, Maria Janowiak, Patricia Butler, Leslie Brandt, Chris Swanston. 2017. Multi-model comparison on the effects of climate change on tree species in the eastern U.S.: results from an enhanced niche model and process-based ecosystem and landscape models
• James S. Clark, Louis Iverson, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2016. Impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, diversity, and management
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2016. A multistage decision support framework to guide tree species management under climate change via habitat suitability and colonization models, and a knowledge-based scoring system
• Sandra Luque, Louis Iverson. 2016. Forest-related ecosystem services
• James S. Clark, Louis Iverson, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Craig D. Allen, David M. Bell, Don C. Bragg, Anthony W. D'Amato, Frank W. Davis, Michelle H. Hersh, Ines Ibanez, Stephen T. Jackson, Stephen Matthews, Neil Pederson, Matthew Peters, Mark W. Schwartz, Kristen M. Waring, Niklaus E. Zimmermann. 2016. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States
• Joanne Rebbeck, Aaron Kloss, Michael Bowden, Cheryl Coon, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Greg Guess. 2015. Aerial detection of Ailanthus altissima: a cost-effective method to map an invasive tree in forested landscapes
• Louis Iverson, Kathleen Knight, Anantha M. Prasad, Daniel A. Herms, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Annemarie Smith, Diane M. Hartzler, Robert P. Long, John Almendinger. 2015. Potential species replacements for black ash (Fraxinus nigra) at the confluence of two threats: Emerald ash borer and a changing climate
• Scott G. Zolkos, Patrick Jantz, Tina Cormier, Louis Iverson, Daniel W. McKenney, Scott J. Goetz. 2015. Projected tree species redistribution under climate change: Implications for ecosystem vulnerability across protected areas in the eastern United States
• Patricia R. Butler, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Kent Karriker, Jarel Bartig, Stephanie Connolly, William D. Dijak, Scott Bearer, Steve Blatt, Andrea Brandon, Elizabeth Byers, Cheryl Coon, Tim Culbreth, Jad Daly, Wade Dorsey, David Ede, Chris Euler, Neil Gillies, David M. Hix, Catherine Johnson, Latasha Lyte, Stephen Matthews, Dawn McCarthy, Dave Minney, Daniel Murphy, Claire O’Dea, Rachel Orwan, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Cotton Randall, Jason Reed, Cynthia Sandeno, Thomas M. Schuler, Lesley Sneddon, Bill Stanley, Al Steele, Susan L. Stout, Randy Swaty, Jason Teets, Tim Tomon, Jim Vanderhorst, John Whatley, Nicholas Zegre. 2015. Central Appalachians forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Central Appalachians Climate Change Response Framework project
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews. 2015. Long-term droughtiness and drought tolerance of eastern US forests over five decades
• Jonathan Bossenbroek, Audra Croskey, David Finnoff, Louis Iverson, Shana M. McDermott, Anantha M. Prasad, Charles Sims, Davis Sydnor. 2015. Evaluating the economic costs and benefits of slowing the spread of emerald ash borer in Ohio and Michigan
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Daniel Yaussy, Michael Bowden, Greg Guess, Aaron Kloss. 2014. Ailanthus and prescribed fire: Is it a volatile combination?
• Sara C. Pryor, Donald Scavia, Charles Downer, Marc Gaden, Louis Iverson, Rolf Nordstrom, Jonathan Patz, G. Phillip Robertson. 2014. Mid­west. Climate change impacts in the United States: The third national climate assessment
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2014. Climate as an agent of change in forest landscapes
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews. 2014. Spatio-temporal trends of drought by forest type in the conterminous United States, 1960-2013
• Maria Janowiak, Chris Swanston, Linda M. Nagel, Leslie Brandt, Patricia R. Butler, Stephen Handler, P. Danielle Shannon, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2014. A practical approach for translating climate change adaptation principles into forest management actions
• Maria Janowiak, Louis Iverson, David J. Mladenoff, Emily Peters, Kirk R. Wythers, Weimin Xi, Leslie Brandt, Patricia R. Butler, Stephen Handler, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Linda R. Parker, Amy J. Amman, Brian Bogaczyk, Christine Handler, Ellen Lesch, Peter B. Reich, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Sami Khanal, Feng Liu, Tara Bal, Dustin Bronson, Andrew Burton, Jim Ferris, Jon Fosgitt, Shawn Hagan, Erin Johnston, Evan Kane, Colleen Matula, Ryan O'Connor, Dale Higgins, Matt St. Pierre, Jad Daley, Mae Davenport, Marla R. Emery, David Fehringer, Christopher L. Hoving, Gary Johnson, David Neitzel, Michael Notaro, Adena Rissman, Chadwick Rittenhouse, Robert Ziel. 2014. Forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis for northern Wisconsin and western Upper Michigan: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project
• Stephen Handler, Matthew Duveneck, Louis Iverson, Emily Peters, Robert M. Scheller, Kirk R. Wythers, Leslie Brandt, Patricia Butler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Kelly Barrett, Randy Kolka, Casey McQuiston, Brian J. J. Palik, Peter B. Reich, Clarence Turner, Mark White, Cheryl Adams, Anthony D'Amato, Suzanne Hagell, Patricia Johnson, Rosemary Johnson, Mike Larson, Stephen Matthews, Rebecca Montgomery, Steve Olson, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Jack Rajala, Jad Daley, Mae Davenport, Marla R. Emery, David Fehringer, Christopher L. Hoving, Gary Johnson, Lucinda Johnson, David Neitzel, Adena Rissman, Chadwick Rittenhouse, Robert Ziel. 2014. Minnesota forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project
• Dennis S. Ojima, Louis Iverson, Brent L. Sohngen, James Vose, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Grant M. Domke, David L. Peterson, Jeremy S. Littell, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Gary W. Yohe, Megan M. Friggens. 2014. Risk assessment [Chapter 9]
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Sakthi Subburayalu. 2014. Assessing and comparing risk to climate changes among forested locations: implications for ecosystem services
• Stephen Handler, Matthew Duveneck, Louis Iverson, Emily Peters, Robert M. Scheller, Kirk R. Wythers, Leslie Brandt, Patricia Butler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Amy Clark Eagle, Joshua G. Cohen, Rich Corner, Peter B. Reich, Tim Baker, Sophan Chhin, Eric Clark, David Fehringer, Jon Fosgitt, James Gries, Christine Hall, Kimberly R. Hall, Robert Heyd, Christopher L. Hoving, Ines Ibáñez, Don Kuhr, Stephen Matthews, Jennifer Muladore, Knute Nadelhoffer, David Neumann, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Matt Sands, Randy Swaty, Leiloni Wonch, Jad Daley, Mae Davenport, Marla R. Emery, Gary Johnson, Lucinda Johnson, David Neitzel, Adena Rissman, Chadwick Rittenhouse, Robert Ziel. 2014. Michigan forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project
• Michael G. Ryan, James Vose, Paul J. Hanson, Louis Iverson, Chelcy F. Miniat, Charlie H. Luce, Lawrence E. Band, Steven L. Klein, Donald McKenzie, David N. Wear. 2014. Forest processes [Chapter 3]
• Louis Iverson, Cristian Echeverria, Laura Nahuelhual, Sandra Luque. 2014. Ecosystem services in changing landscapes: An introduction
• Leslie Brandt, Hong He, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson, Patricia Butler, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, P. Danielle Shannon, Chris Swanston, Matthew Albrecht, Richard Blume-Weaver, Paul Deizman, John DePuy, William D. Dijak, Gary Dinkel, Songlin Fei, D. Todd Jones-Farrand, Michael Leahy, Stephen Matthews, Paul Nelson, Brad Oberle, Judi Perez, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad, Jeffrey E. Schneiderman, John Shuey, Adam B. Smith, Charles Studyvin, John M. Tirpak, Jeffery W. Walk, Wen J. Wang, Laura Watts, Dale Weigel, Steve Westin. 2014. Central Hardwoods ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework project
• Louis Iverson. 2014. How the eastern US National Forests were formed [Book review]
• Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2013. Delineating generalized species boundaries from species distribution data and a species distribution model
• Randy Johnson, Sandy Boyce, Leslie Brandt, Vicky Erickson, Louis Iverson, Greg Kujawa, Borys Tkacz. 2013. Policy and strategy considerations for assisted migration on USDA Forest Service lands
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews. 2013. Integrating fine-scale soil data into species distribution models: preparing Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data from multiple counties
• Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews, Anantha Prasad. 2013. An overview of some concepts, potentials, issues, and realities of assisted migration for climate change adaptation in forests
• Nancy E. McIntyre, Louis Iverson, Monica G. Turner. 2013. A 27-year perspective on landscape ecology from the US-IALE annual meeting
• Daniel Yaussy, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews. 2013. Competition and climate affects US hardwood-forest tree mortality
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad. 2013. Wildfire hazard mapping: exploring site conditions in eastern US wildland—ruban interfaces
• Anantha M. Prasad, Judith D. Gardiner, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2013. Exploring tree species colonization potentials using a spatially explicit simulation model: implications for four oaks under climate change
• Louis Iverson, Donald McKenzie. 2013. Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate: detecting, modeling, assisting
• Paul G. Risser, Louis Iverson. 2013. 30 years later - landscape ecology: directions and approaches
• Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Gary W. Yohe. 2012. Appendix 2: Risk-based framework and risk case studies. Risk assessment for forested habitats in northern Wisconsin.
• Dennis S. Ojima, Louis Iverson, Brent L. Sohngen. 2012. Appendix 2: Risk-based framework and risk case studies. Risk-based framework for evaluating changes in response thresholds and vulnerabilities.
• Michael G. Ryan, James Vose, Matthew Ayers, Lawrence Band, Chelcy F. Miniat, Paul Hanson, Jeffrey Hick, Louis Iverson, Becky K. Kerns, Steven Klein, Jeremy Littell, Charlie H. Luce, Don McKenzie, David Wear, Aaron Weed. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change
• Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Gary Yohe. 2012. Development of risk matrices for evaluating climatic change responses of forested habitats
• Guillermo Martinez Pastur, Emilie Andrieu, Louis Iverson, Pablo Luis Peri. 2012. Agroforestry landscapes and global change: landscape ecology tools for management and conservation
• Leslie Brandt, Chris Swanston, Linda Parker, Maria Janowiak, Richard Birdsey, Louis Iverson, David Mladenoff, Patricia Butler. 2012. Climate change science applications and needs in forest ecosystem management: a workshop organized as part of the northern Wisconsin Climate Change Response Framework Project
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Stephen Matthews. 2011. Using a cellular model to explore human-facilitated spread of risk of EAB in Minnesota
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Kathleen Knight, Daniel A. Herms, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Annemarie Smith, Robert P. Long. 2011. Potential replacements for northwoods black ash in a changing climate: the confluence of two challenges
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2011. Changes in potential habitat of 147 North American breeding bird species in response to redistribution of trees and climate following predicted climate change
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2011. Lessons learned while integrating habitat, dispersal, disturbance, and life-history traits into species habitat models under climate change
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters, Paul G. Rodewald. 2011. Modifying climate change habitat models using tree species-specific assessments of model uncertainty and life history-factors
• Chris Swanston, Maria Janowiak, Louis Iverson, Linda Parker, David Mladenoff, Leslie Brandt, Patricia Butler, Matt St. Pierre, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Dale Higgins, Avery Dorland. 2011. Ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Climate Change Response Framework Project in northern Wisconsin
• Jens-Christian Svenning, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Signe Normand, Catherine H. Graham, Peter B. Pearman, Louis Iverson, Flemming Skov. 2010. Geography, topography, and history affect realized-to-potential tree species richness patterns in Europe
• Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Robert Boyles, Michael Bowden. 2010. Studying the effects of management practices on Ailanthus populations in Ohio forests: A research update
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2010. Climate change poses additional threat to the future of ash resources in the eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Anantha Prasad, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Davis Sydnor, Mark W. Schwartz. 2010. Modeling potential movements of the emerald ash borer: the model framework
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Davis Sydnor, Mark W. Schwartz. 2010. Modeling potential movements of the emerald ash borer: the model framework
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2010. Merger of three modeling approaches to assess potential effects of climate change on trees in the eastern United States
• Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2010. Potential impacts of climate change on bird and tree habitats within the Appalachian Mountains
• Jessica J. Hellmann, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Louis Iverson, Lewis H. Ziska, Stephen Matthews, Philip Myers, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2010. Climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems in metropolitan Chicago and its surrounding, multi-state region
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2010. Using an integrated moisture index to assess forest composition and productivity. Chapter 11.
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Jonathan M. Bossenbroek, Stephen Matthews, T. Davis Sydnor, Mark W. Schwartz. 2010. Modeling the invasive emerald ash borer risk of spread using a spatially explicit cellular model
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters, Coeli Hoover. 2010. Potential changes in habitat suitability under climate change: lessons learned from 15 years of species modelling
• Bryan C. Pijanowski, Louis Iverson, Ashton C. Drew, Henry N.N. Bulley, Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, Michael C. Wimberly, Annett Bartsch, Jian Peng. 2010. Addressing the interplay of poverty and the ecology of landscapes: a Grand Challenge Topic for landscape ecologists?
• Jacqueline E. Mohan, Roger M. Cox, Louis Iverson. 2009. Composition and carbon dynamics of forests in northeastern North America in a future, warmer world
• Matthew Peters, Louis Iverson, T. Davis Sydnor. 2009. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis): Towards a classification of tree health and early detection
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2009. Potential changes in tree habitat under Illinois climate change. Chapter 16
• John B. Taft, Roger C. Anderson, Louis Iverson. 2009. Vegetation ecology and change in terrestrial ecosystems. Chapter 4
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2009. Atlases of tree and bird species habitats for current and future climates
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2009. Oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in Ohio: some limited success after thinning, two fires, and seven years
• Jyh-Min Chiang, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Kim J. Brown. 2008. Effects of climate change and shifts in forest composition on forest net primary production
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2008. Modeling tsunami damage in Aceh: a reply
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2008. Estimating potential habitat for 134 eastern US tree species under six climate scenarios
• Hong S. He, Robert E. Keane, Louis Iverson. 2008. Forest landscape models, a tool for understanding the effect of the large-scale and long-term landscape processes
• N.L. Rodenhouse, Stephen Matthews, K.P. McFarland, J.D. Lambert, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, T.S. Stillett, R.T. Holmes. 2008. Potential effects of climate change on birds of the Northeast
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews. 2008. Modeling potential climate change impacts on the trees of the northeastern United States
• Robin A. J. Taylor, Daniel A. Herms, Louis Iverson. 2008. Modeling emerald ash borer dispersal using percolation theory: estimating the rate of range expansion in a fragmented landscape
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Matthew Peters, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Davis Sydnor, Mark Schwartz. 2008. Modeling emerald ash borer spread in Ohio and Michigan
• Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew Peters. 2008. Thinning, fire, and oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in the eastern U.S.: 7-year results
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Jonathan Bossenbroek, David Sydnor, Mark Schwartz. 2007. Modeling potential movements of the emerald ash borer in Ohio
• Louis Iverson. 2007. Landscape ecologists have a role in poverty relief. Book review.
• Louis Iverson. 2007. Adequate data of known accuracy are critical to advancing the field of landscape ecology
• Louis Iverson, Stephen Mathews, Matthew Peters, Anantha M. Prasad. 2007. Uprooted: potential changes in tree habitat under climate change
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2007. Using landscape analysis to assess and model tsunami damage in Aceh province, Sumatra
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Matthew Peters. 2007. Potential impacts of climate change on birds and trees of the eastern United States: newest climate scenarios and species abundance modelling techniques
• Chiang Jyh-Min, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Kim Brown. 2006. Interactions of changing climate and shifts in forest composition on stand carbon balance
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Davis Sydnor, Mark Schwartz. 2006. Modeling potential movements of the emerald ash borer in Ohio
• Joanne Rebbeck, Daniel Yaussy, Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Anthony Bova, Matthew B. Dickinson. 2006. Use of temperature-sensitive paints as an index of heat output from fire
• Mark W. Schwartz, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Stephen Matthews, Raymond J. O'Connor, Raymond J. O'Connor. 2006. Predicting extinctions as a result of climate change
• Anantha M. Prasad, Louis Iverson, Andy Liaw, Andy Liaw. 2006. Newer classification and regression tree techniques: Bagging and Random Forests for ecological prediction
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Davis Sydnor, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Mark W. Schwartz, Mark W. Schwartz. 2006. Modeling potential Emerald Ash Borer spread through GIS/cell-based/gravity models with data bolstered by web-based inputs
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Mark Schwartz, Stephen Matthews. 2006. Statistical modeling of current and potential future habitat, then simulation of potential colonization within that habitat, for tree species in the Eastern US
• Todd Hutchinson, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Steve Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, Marilyn Ortt, Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 2005. Prescribed fire effects on the herbaceous layer of mixed-oak forests
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Mark W. Schwartz, Mark W. Schwartz. 2005. Predicting Potential Changes in Suitable Habitat and Distribution by 2100 for Tree Species of the Eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Anantha M. Prasad. 2004. A comparison of thermocouples and temperature paints to monitor spatial and temporal characteristics of landscape-scale prescribed fires
• Louis Iverson, M. W. Schwartz, Anantha M. Prasad. 2004. How fast and far might tree species migrate in the eastern United States due to climate change?
• Stephen Matthews, Raymond O'Connor, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2004. Atlas of climate change effects in 150 bird species of the Eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Joanne Rebbeck. 2004. A Comparison of the Integrated Moisture Index and the Topographic Wetness Index as Related to Two Years Of Soil Moisture Monitoring in Zaleski State Forest, Ohio
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Todd Hutchinson, Joanne Rebbeck, Daniel Yaussy. 2004. Fire and Thinning in an Ohio Oak Forest: Grid-Based Analyses of Fire Behavior, Environmental Conditions, and Tree Regeneration Across a Topographic Moisture Gradient
• Louis Iverson, M.W. Schwartz, Anantha M. Prasad. 2004. Potential colonization of newly available tree-species habitat under climate change: an analysis for five eastern US species
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, A. Liaw. 2004. New machine learning tools for predictive vegetation mapping after climate change: Bagging and Random Forest perform better than Regression Tree Analysis
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 2003. Using FIA data to assess current and potential future tree species importance values in the eastern United States
• Louis Iverson. 2003. Early forestry and conservation in America
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2003. A GIS-derived integrated moisture index
• Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Louis Iverson, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long. 2003. Comparison of a low-tech vs. a high-tech method to evaluate surface fire temperatures
• Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Joanne Rebbeck, Todd Hutchinson, Robert P. Long, Brian McCarthy, Cynthia Riccardi, Anantha M. Prasad. 2003. Spatial and temporal distribution of fire temperatures from prescribed fires in the mixed oak forests of southern Ohio
• Peter August, Louis Iverson, Jarunee Nugranad. 2002. Human conversion of terrestrial habitats
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2002. Using FIA data to assess current and potential future tree species importance values in the eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Todd F. Hutchinson, Todd Hutchinson. 2002. Soil temperature and moisture fluctuations during and after prescribed fire in mixed-oak forests, USA
• Franz Mora, Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 2002. A spatially constrained ecological classification: rationale, methodology and implementation
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 2002. Potential redistribution of tree species habitat under five climate change scenarios in the eastern US
• Andrew J. Hansen, Ronald P. Neilson, Virginia H. Dale, Curtis H. Flather, Louis Iverson, David J. Currie, Sarah Shafer, Rosamonde Cook, Partick J. Bartlein. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes
• A.L. Iverson, R.B. Hammond, Louis Iverson. 2001. Induction of soybean resistance to the Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Mark W. Schwartz, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2001. Predicting the potential future distribution of four tree species in Ohio using current habitat availability and climatic forcing
• Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson, Steven Eshita. 2001. The effects of surface-applied jasmonic and salicylic acids on caterpillar growth and damage to tomato plants
• Louis Iverson, Diane L. Szafoni, Sharon E. Baum, Elizabeth A. Cook, Elizabeth A. Cook. 2001. A Riparian Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Scheme Developed Using GIS
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 2001. Potential Changes in Tree Species Richness and Forest Community Types following Climate Change
• Steven G. McNulty, Jennifer A. Moore, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Robert Abt, Bryan Smith, Ge Sun, Michael Gavazzi, John Bartlett, Brian Murray, Robert A. Mickler, John D. Aber. 2000. Application of Linked Regional Scale Growth, Biogeography, and Economic Models for Southeastern United States Pine Forests
• Mark W. Schwartz, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 2000. Predicting the potential future distribution of four tree species in Ohio using current habitat availability and climatic forcing
• Louis Iverson, Elizabeth A. Cook, Elizabeth A. Cook. 2000. Urban forest cover of the Chicago region and its relation to household density and income
• M.-J. Fortin, Olson, R.J., S. Ferson, Louis Iverson, Carolyn T. Hunsaker, G. Edwards, D. Levine, K. Butera, V. Klemas, V. Klemas. 2000. Issues related to the detection of boundaries
• Mary McKenney-Easterling, David R. DeWalle, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anthony R. Buda, Anthony R. Buda. 2000. The potential impacts of climate change and variability on forests and forestry in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• Donald H. DeHayes, George L., Jr. Jacobson, Paul Schaberg, Bruce Bongarten, Louis Iverson, Ann C. Dieffenbacher-Krall. 2000. Forest responses to changing climate: lessons from the past and uncertainty for the future
• Steven G. McNulty, Jennifer A. Moore, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Robert, et al. Abt. 2000. Application of linked regional scale growth, biogeography, and economic models for southeastern United States pine forests
• Daniel Yaussy, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad. 1999. Diameter-growth model across shortleaf pine range using regression tree analysis
• Aaron L. Iverson, Louis Iverson. 1999. Spatial and temporal trends of deer harvest and deer-vehicle accidents in Ohio
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Betsy J. Hale, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Atlas of current and potential future distributions of common trees of the eastern United States
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Mark W. Schwartz, Mark W. Schwartz. 1999. Modeling potential future individual tree-species distributions in the eastern United States under a climate change scenario: a case study with Pinus virginiana
• Gregory A. Endress, Anton G. Endress, Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 1999. Drought and ozone stress effects on competition among selected prairie grass species and Giant Foxtail
• Todd Hutchinson, Ralph E.J. Boerner, Louis Iverson, Steve Sutherland, Elaine K. Sutherland. 1999. Landscape patterns of understory composition and richness across a moisture and nitrogen mineralization gradient in Ohio (U.S.A.) Quercus forests
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 1998. Predicting abundance of 80 tree species following climate change in the Eastern United States
• F. Mora, Louis Iverson. 1998. On the sources of vegetation activity variation, and their relation with water balance in Mexico
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 1998. Estimating regional plant biodiversity with GIS modelling
• Elaine K. Sutherland, Louis Iverson, Daniel Yaussy, Charles T. Scott, Betsy J. Hale, Anantha M. Prasad, Mark Schwartz, Hope R. Barrett. 1997. Models of regeneration, tree growth, and current and potential ranges of tree and mammal species in the Eastern U.S.
• Jesus Danilo Chinea, Louis Iverson. 1997. Forest cover of Champaign County, Illinois in 1993
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, David M. Ketzner. 1997. A summary of the Illinois flora based on the Illinois plant information network
• Louis Iverson, Martin E. Dale, Charles Scott, Anantha M. Prasad, Anantha M. Prasad. 1997. A GIS-derived integrated moisture index to predict forest composition and productivity of Ohio forests (U.S.A.)
• Franz Mora, Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 1997. Dynamic stratification of the landscape of Mexico: analysis of vegetation patterns observed with multitemporal remotely sensed images
• Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Charles Scott. 1996. Preparation of Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) and State Soil Geographic Data Base (STATSGO) data for global change research in the Eastern United States
• Helena Mitasova, Louis Iverson. 1996. Modelling topographic potential for erosion and deposition using GIS
• Louis Iverson, Charles Scott, Martin E. Dale, Anantha M. Prasad. 1996. Development of an Integrated Moisture Index for predicting species composition
• Louis Iverson. 1994. Forest resource trends in Illinois
• Louis Iverson, Elizabeth A. Cook, Robin L. Graham, Robin L. Graham. 1994. Regional forest cover estimation via remote sensing: the calibration center concept
• Sarah Brown, Louis Iverson, Ariel E. Lugo. 1994. Land-use and biomass changes of forests in Peninsular Malaysia from 1972 to 1982: A GIS approach
• Louis Iverson, Mark W. Schwartz. 1994. Forests
• Louis Iverson, Brown Sandra, Anantha M. Prasad, Helena Mitasova, Andrew J.R. Gillespie, Ariel E. Lugo. 1994. Use of GIS for Estimating Potential and Actual Forest Biomass for Continental South and Southeast Asia
• Dawning S. Lui, Louis Iverson, Sandra Brown. 1993. Rates and patterns of deforestation in the Philippines: application of geographic information system analysis
• Louis Iverson, Sandra Brown, Alan Grainger, Anantha M. Prasad, Dawning Liu. 1993. Carbon sequestration in tropical Asia: an assessment of technically suitable forest lands using geographic information systems analysis
• Sandra Brown, Louis Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Dawning Lui. 1993. Geographical Distributions of Carbon in Biomass and Soils of Tropical Asian Forests
• Sandra Brown, Louis Iverson. 1992. Biomass estimates for tropical forests
• Louis Iverson, Mohan K. Wali. 1992. Grassland rehabilitation after coal and mineral extraction in the western United States and Canada
• Sandra Brown, Ariel E. Lugo, Louis Iverson. 1992. Processes and lands for sequestering carbon in the tropical forest landscape
• Louis Iverson. 1991. Forest Resources of Illinois: What Do We Have and What Are They Doing for Us?
• P.G. Risser, Louis Iverson. 1989. Geographic information systems and natural resource issues at the state level; Chapter 13
• Louis Iverson, Richard L. Oliver, Dennis P. Tucker, Paul G. Risser, Christopher D. Burnett, Ronald G. Rayburn. 1989. The forest resources of Illinois: an atlas and analysis of spatial and temporal trends
• Louis Iverson, E.A. Cook, R.L. Graham. 1989. A technique for extrapolating and validating forest cover across large regions. Calibrating AVHRR data with TM data
• Louis Iverson, Robin Lambert Graham, Elizabeth A. Cook, Elizabeth A. Cook. 1989. Applications of satellite remote sensing to forested ecosystems
• Philip J. Burton, Kenneth R. Robertson, Louis Iverson, Paul G. Risser. 1988. Use of resource partitioning and disturbance regimes in the design and management of restored prairies
• Louis Iverson, Louis Iverson. 1988. Land-use changes in Illinois, USA: The influence of landscape attributes on current and historic land use
• Louis Iverson, Mohan K. Wali. 1987. Mowing of annual colonizers to enhance revegetation after surface mining
• Louis Iverson, Paul. G. Risser, Paul. G. Risser. 1987. Analyzing long-term changes in vegetation with geographic information system and remotely sensed data
• Louis Iverson, Mohan K. ​Wali. 1982. Reclamation of coal mined lands: the role of Kochia scoparia and other pioneers in early succession

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Climate Change Tree Atlas

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/dataandtools/climate-change-tree-atlas
• Tool
  

  Climate Change Bird Atlas

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/dataandtools/climate-change-bird-atlas

• Program
  

  Climate and Carbon Cycle Sciences

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

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Species Habitat Modeling Under Future Climates

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/species-habitat-modeling
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Species Habitat Modeling Under Future Climates

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

  Northern Research Station

• University of North Dakota, Ph.D., Biology, 1981
• University of York, England, 1980
• University of North Dakota, B.S., Biology, 1976